The Luque Lab investigates the physical structure and ecological properties of viruses by combining mathematical and computational models in close collaboration with experimentalists. The lab is part of the Viral Information Institute (VII) and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University.
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Invited talk at the evolution series of El Colegio Nacional in Mexico City | June 10, 2022
Dr. Antoni Luque was invited by Professor Antonio Lazcano to contribute to the evolution series Los Viernes de la Evolución at El Colegio Nacional. Dr. Luque gave the first contribution in person in the cycle after the event had operated online for two years due to the pandemic. Dr. Luque shared his lab's research findings about identifying some of the most ancestral viruses related to tailed bacteriophages (the most abundant viruses on the planet). The talk was in Spanish and was titled "En busca de los virus perdidos". It was broadcasted across multiple Latin American countries and is available online on YouTube. After the talk, El Colegio Nacional published a press release summarizing the most relevant aspects of the talk and the conversation that followed with Prof. Lazcano and the audience.
Dr. Antoni Luque was invited by Professor Antonio Lazcano to contribute to the evolution series Los Viernes de la Evolución at El Colegio Nacional. Dr. Luque gave the first contribution in person in the cycle after the event had operated online for two years due to the pandemic. Dr. Luque shared his lab's research findings about identifying some of the most ancestral viruses related to tailed bacteriophages (the most abundant viruses on the planet). The talk was in Spanish and was titled "En busca de los virus perdidos". It was broadcasted across multiple Latin American countries and is available online on YouTube. After the talk, El Colegio Nacional published a press release summarizing the most relevant aspects of the talk and the conversation that followed with Prof. Lazcano and the audience.
International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022 | March 23, 2022
The Luque lab presented the latest findings on how to predict the capsid architecture of viruses in metagenomes at the International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022 on 23-25 March 2022. An extended summary of the contribution has been published in the Virus Bioinformatics conference report in the journal Viruses.
The Luque lab presented the latest findings on how to predict the capsid architecture of viruses in metagenomes at the International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022 on 23-25 March 2022. An extended summary of the contribution has been published in the Virus Bioinformatics conference report in the journal Viruses.
Invited talk at UC Merced | March 9, 2022
The principal investigator Dr. Antoni Luque presented the latest research on "Bridging the biophysics and evolution of viruses" at University of California Merced. The abstract of the talk can be viewed on the UC Merced Applied Mathematics page.
The principal investigator Dr. Antoni Luque presented the latest research on "Bridging the biophysics and evolution of viruses" at University of California Merced. The abstract of the talk can be viewed on the UC Merced Applied Mathematics page.