User:Reshma P. Shetty
From OpenWetWare
I am a graduate student in Tom Knight's lab and co-advised by Drew Endy.
Science
Education
- Ph.D. candidate in Biological Engineering at MIT.
- B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Utah, 2002.
Research
My current work is in the area of synthetic biology.
- Thesis research: a brief summary of my thesis research and interests.
- ICSB 2005 poster: my latest poster on my work.
- FAQ and thoughts: my own answers to frequently asked questions and objections to the field as well as thoughts on related experimental issues.
Other related discussions and projects in which I am involved.
- BioBricks: a one stop shop for all BioBricks related information and projects.
- Abstraction hierarchy: thinking about a framework within which to engineer synthetic biological systems.
- Single copy BioBricks vector for characterization: designing a near single copy vector for characterization of BioBricks parts, devices and systems.
- A standard strain for BioBricks: specifying a standard strain in which BioBricks parts, devices and systems would work.
- Standards for parts characterization: thinking about what BioBricks characterization standards might look like.
Teaching
- BE.109: I am a teaching assistant for BE.109 and helping out Natalie Kuldell in the experiment of integrating BE.109 and OpenWetWare.
Other
Some non-research but still important discussions and projects in which I am participating.
- OpenWetWare: a wiki for researchers in biological science and engineering to enable more sharing and collaboration in the research community.
- Publishing: can we improve the publishing system in synthetic biology?
- Science 2.0: some thoughts on how the conduct of science will change through Web2.0 technologies.
- Synthetic Society Working Group: a working group exploring societal issues around synthetic biology.
- Previously, I also helped to organize Synthetic Biology 1.0: The First International Meeting on Synthetic Biology.
Previous research
- Prior to coming to MIT, I spent a few months in Tom Blundell's lab at the University of Cambridge working on RAPPER.
- Before that, I worked as an undergrad research assistant for several years in Baldmero Olivera's lab at the University of Utah. I worked on a few different projects during that time. More to come (maybe).
Contact
Reshma Shetty
MIT CSAIL
32 Vassar Street, Room 32-311
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
617.253.5814
rshetty AT mit DOT edu
Miscellaneous
- CNN Money has an article called "Big jobs that pay badly." The three examples they cite: architect, chef and academic research scientist.
- The other kind of biobricks.
- Google, Venter and genomics ... oh my!
- Quarter-Life-Crisis: outlet for the artistically inclined twenty-something. (Shameless plug for a friend's website.)
- Check out the MIT Kickboxing Club. (My new hobby.) It's all the rage among synthetic biology grad students (see the last few lines of the Boston Globe article or reprinted full text).