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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 @mbeisen: This is still the best rejection that ultimately became a #NobelPrize - @barjammar’s work on H. pylori was ranked i… https://t.co/tXgnSBjeNM
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My first post for the @PLOSSynbio blog is out -- I interviewed Dr. Marika Ziesack, a postdoc in the #Silver lab, on… https://t.co/yNfxD7VBWR
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RT @PLOSSynbio: Science Behind-the-Scenes, a series to match the stories with the storymakers. First interview tomorrow!… https://t.co/9SygUJCkrV
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RT @CellPressNews: Synthetic #BiologyTools to Engineer Microbial Communities for #Biotechnology @NikoMcCarty @LedesmaAmaro @IC_CSynBio… https://t.co/eimSRdK6fB
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RT @LinkLabs: New paper from the lab @NatureComms describes how combining #metabolomics and #transcriptomics identifies metabolic… https://t.co/w4XjhCfe4s