Results for "Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology"

INACTIVE - The Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology at The University of Texas at Austin represents an amalgam of researchers who are attempting to not only quantitatively understand and engineer the interaction and regulatory networks underlying organismal metabolism, but also to foster a new way to carry out interdisciplinary research.

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Faculty

Richard Aldrich

Affiliated Departments:
School of Biological Sciences, Neurobiology
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Understanding the mechanisms of ion channel function and the role of ion channels in electrical signaling and physiology

Hal Alper

Affiliated Departments:
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Molecular Biosciences
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Our reserach focuses on engineering biology to produce biomolecules, biofuels, and pharmaceuticals using the tools of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. The overall goal of metabolic and cellular…

Jeffrey E Barrick

Affiliated Departments:
Chemistry and Biochemistry
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The Barrick lab studies evolution in action using experiments with bacteria, molecules, and digital organisms. We are interested in understanding how mutations that affect different cellular processes can promote and…

Lauren Ehrlich

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Molecular Biosciences, Dell Medical School, Oncology
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T cell development and selection throughout the lifespan

T cells coordinate adaptive immune responses against the myriad pathogens and newly arising tumors encountered throughout life. To…

Andrew Ellington

Affiliated Departments:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Molecular Biosciences
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The Ellington lab is primarily interested in high-throughput synthetic biology methods for the development of diagnostics and therapeutics. During the pandemic, we developed a wide variety of diagnostic assays that…

Brent Iverson

Affiliated Departments:
Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Bioorganic Chemistry
DNA Binding Molecules
Antibody Engineering and Antibody Engineering Technology Development
Enzyme Engineering and Enzyme Engineering Technology Development

Vishwanath Iyer

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Molecular Biosciences, Dell Medical School
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Our lab is interested in understanding how gene expression is regulated across a eukaryotic genome, in normal cells and in disease. Nearly all cells respond to physiological or developmental cues by large-scale…

Alan Lambowitz

Affiliated Departments:
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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The Lambowitz Lab studies gene expression, RNA splicing, catalytic RNAs, and retroviral genetic elements, including possible ancestors of the AIDS and leukemia viruses. They recently discovered a novel mechanism for…