•Dynamics of trace metals metabolism •Comparative Genomics of Algae •Bioenergy @UCBerkeley @BiochemistryACS
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Published in The Plant Cell! The Merchant's lab paper detailing the genome and genetic toolkit is linked below! Congrats to first author Rory and the Auxenochlorella team who contributed to this for their exemplary work!
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Jeff Moseley and Sabeeha just published a review in Current Opinion in Biotechnology on the genetically tractable green algal species Auxenochlorella and Prototheca, and their potential for synthetic biology applications.
Check it out
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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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We promote Auxenochlorella as the green yeast for studying chloroplasts and photosynthesis! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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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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Sabeeha wrote about the history of her research in this article, take a look!
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Graduate Student Marco Dueñas recently did an interview with @QB3Berkeley on our recent polycistronic paper out in @PNASNews. Come read below!
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The Merchant lab's latest work on polycistronic expression in green algae is published in PNAS! Come find out how we uncovered the mechanism driving multiple ORF translation and its potential for synthetic biology! Congrats to @MarcoADuenas8 and team!
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The Merchant lab has just released a preprint detailing the Auxenochlorella genome! This alga has precise gene targeting useful for both basic biology and engineering applications. Be on the look out for more publications soon from the Auxeno team soon!
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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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