Robert Riehn

Bio

Professor Riehn received his PhD from Cambridge University in 2003, was a research associate at Princeton University from 2003 to 2006, and joined the NC State Department of Physics as assistant professor in 2006.

Area(s) of Expertise

His research is in biophysics and soft-condensed matter, and deals with the physics of biological molecules in nano-scale environments.

Publications

• Plasmonic interferometer for nanoscale refractometry , (2024)
• Probing protein-DNA interactions and compaction in nanochannels , CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY (2024)
• A nanophotonic interferometer , NANOTECHNOLOGY (2023)
• Assembly path dependence of telomeric DNA compaction by TRF1, TIN2, and SA1 , BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)
• A Nanophotonic Interferometer for small particle detection , INTERFEROMETRY XXI (2022)
• Densely methylated DNA traps Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 2 but permits free diffusion by Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 3 , JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2022)
• Nanofluidic Device for Manipulation and Modification of DNA by Proteins , (2022)
• Structure, dynamics, and regulation of TRF1-TIN2-mediated trans- and cis-interactions on telomeric DNA , JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2021)
• TIN2 is an architectural protein that facilitates TRF2-mediated trans- and cis-interactions on telomeric DNA , NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (2021)
• Cohesin SA1 and SA2 are RNA binding proteins that localize to RNA containing regions on DNA , NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (2020)