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* 2010, BSc Honors Molecular Biology & Genetics, Minor Neuroscience, University of Guelph | * 2010, BSc Honors Molecular Biology & Genetics, Minor Neuroscience, University of Guelph | ||
==Synthetic Biology Experience== | |||
#Awarded Bronze metal in iGEM 2008 representing the University of Guelph with goal of engineering food grade bacteria to produce beta-carotene. Proof of concept completed in E.coli. | |||
==Research interests== | ==Research interests== | ||
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# | # Genetic manipulation/rational design of symbiotic bacteria for therapeutic purposes; elaborating host/microbe interactions, controlled drug delivery, etc. | ||
# Organelle-like, compartmentalized isolation of select metabolic components for introducing modularity and increasing pathway efficiency. | |||
# Reliable, targeted gene manipulation in eukaryotes (gene therapy) | |||
====Other Interests=== | |||
# Epigenetics: particularly of neuroplasticity. | |||
# IPSC's: everything. | |||
==Publications== | ==Publications== |
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