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Jay D. Keasling
Professor of Chemical Engineering
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Email: keasling@berkeley.edu
Office: 717
Potter Street
Lab: 4th floor, Latimer |
Phone: (510)
495-2620
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Lab Phone: (510) 642-8354 |
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Research Interests: Metabolic engineering of microorganisms
The research in the Keasling Laboratory focuses on the metabolic engineering of microorganisms for degradation of environmental contaminants or for environmentally friendly synthesis. To that end, we have developed a number of new genetic and mathematical tools to allow more precise and reproducible control of metabolism. These tools are being used in such applications as synthesis of biodegradable polymers, accumulation of phosphate and heavy metals, and degradation of chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons, biodesulfurization of fossil fuels, and complete mineralization of organophosphate nerve agents and pesticides.
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Biography:
Professor;
PhD, University of Michigan (1991), Director
of the Physical Biosciences Division
of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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