Dr. Eddy Arnold is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University. The Arnold lab is focused on understanding molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and the application of structure-based drug design for the treatment of serious human diseases. In pursuit of these goals, the laboratory uses research tools from diverse fields, including X-ray crystallography, molecular biology, virology, protein biochemistry, and macromolecular engineering. Eddy’s team of very experienced and gifted coworkers is the driving force behind the continuing progress. Since its establishment at CABM in 1987, the laboratory has studied the structure and function of reverse transcriptase (RT), an essential component of the AIDS virus and the target of most widely used anti-AIDS drugs.
