Josh Michener

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Josh Michener Education 3rd 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