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Bio
Hi. My name is Niko, a PhD student in Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). I work in Rob Phillips’ lab.
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 on methods for gRNA multiplexing and metabolic pathway rewiring in yeast. I received my Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa, where I researched diabetes and the insulin signaling pathway in transgenic mouse models with E. Dale Abel.
I am interested in:
- Ongoing research in synthetic biology // cellular evolution // genome synthesis // genome recoding // biocontainment // genetic circuits. When I'm not working, I am writing.
Top 5 Books Right Now:
-The Black Cloud by Sir Fred Hoyle
-The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper
-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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RT @TrendsinBiotech: How can we predict what edits Cas9 will make in a genome? It's a tough question with a lot of different possible an… https://t.co/C9kXnHpbaQ
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RT @QuantaMagazine: Strange “chimera” hybrids of RNA and DNA subunits will naturally synthesize sequences of pure nucleic acids. In fac… https://t.co/9ejBKtfhNT
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RT @VarunKothamachu: Now you can track bacterial growth using fitness tracker. ODX: A Fitness Tracker-Based Device for Continuous Bacte… https://t.co/WrpUkBOqPQ
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I see this graph all the time, but I'm curious - has anybody seen an updated version? I'd love to incorporate it in… https://t.co/S3e70wTyhR