About

Professor Tim Baker is associated with the Cryo-EM facility at UC San Diego, which is dedicated to providing tools and expertise for studying cellular and macromolecular structures through cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET). His work involves utilizing electron microscopes and detectors to reveal the structural components of the living world, enabling researchers to see beyond the reach of traditional light and confocal microscopy. The facility aims to map the structure of molecules and their interactions to understand their functions within larger biological systems, contributing to impactful discoveries in disease understanding, cellular function, virology, and drug discovery.

Research topics

• Biology
• Virology
• Crystallography
• Biophysics
• Chemistry

Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01GM033050

  NIH · $7.2M · 2019

• NIH Grant P01AI045976

  NIH · $16.4M · 2010

• NIH Grant R01GM087708

  NIH · $1.2M · 2014

• Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis of Plant Viruses

  NSF · $335k · 1992–1998

• NIH Grant S10RR020016

  NIH · $4.0M · 2005

Frequent coauthors

• Norman H. Olson

  University of California, San Diego

  134 shared

• Michael G. Rossmann

  Purdue University West Lafayette

  77 shared

• Paul R. Chipman

  University of Florida

  48 shared

• Richard Kühn

  Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft

  43 shared

• Max L. Nibert

  Harvard University

  37 shared

• John E. Johnson

  Scripps Research Institute

  35 shared

• Xiaodong Yan

  Yunnan University

  32 shared

• Wei Zhang

  Sichuan Agricultural University

  29 shared

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