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Bio
Hi. My name is Niko, a current PhD student in Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech).
I hold a Master of Research (MRes) in Systems and Synthetic Biology from Imperial College London, where I worked with Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro and Tom Ellis. I received my Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa.
I am interested in:
- Ongoing research in synthetic biology // cellular evolution // genome synthesis // genome recoding // biocontainment // genetic circuits
- Lab automation
- Scientific writing
When I'm not working, I am writing.
Top 5 Books:
-The Black Cloud by Sir Fred Hoyle
-The Four Books by Yan Lianke
-Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
-King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz
-Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson
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Scientists at MIT determine tensile strength of Lobster underbelly (the chewy bit) is 23.36 MPa (~pressure of a pow… https://t.co/sJ3bKSV1vw
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My latest article for @SynBioBeta - read about highlights in microbiome engineering, featuring work from @Ginkgo… https://t.co/fzzMuvW6Oc
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RT @JoePattersonEM: Ever wondered how vesicles form? We made some nano-scale movies to find out, and discovered something new about amp… https://t.co/maTPCgtvng
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RT @DrTomEllis: Last year we ran a 1 day meeting hosted by @wellcometrust to discuss the UK's involvement in synthetic genomics up… https://t.co/X1ivWHU6yt
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RT @NatureBiotech: ICYMI synbio probiotics move closer to clinical application: engineered E. coli to treat hyperammonia in a Phase 1… https://t.co/V3WupTdlMr