New Doctor in the Lab
Congratulations to the newly vetted Ph.D. in the lab, Dr. Amelia Nguyen! Amelia gave her thesis defense presentation, entitled “Use of Proteomics to Probe Dynamic Changes in Cyanobacteria,” on Friday August 26th. Pictures of the celebrations are now posted under the “Gallery” tab. In September, Amelia will be moving to Washington D.C. for a job in the […]
Returned Lab Member: Anindita Bandyopadhyay
The Pakrasi Lab is excited to announce the return of previous lab member and postdoctoral researcher Anindita Bandyopadhyay. Anindita rejoins us after spending three years in India and will be continuing her role as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab. Welcome Anindita! Home
Photo Gallery Addition
With all of the lab happenings, it became clear that photo gallery was a necessary website addition. Check out our new “Gallery” tab, which is newly updated with 2016 Lab Picnic photos and Amelia’s Thesis Printing Adventure.
Video: Dr. Himadri Pakrasi gives talk on “Food, Feed & Fuels”
As part of the Science in St. Louis seminar series, I-CARES Director Himadri Pakrasi presented a talk entitled “Engineering Biology and Energy from the Sun: the Future is Bright for Food, Feed and Fuels.”
Pakrasi Lab discovers a fast growing cyanobacterial strain
Pakrasi Lab discovered a fast growing cyanobacterial strain and showed that the genome of the new strain can be easily manipulated, a characteristic essential to its use as a host for projects in synthetic biology. “Cyanobacteria have the potential to be the ideal biofactories for sustainable carbon negative production of numerous compounds,” Pakrasi said. “This fast-growing […]