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Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering. Microbes Enzymes Biomolecules. Metabolic Engineering . Synthetic Biology . Protein Engineering . Directed Evolution . Biopolymer Antibody.
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Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering Microbes Enzymes Biomolecules Metabolic Engineering Synthetic Biology Protein Engineering Directed Evolution Biopolymer Antibody Nano-Devices, Sensors, Environmental, Biosynthetic and Biomedical Applications
Biomolecular Tools Research Interest
Artificial Cellulosomes Bayer et al., 2006 • Found in anaerobic microbes • Hydrolyze cellulose up to 50-fold faster due to synergy • 3. Interaction between dockerinto cohesin is species specific
Virus detection and drug discovery Influenza
Translation Uncoating RNA replication Nucleus In situ Monitoring of Virus Replication Using Molecular Beacons Fixation with para-formaldehyde and permeabilization Triton X-100
In vivo detection of Coxsackie B6 virus in BGMK cells Cells infected with 103 PFU, M.O.I.≈ 0.5 (15 min to 18 hr) PlasDIC (t = 0 min) Yeh et al. PNAS, 17522-17525, 2008
Acknowledgement 9 Graduate Students and 1 Postdoc