NSF funds UTEX 2973 Development Project
The Pakrasi Lab recently received $1.7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation to redesign the genome of a fast-growing cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973. This project aims to reduce UTEX 2973’s genome and turn it into a green cellular factory for sustainable production of food, feed and fuels. The Washington University news outlet The […]
Pakrasi Lab’s newest post-doc
A warm welcome to Dr. Annesha Sengupta. Annesha completed her Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. She previously visited the lab as a graduate student while she studied and developed genome editing tools for a fast-growing cyanobacteria, Synechococcus elongatus PCC 11801, we are very excited to […]
Pakrasi Lab members present at the MWSE Photosynthesis meeting
Pakrasi Lab members attended the 46th Midwest/Southeast Photosynthesis meeting annual conference via Zoom, from October 23-24, 2020. Ginger Johnson presented her research in a talk titled A REVERSIBLY INDUCED CRISPRi SYSTEM TARGETING PHOTOSYSTEM II IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803 Dr. Michelle Liberton and Dr. Anindita Bandyopadhyay, presented a research poster titled THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL […]
Pakrasi Lab Works from Home Amid COVID-19 Epidemic
Members of the Pakrasi Lab are continuing to do research from their home workstations in an effort to keep cyanobacteria innovation moving forward while practicing social distancing. While some lab members are analyzing data, others are putting together doctoral theses and writing manuscripts during this period. The lab plans to submit a few review papers […]
Biology Community Spotlight: Michelle Liberton
“I am from St. Louis; I live in Northern Jefferson County about 20 miles from the University. I live on a property that has been in my family since the late 1800s in an old farmhouse that was built by my great-grandparents. At that time, when my great-grandparents were living there it was a very […]