Interesting summary of the origins of Build-a-Cell initiative.
ISSOL 2017
Kate gave a talk, and various lab members had names on few posters during XVIIIth International Conference on the Origin of Life
Genetic circuits in synthetic cells
Kate published commentary on using synthetic cells to prototype cell circuits in Cell Systems journal.
Personalized medicine
Kate’s Medium post Why should we personalize medicine?
new publication
What Is the Role of Circuit Design in the Advancement of Synthetic Biology? |
SB7
Kate is giving a talk, and Nathan is presenting a poster at SB7, The Seventh International Meeting on Synthetic Biology in Singapore.
Visit to Tsinghua University
New Lab member
Welcome Brock Cash to the lab!
Kei Takahashi
Kei Takahashi received his Bachelor of Science in physics at Tokyo University of Science in 2010, with graduation thesis focused on the behaviour of fermions in optical lattices solved by Bogoliubov-de Gennes methods using numeric calculation. In 2010, he began to study giant liposome preparation methods for synthetic biology as a Masters student at University of Tokyo, Komaba.
After obtaining his Masters degree in 2012, he continued at University of Tokyo, Komaba in his doctoral studies on a “two-dimensional reconstituted-system” consisting of a cytosolic extract and a solid-supported lipid membrane for revealing the mechanism of amoeba motion. He also developed an experimental system for DNA-lipid conjugate transition. In 2015, he obtained his PhD.
Currently, he is studying aptamer-tagged liposomes and their interaction with bacteria, both as an experimental model of the transition from prokaryotic to eukaryotic life, and as new drug delivery vehicles.
Kei works on projects jointly with Engelhart lab.
Brent Heffron
Contact: heffr002@umn.edu
Works on projects jointly with Engelhart lab.