#cellfree — Academic Profiles

Dr. Laura Keffer-Wilkes

I am the primary investigator for the Lethbridge high school iGEM team and the manager of SynBridge, the U of L's synthetic biology maker space.

AlbertaBenjamin ScottAugust 13, 2018#yeast, #bacteria, #cellfree, #proteinengineering, #entrepreneur, #academic

Synthetic Biology Innovation Cluster

Founded at the Impact Centre in 2013, the Synthetic Biology Innovation Cluster is a collective network of scientific researchers and private sector industry leaders.

Dr. Jimin Guo

We develop new methods in the domains of Genomics and Synthetic Biology, using microfluidics and computational biology.

OntarioBenjamin ScottMarch 21, 2018#mammalian, #yeast, #bacteria, #cellfree, #genecircuits, #biosensor

Dr. Valerie Ward

We aim to engineer microalgae to produce proteins for medical and industrial uses as well as engineer metabolic pathways in microbial platforms for the production of isoprenoids.

OntarioBenjamin ScottFebruary 5, 2018#bacteria, #cellfree, #metabolicengineering, #therapeutics, #greentech, #academic

Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav

The principal theme of Prof. Yadav’s research is the utilization of metabolic & enzyme engineering to investigate and customize novel biosynthetic enzymes that can convert biomass-derived feedstocks into value-added chemicals.

SynBioApps NSERC-CREATE program

SynBioApps offers graduate training in the various technologies of synthetic biology, including work in Concordia University’s Genome Foundry.