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Appendix C: Committee Member and Staff Biographies
Appendix C: Committee Member and Staff Biographies
Pages 133-140
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Her research applies the approaches of mechanistic biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology to address problems in energy and human health. Among her projects are the design and creation of new biosynthetic pathways in microbial hosts for in vivo production of biofuels from abundant 133
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Prior to joining Shell in 1981, Clarke graduated from I mperial College, London, after which he studied as an elected University Research ellow at Cambridge University, and as a Royal Society Euro F pean Research ellow at the University of Grenoble, France. During this F period he published numerous papers and a book and received various publication awards.
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Ellington's lab work centers on developing nucleic acid A circuitry for point-of-care diagnostics and on accelerating the evolution of proteins and cells through the introduction of novel chemistries. Nathan Hillson is a biochemist staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
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His lab applies biology, chemistry, and computer science expertise to the investigation and development of novel reagents, assay protocols, and computational methods that enable new methods in emerging fields within molecular cellular biology, molecular medicine, and synthetic biology. After receiving his A.B.
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Research combines the traditions of metabolic engineering with the practices of biocatalysis to expand and optimize the biosynthetic capacity of microbial systems. A particular focus is the elucidation of design principles for the production of unnatural organic compounds within the framework of the burgeoning field of synthetic biology.
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In 2008, Forbes magazine named Shetty one of Eight People Inventing the Future, and in 2011, Fast Company named her one of 100 Most Creative People in Business. Shetty and colleagues have founded synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., which makes and sells engineered microorganisms for food, fuels, and pharmaceuticals production.
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Additionally, he has supported activities on The Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources, Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization, and Technological Challenges in Antibiotics Discovery and Development. Friedman is currently supporting studies on safety culture in academic research laboratories, security implications of advancing technologies in the life sciences, and synthetic biology.
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National Committee to the International Brain Research Organization from 2008 to 2012 and has served as staff officer for multiple activities, including the Standing Committee on the Department of Defense's Programs to Counter Biological Threats; the workshop Convergence: Safeguarding Technology in the Bioeconomy; the Six Party Symposia on Synthetic Biology, and the study, Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents (2011)
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