Postdoctoral Research Associate in Synthetic Biology, Rice University
After a few training years in cancer cell studies and systems biology, I turned my attention to synthetic biology and, in particular, I got interest in engineered living materials (ELMs). During my PhD in Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology at Rice University, I engineered bacterial cell differentiation as a tool for the creation of multi-strain bacterial “tissues”. This work was published in Nature Chemical Biology in 2019. As a postdoctoral researcher, I created the first macroscopic de novo engineered living material, growing from genetically modified cells. I am currently working on transferring this technology into multiple bacterial strain in oder to generate living materials with tailored biological and mechanical properties.
Oct 13, 2022 11:58 am UTC| Science
With just an incubator and some broth, researchers can grow reusable filters made of bacteria to clean up polluted water, detect chemicals in the environment and protect surfaces from rust and mold. I am a synthetic...
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