Josh Michener

=Josh Michener=

Education

 * 5th year Bioengineering PhD candidate at Caltech
 * Currently on detached duty at Stanford
 * S.B. 2006, Chemical Engineering and Biology at MIT

Lab history

 * Grad student in the Smolke Lab (Stanford Bioengineering) and Arnold Lab (Caltech Bioengineering).
 * Rotated in the Smolke, Arnold, and Elowitz labs at Caltech
 * UROP in the Endy Lab at MIT, January 2005 - January 2006.

Contact Info
Josh Michener Bioengineering - Smolke Lab Y2E2-B07, MC 4200 473 Via Ortega Stanford, CA 94305



Research
My research focuses on applying RNA switches, developed elsewhere in the lab, to provide dynamic control of enzymatic pathways. Specifically, I am using those switches to construct feedback control systems, with the goal of producing a predictable output despite variations in reaction conditions. These control systems can then be used in metabolic engineering to change both the transient and equilibrium responses of a pathway.

Past Projects

 * Development of an in vivo screen for synthetic riboswitches.
 * Design and construction of a screening plasmid to measure the PoPS transfer curve of a BioBricks device.

Interesting papers

 * Metabolic control
 * Caffeine metabolism

Random pages

 * Chemical and Biological Engineering
 * Edward Purcell: Life at Low Reynold's Number
 * Richard Hamming: You and Your Research
 * Alternate page design
 * My sidebar
 * Cautionary tales