Walther Mothes, PhD
Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
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Biography
Dr. Mothes studied chemistry (Diploma 1993) and received a Ph.D. in cell biology (Humboldt-University Berlin, 1998) for his studies on protein secretion and membrane protein integration at the endoplasmic reticulum under the mentorship of Dr. Tom Rapoport at Harvard Medical School. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. John Young and James Cunningham on retroviral entry before he started his own laboratory at Yale University in 2001. Dr. Mothes received Tenure in 2011, was promoted to Full Professor in 2016, and became the Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine in 2021.
Education & Training
- PhDHumboldt University of Berlin (1998)
- BCHumboldt University of Berlin (1993)
Activities
- HIV ResearchGermany; France; United Kingdom; Singapore 2008Professor Mothes conducts collaborative work with German, French, British, and Singaporean researchers on HIV virology.
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Immunology
- Center for Infection and Immunity
- HPV Working Group (Niccolai Lab)
- Microbial Pathogenesis
- Microbiology
- Molecular Virology
- Mothes Lab
- Red College Affiliates
- Virology Laboratories
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative