•Dynamics of trace metals metabolism •Comparative Genomics of Algae •Bioenergy @UCBerkeley @BiochemistryACS
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Congratulations to two very accomplished Merchant Lab undergrads, Lauren Chiang and Kyle Lew on the completion of their degrees! Lauren will be starting med school this Summer and Kyle will be working full time in the lab as an NIH Prep Scholar!
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It’s a week of celebration! Congrats to Liam for passing his quals, Marco for receiving the UC Dissertation Year fellowship, Hannah for joining the lab and receiving the NSF GRFP fellowship!
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Great job to our undergraduate researchers, Lillian Lee Sanfilippo and Paige Lorelai Zhong, for presenting their work and sharing their experiences with prospective students at Cal Day. We’re proud of you! @NatureAtCal
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Congratulations to our grad student Dimitrios Camacho for receiving his PhD! We’re so proud of you!
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Congratulations to our grad student Sunnyjoy Dupuis for receiving her PhD! We’re so proud of you!
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Huge congratulations to our lab intern Kenzo Khoo on completing his Master’s in Bioprocess Engineering at UC Berkeley and starting a new role at Genentech! Thank you for your valuable contributions to algae culture scale-up and metabolic analysis at LBNL. We're proud of you!
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Marco presented his work on the polycistronic project at the UCSF Bay Area RNA club and was selected as one of the best talks! Keep an eye out for more polycistronic updates to come!
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Celebrating the holidays and November birthdays with the Merchant lab—wishing everyone a joyous holiday with warmth and cheer!🎄🎊
Thanks to Flores Emeryville for hosting us!
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Congratulations to grad student Marco Dueñas on receiving an F31 NIH fellowship for his work on the polycistronic project! His research aims to uncover the elusive functions of these enigmatic genes and advance the use of the green algae Auxenochlorella for synthetic biology!
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Brilliant talks in Stockholm! Featuring David Baker, 2024 nobel prize winner and former student of the Schekman lab.
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Former merchant lab students getting dinner in Berkeley after a great seminar by Gregg! Pictured are Jeff, Gregg and Kent from 2000, 1994 and 1993.
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Sabeeha’s 3rd phd student Hong Hua Li visited us in our laboratory today. Her work on plastocyanin has stood the test of time and she retired after a career in neurobiology. We love seeing our alumni!
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Congratulations to our first Cal PhD, Dr. Helen Liu! She gave an outstanding finishing talk on her work exploring iron nutrition in algae across the central dogma, from transcriptomics to structural biology. @melonhelen2
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Merchant lab had a great time at the 2024 GRC on Mitochondria & Chloroplasts in Spain! @GordonConf
Everyone had great presentations and it was overall a successful meeting!
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Jordan, our recently graduated undergrad, presents her summer work at @ASPB plant biology 2024!
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Sabeeha and Neelima at @ASPB 2024 celebrating “The Plant Cell” @ThePlantCell and “Plant Physiology” @PlantPhys!
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Sabeeha at Photon Systems Instruments booth with Zuzana. Great new products at @ASPB plant biology 2024!
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Sabeeha and our former postdoc Mugi Tsednee at the annual @ASPB Plant Biology 2024! It’s great to see our alumni doing amazing things.
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We are jumping for joy that three former and current Merchant Lab trainees (Julianne, Jordan , and Jude) just got the @NSFGRFP. We’re not jesting! We’re just jazzed!
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Welcome Lauren Saucedo, who will be joining us as a Research Assistant working on the genetic engineering of electron transport proteins in Auxenochlorella protothecoides to reduce algal dependence on Cu to increase photosynthetic productivity. We're excited to have her here!
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Great talk today at the DOE conference in Washington DC! Sabeeha showed off the Auxenohlorella system and its synthetic biology application and Marco also did a poster showcasing the mechanism of algal polycistronic expression. Check out these pictures of their work:
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Are you taking a gap year before grad school? Consider joining the Merchant Lab at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Quantitative Biosciences for our projects in symbiosis between algae and bacteria and gene targeting in algae! Check out this flyer for more information.
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Are you interested in a post-doctoral position at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Quantitative Biosciences? Consider applying to the Merchant Lab for our projects in nutritional Cu signaling and Gene targeting in algae! Check out our flyer for more information.
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Congrats to our postdoc Jon Lin for receiving the F32 NIH Fellowship for the Human Milk Fat project, where he is genetically engineering the green algae Auxenochlorella to produce a healthy and sustainable human milk fat substitute in baby formula.
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Be sure to check out Herlinde Koelbl's exhibit, "Fascination of Science", showing right now at UC Berkeley in the Li Ka Shing lobby! Including lots of notable female scientists in the show— Jennifer Doudna, Frances Arnold, and many more!
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Happy birthday to Jordan, one of our undergraduate researchers, and also great talk during our lab meeting!
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Professor Merchant gave a talk at the endosymbiosis meeting at field museum about the impact of light on diurnal metabolism in Chlamy. She also saw these amazing bones and fossils!
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Marco has been selected as this year's Newton Graduate Fellow, an award from QB3-Berkeley that recognizes a student every year for their outstanding work in synthetic biology. Congratulations!
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Anne at the Gordon research conference in Vermont! She is doing her physical therapy on her hand by picking blueberries. We’re so proud of her!
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Congrats Daniela on publishing in Metallomics! Her paper describes how Chlamydomonas’s Copper and Sulfur homeostasis is affected by Zinc deficiencies—resulting in Copper build up and an accumulation of intracellular Sulfur. Read it here: track.smtpsendmail.com/90321…
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One of our undergraduate researchers, Lauren Chiang, presented at the 28th Annual Poster Session for the American Medical Students Association this weekend in Phoenix, Arizona! @AMSANational #futurephysiciansforchange #fp4change
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Congratulations Sunnyjoy on winning the first place poster award at the international Chlamy conference!
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Our symbiosis team represented the merchant lab at the SoCal GeoBioMorph Symposium!
…and they found some resplendent algae too 🦠
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Celebrating #CCEW! In the Merchant lab, we use algae every day for our experiments. From producing human milk fat substitutes and jet fuel precursors to dissecting signaling pathways involved in metal sensing, algae can help us make discoveries and improve life!
#EarthDay2023
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We're so excited for a fellow #chlamy -ologist, Ursula Goodenough. She has a new book,"Sacred Depths of Nature", that can be preordered via Oxford University Press or Amazon with more info in this link: sacreddepthsofnature.com/inf…. It's set to be released in Feb 2023. Congrats!
ALT Ursula Goodenough, biologist
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#TeamAuxenochlorella
We are finally coming together as a team since being awarded @ENERGY two months ago. Lots of progress so far and we're excited for the future.
@berkeleyMCB @PMB_Berkeley #algae #research #teamwork
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We welcomed @HayerHartl to UC Berkeley today where she gave a riveting and informative seminar about her amazing work with #RuBisCO.
Here she is inspiring the new generation of trainees to further advance our knowledge of #RuBisCO and how we can improve it.
ALT Manajit Hayer-Hartl at UC Berkeley
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Happy Halloween from the Merchant Lab! 🎃👻
We dressed up as Sabeeha’s Pets this year: Chlamy and our pet clownfish, Crisper!
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What way to end day 3 of @Cu2022_Sorrento. 🌅
We’re enjoying the science, wine 🍷, and sunsets with collaborators Ute Kramer and @VashKurdistani. We’re excited for what’s next to come. #Cu2022
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Congratulations to @christhechang for winning the Ivano Bertini Award @Cu2022_Sorrento. 👏🎊🎉
@berkeleyMCB @UCB_Chemistry
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It was so nice to catch up with Merchant Lab alum, Aimee Terauchi, who stopped by @UCBerkeley today to check up on us and her ferredoxins. Good luck on your current adventure! #teamFe #chlamy
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