Patrick Shih
Patrick is an Assistant Professor at UC Davis in the Department of Plant Biology and the Director of Plant Biosystems Design at the Joint BioEnergy Institute. He was previously a postdoc with Dominique Loque (JBEI), Jay Keasling (UC Berkeley/LBNL), and Beth Sattely (Stanford) developing plant synthetic biology tools for complex metabolic engineering efforts. Patrick received his PhD from UC Berkeley studying the evolution of photosynthesis with Kris Niyogi and Cheryl Kerfeld.
Patrick is an Assistant Professor at UC Davis in the Department of Plant Biology and the Director of Plant Biosystems Design at the Joint BioEnergy Institute. He was previously a postdoc with Dominique Loque (JBEI), Jay Keasling (UC Berkeley/LBNL), and Beth Sattely (Stanford) developing plant synthetic biology tools for complex metabolic engineering efforts. Patrick received his PhD from UC Berkeley studying the evolution of photosynthesis with Kris Niyogi and Cheryl Kerfeld.
Rey Allen
Rey's research interests are systems metabolic engineering and synthetic microbial ecology, motivated by large-scale socio-technological transition to a sustainable bio-economy. As a postdoctoral researcher in the Plant Biology department at UC Davis, Rey is excited to contribute to research uncovering the biological and ecological context of the evolution of RuBisCO, by manipulating molecular signals at the interface of planetary-scale geochemistry and the tree of life. Outside the lab, Rey enjoys meeting people's dogs, and following you on ScienceTwitter @ReyAllenSysBio.
Rey's research interests are systems metabolic engineering and synthetic microbial ecology, motivated by large-scale socio-technological transition to a sustainable bio-economy. As a postdoctoral researcher in the Plant Biology department at UC Davis, Rey is excited to contribute to research uncovering the biological and ecological context of the evolution of RuBisCO, by manipulating molecular signals at the interface of planetary-scale geochemistry and the tree of life. Outside the lab, Rey enjoys meeting people's dogs, and following you on ScienceTwitter @ReyAllenSysBio.
Doug Banda
Doug is a postdoc at UC Davis who is broadly interested in investigating how early microbial metabolisms shaped life on Earth, with specific emphasis on exploring the activity and kinetic properties of RuBisCO. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Davis researching DNA repair responses to environmental carcinogens and xenobiotics with Prof. Sheila David.
Doug is a postdoc at UC Davis who is broadly interested in investigating how early microbial metabolisms shaped life on Earth, with specific emphasis on exploring the activity and kinetic properties of RuBisCO. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Davis researching DNA repair responses to environmental carcinogens and xenobiotics with Prof. Sheila David.
Michael Belcher
Michael is a collaborating graduate student in the Plant and Microbial Biology Department at UC Berkeley pursuing his PhD in Plant Biology. His main interests are synthetic biology and the metabolic engineering of plants. Currently, he is working on characterizing transcriptional regulators for the development of complex genetic circuits, as well as the production of natural products in non-native hosts.
Michael is a collaborating graduate student in the Plant and Microbial Biology Department at UC Berkeley pursuing his PhD in Plant Biology. His main interests are synthetic biology and the metabolic engineering of plants. Currently, he is working on characterizing transcriptional regulators for the development of complex genetic circuits, as well as the production of natural products in non-native hosts.
Ben Endelman
Ben is a postdoc at the UC Davis lab who is excited to work on the engineering of plant specialized metabolic pathways into heterologous plant species for both plant and human health. He received his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in the lab of Kris Niyogi studying the effects of light stress on photosynthetic protein regulation through cysteine oxidation.
Ben is a postdoc at the UC Davis lab who is excited to work on the engineering of plant specialized metabolic pathways into heterologous plant species for both plant and human health. He received his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in the lab of Kris Niyogi studying the effects of light stress on photosynthetic protein regulation through cysteine oxidation.
Baohua Li
Baohua Li studied transcriptional regulation on plant primary and secondary metabolism in his previous postdoctoral research. Now, he is interested in using synthetic biology approaches to transform knowledge into technology for the benefit of the society
Baohua Li studied transcriptional regulation on plant primary and secondary metabolism in his previous postdoctoral research. Now, he is interested in using synthetic biology approaches to transform knowledge into technology for the benefit of the society
Paul Opgenorth
Paul is a postdoc at JBEI interested in synthetic biology approaches to reconstructing facets of metabolism. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA developing in vitro methods to producing bio-based compounds with Jim Bowie. Paul is interested in developing novel platforms to screen and characterize the diversity of biochemical reactions of plant metabolic enzymes with the aim of producing target bio-products.
Paul is a postdoc at JBEI interested in synthetic biology approaches to reconstructing facets of metabolism. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA developing in vitro methods to producing bio-based compounds with Jim Bowie. Paul is interested in developing novel platforms to screen and characterize the diversity of biochemical reactions of plant metabolic enzymes with the aim of producing target bio-products.
Charlee Vuu
Charlee is a Research Associate working on developing plant synthetic biology tools that will improve gene and trait stacking in crop plants. She is also currently working on the production of target commodity chemicals in planta.
Charlee is a Research Associate working on developing plant synthetic biology tools that will improve gene and trait stacking in crop plants. She is also currently working on the production of target commodity chemicals in planta.
Andy Zhou
Andy is a postdoc at JBEI developing tools for genome engineering in plants. He received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Caltech researching DNA repair proteins in E.coli with Prof. Jackie Barton. Andy is interested in synthetic biology approaches that may enable targeted genome manipulation in plants.
Andy is a postdoc at JBEI developing tools for genome engineering in plants. He received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Caltech researching DNA repair proteins in E.coli with Prof. Jackie Barton. Andy is interested in synthetic biology approaches that may enable targeted genome manipulation in plants.
