EBRC Virtual Seminar Series 2021

Please join us for an exciting seminar series highlighting research advancing the field. Seminars are open to all, so please feel free to share this information with your colleagues.

Seminars will be held on Zoom using the following link for all sessions:
Zoom link: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/97626552307?pwd=alVlS3dXM0lZYklYeE9zVXljWUI0UT09
Meeting ID: 976 2655 2307
Passcode: EBRC2021

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EBRC SEMINAR SERIES – MAY 4, 2021 (3:00 PM ET)

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Engineering multilevel CRISPR-based kill-switches for probiotic Escherichia coli
Austin Rottinghaus (Washington University in St. Louis)

Substrate-Activated Expression of a Biosynthetic Pathway in Escherichia coli
Cynthia Ni (MIT)

Robust direct digital-to-biological data storage in living cells
Sung Sun Yim (Columbia University)

 

EBRC SEMINAR SERIES – MAY 13, 2021 (2:00 PM ET)

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TBD
Aindrila Mukhopadhyay (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

“Non-canonical crRNAs derived from host transcripts enable multiplexable RNA detection by Cas9”
Chunlei Jiao (Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research)

“Developing a mathematical framework for controlling complex biological systems”
Marcella Gomez (UC Santa Cruz)

“The Promoter Calculator – A Sequence-to-Function Biophysical Model of Transcriptional Initiation for Sigma70 Promoters with Any Sequence”
Travis La Fleur (Penn State)

 

EBRC SEMINAR SERIES – MAY 21, 2021 (4:00 PM ET)

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Sequence-function analysis helps identify multiple pathways to enhance Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase (PAL) activity
Nikhil Unni Nair (Tufts University)

Development of a yeast-based assay for bioavailable phosphorous
Heather Shepherd (University of Notre Dame)

Engineering alternative degradation tags for synthetic circuits
Prajakta Jadhav (South Dakota State University)