Academic Profiles — SynBio Canada

Dr. Zoe Bernatsky

Interested in bioethical concerns.

AlbertaBenjamin ScottAugust 31, 2018#policy

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. Shawn Lewenza

We use genomics approaches to build bacterial biosensors for environmental pollutant monitoring.

AlbertaBenjamin ScottMay 4, 2018#bacteria, #genecircuits, #biosensor, #academic

Dr. Angeliki Pantazi/Southern Alberta Genome Sciences Centre

Intersection of genome sequencing/bioinformatics, interpretation and editing.

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