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.
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.
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.
