Prof. Dr. Michael Strauss

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsBiophysics,Virology
Keywordsvirus cell entry, electron microscopy, fluorescence, infection, poliovirus

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityMontreal
InstitutionMcGill University
InstituteDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Homepagehttps://strauss.research.mcgill.ca

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. James HogleDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Prof. Dr. J. Woodland HastingsDepartment of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2012

Programme(s)

2011Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2015Mike Strauss, David J. Filman, David M. Belnap, Naiqian Cheng, Roane T. Noel, James M. Hogle: Nectin-Like Interactions between Poliovirus and Its Receptor Trigger Conformational Changes Associated with Cell Entry. In: Journal of Virology, 2015, 4143-4157
2014Lise Schotte, Michael Strauss, Bert Thys, Hadewych Halewyck, David J Filman, Mihnea Bostina, James M Hogle, Bartholomeus Rombaut: Mechanism of action and capsid-stabilizing properties of VHHs with an in vitro antipolioviral activity. In: Journal of Virology, 2014, 4403-4413
2013Deryck J Mills, Stella Vitt, Mike Strauss, Seigo Shima, Janet Vonck: De novo modeling of the F420-reducing [NiFe]-hydrogenase from a methanogenic archaeon by cryo-electron microscopy. In: eLIFE, 2013, 1-21
2013Mike Strauss, Hazel Levy, Mihnea Bostina, David J Filman, James M Hogle: RNA transfer from poliovirus 135S particles across membranes is mediated by long umbilical connectors. In: Journal of Virology, 2013, 3903-3914
2012Eden Fussner, Mike Strauss, Ugljesa Djuric, Ren Li, Kashif Ahmed, Michael Hart, James Ellis, David P. Bazett-Jones: Open and closed domains in the mouse genome are configured as 10 nm chromatin fibres. In: EMBO Journal, 2012, 992-996