User:Reshma P. Shetty

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-science 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?
  • To this end, I helped set up the MIT DSpace synthetic biology publishing archive. Check out the archive by date by author
• 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.

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.)