User:ZeevWaks
Bio
I am a 4th year PhD student in the Systems Biology Graduate Program at Harvard, working on biofuels and mRNA metabolism. Prior to Harvard, I attended the Technion Institute of Technology where I majored in Biotechnology Engineering (B.Sc.) while meeting great friends along the way. I grew up in the sunny country of Israel and spent a few childhood years in the states as well. Outside of lab, I like traveling and playing sports, particularly basketball, tennnis, gym, and skiing. And although I don't cook, I love eating (all the time).
Research Interests
Synthetic Biology I'm interested in using synthetic biology to engineer biosystems with a useful applications. Previously, I harnessed industrially robust microbes to produce energy. This project consisted of engineering a system of both yeast and E. coli that is capable of producing hydrogen from a sugar input.
Systems-level understanding of mRNA metabolism mRNA processing is a fundamental aspect of cell biology, yet its regulation is still not well understood. I am taking single molecule imaging approach to answer central questions within this field.
Publications
1. Waks,Z and Silver,PA. "Engineering a synthetic dual organism system for hydrogen production." Appl. Environ Microbiol. (2009).
2. Kennedy CJ, Boyle PM, Waks Z, and Silver PA. "Systems-level engineering of non-fermentative metabolism in yeast." Genetics. (2009)
Contact
Zeev Waks
Dept. of Systems Biology, WAB536
Harvard Medical School
200 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617)-432-6404 zeevwaks@fas.harvard.edu
