Robyn Kaake, PhD

1700 4th Street, Rm 214C
San Francisco, CA 94158
United States

Biography

The focus of my group is on developing and applying mass spectrometry based proteomics techniques to study infectious disease. My specialty is in interactomics, specifically the use of affinity purification and cross-link mass spectrometry (AP-MS and XL-MS) to study protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks, interfaces, and topology. I utilize a variety of specialized MS-cleavable and enrichable cross-linkers for fast and confident cross-link peptide determination from biological and purified samples. I have broad interest in applying disease agnostic techniques to a number of different pathogens to find common network and structure features that multiple pathogens hijack in order to replicate. Currently, I am focused on HIV, influenza (IAV, IBV), and KSHV.

My lab at at UCSF is part of the larger Krogan Lab, a collaborative group with shared resources, space and instruments. I am also part of the UCSF and Gladstone proteomics facility run by Professor Danielle Swaney. This unique collaborative lab environment allows me to provide my group with direct mentorship similar to that of a small lab, while also providing the resources, projects, support, and collaboration of larger labs.

Research keywords

  • Proteomics
  • Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry (XL-MS)
  • infectious disease
  • systems biology
  • Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs)
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • proteome
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Core Binding Factor beta Subunit
  • Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
  • APOBEC-3G Deaminase
  • Cullin Proteins
  • Protein Interaction Maps
  • Proteomics
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • vif Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Protein Interaction Mapping
  • mass spectrometry
  • Cross-Linking Reagents