B.S., Yale University, 2007; M.S., 2007; Ph.D, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, 2011. Visiting Associate, Caltech, 2016-2017; Assistant Professor, 2017-; HMRI Investigator, 2017-.

Biochemistry, Structural, and Molecular Cell Biology

R. Voorhees and R. Hegde. Structure of the Sec61 translocation channel opened by a signal sequence. Science. 2016 R. Voorhees and R. Hegde. Structures of the scanning and engaged states of the mammalian SRP-ribosome complex. eLife. 2015. R. Voorhees#, I. Fernandez, S. Scheres, and R. Hegde#. Structure of the mammalian ribosome-Sec61 complex to 3.4 Å resolution. Cell. 2014. #Co-corresponding authors. R.Voorhees, T. Schmeing, A. Kelley, and V. Ramakrishnan. The mechanism for activation of GTP hydrolysis on the ribosome. Science. 2010. T. Schmeing*, R. Voorhees*, A. Kelley, Y. Gao, F. Murphy, J. Weir, and V. Ramakrishnan. The crystal structure of the ribosome bound to EF-Tu and aminoacyl-tRNA. Science. 2009. *These authors contributed equally to this work.