User:Joe Alvin

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 * St. Lawrence University
 * jwalvi07(at)stlawu.edu
 * Virginia Commonwealth University
 * Jalvin(at)vcu.edu

I work under Dr. Stephen Fong in the Systems Biological Engineering Lab at Virginia Commonwealth University. I am currently participating in the second summer of VCU's Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute (BBSI). My primary research interest at VCU is the development of an in silico flux-balance model of T fusca's metabolism. Using this model, we will be able to predict the relative efficiencies of single and double gene eliminations corresponding to product secretion coupled to biomass (cellular growth/replication).

Education

 * B.S. Neuroscience, St. Lawrence University 2011

Research interests
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 * 1) Metabolic engineering of the actinomycete,'' Thermobifida fusca.
 * 2) Utilization of Caenorhabditis elegans as a bioassy for examining the efficacy and modality of novel TRPV1 ligands.

Publications
Soon to arrive (hopefully)!

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