#yeast — Academic Profiles

Dr. Grant Brown

Development of yeast chassis for synthetic biology applications.

OntarioBenjamin ScottAugust 9, 2022#yeast, #geneediting, #metabolicengineering, #academic

Dr. Alex N. Nguyen Ba

We take advantage of latest synthetic biology approaches to increase the scale or resolution at which we can interrogate the systems biology of the cell.

OntarioBenjamin ScottAugust 7, 2021#mammalian, #yeast, #bacteria, #proteinengineering, #geneediting, #academic

Dr. Christopher Brett

Using humanized S. cerevisiae (baker's yeast) as a platform to develop new medicines.

QuebecBenjamin ScottMay 7, 2021#yeast, #geneediting, #therapeutics, #entrepreneur, #academic

Dr. Codruta Ignea

Our group is interested in sustainable production of chemicals by reprogramming simple organisms, such as yeast, into "smart chassis" to yield customizable products.

QuebecBenjamin ScottDecember 25, 2019#yeast, #proteinengineering, #metabolicengineering, #academic

Dr. Daniel Charlebois

My research program combines physics and synthetic biology to make fundamental advances in our understanding of living systems and to apply this knowledge to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.

AlbertaBenjamin ScottAugust 14, 2018#yeast, #modeling, #genecircuits, #academic

Dr. Laura Keffer-Wilkes

I am the primary investigator for the Lethbridge high school iGEM team and the manager of SynBridge, the U of L's synthetic biology maker space.

AlbertaBenjamin ScottAugust 13, 2018#yeast, #bacteria, #cellfree, #proteinengineering, #entrepreneur, #academic

Dr. Thu Thuy Dang

Dang Group integrates biochemistry, chemistry, bioinformatics, and molecular genetics to elucidate and engineer the biosynthesis of valuable small molecules from medicinal plants.

British ColumbiaBenjamin ScottJuly 3, 2018#plant, #yeast, #metabolicengineering, #academic

Dr. Aashiq Kachroo

We are a systems genetics and synthetic biology group interested in repurposing model organisms by humanizing yeast. Our laboratory aims to engineer human biological processes in simplified cells to study disease and evolution.

QuebecBenjamin ScottMay 28, 2018#yeast, #geneediting

Dr. Mads Kaern

I believe that Synthetic Biology will continue to play a significant role in medical innovation, including engineered virus and engineered immune cells that can cure cancer.

Dr. Elena Kuzmin

We investigate how phenotypes and disease states emerge from the interplay of genetic determinants in yeast and human cells.

QuebecBenjamin ScottMay 23, 2018#mammalian, #yeast, #geneediting, #therapeutics, #academic

Dr. Sateesh Kagale

We are utilizing Synthetic Biology tools for improving the productivity of agricultural crops. Specifically, we apply precise gene editing tools to improve tolerance to pests, diseases and abiotic stress of economically important agricultural crops, such as wheat, canola and pulse.

OntarioBenjamin ScottMay 16, 2018#yeast, #bacteria, #geneediting, #greentech, #academic

Dr. Bogumil Karas

Research in the Karas lab is focused on developing innovative genetic tools to enable the engineering of microbes to produce medicines, DNA storage technologies, food and next-generation fuels.

BioZone

BioZone aims to use Bioengineering to create a sustainable world by making industrial processes more sustainable, remediating humanity's environmental impact, and improving health outcome.

Dr. Radhakrishnan Mahadevan

Our group primarily works on engineering metabolism in bacteria and yeast to produce chemicals and therapeutic molecules. Through the use of computational strategies on genome scale metabolic models of these organisms, we identify genetic intervention strategies to enhance target molecule production.

Dr. Vincent Martin

We are synthetic biologists with a strong penchant for metabolic engineering and industrial strain improvement. We like yeast but will play with other unicellular bugs as well.

Dr. David McMillen

We work on (mainly) microbial synthetic biology, investigating ways to create novel solutions to real-world problems with engineered microbes.

OntarioBenjamin ScottApril 10, 2018#yeast, #bacteria, #modeling, #genecircuits, #biosensor, #entrepreneur

Dr. Jimin Guo

We develop new methods in the domains of Genomics and Synthetic Biology, using microfluidics and computational biology.

OntarioBenjamin ScottMarch 21, 2018#mammalian, #yeast, #bacteria, #cellfree, #genecircuits, #biosensor

Dr. Ahmad Saleh

Synthetic biology strategies for the biosynthesis of fine chemicals, especially lipid-based drugs and biofuels

Dr. Rebecca Shapiro

My research group at the University of Guelph is developing new CRISPR-based platforms for functional genomic analysis in fungal pathogens.

OntarioBenjamin ScottFebruary 16, 2018#yeast, #geneediting, #therapeutics, #academic

Dr. David Stuart

We investigate the potential application of synthetic biology for performing metabolic engineering of yeast, bacteria and cyanobacteria.

AlbertaBenjamin ScottFebruary 12, 2018#yeast, #bacteria, #proteinengineering, #genecircuits, #metabolicengineering, #biosensor