Dr Vincent Rao

Research Associate

Email: vincent.rao@ncl.ac.uk
Address: Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Room M2040, 2nd Floor Cookson Building
Medical School,
Newcastle University,
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE2 4HH

Background

Dr Vincent Rao is a Research Associate in the Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences at Newcastle University.

Area of expertise

Structural Biology

Research

Currently, my research focuses on characterising essential cell division proteins in bacteria using X-ray crystallography and other biophysical techniques. By characterising these proteins and the complexes they form, we hope to identify new drug targets for drug discovery and overcome antibiotic resistance that is becoming prevalent in bacteria.

Publications

Peters K, Kannan S, Rao VA, Biboy J, Vollmer D, Erickson SW, Lewis RJ, Young KD, Vollmer W. The redundancy of peptidoglycan carboxypeptidases ensures robust cell shape maintenance in Escherichia coli. mBio 2016, 7(3), e00819-16.