Research Findings
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Genome-wide transcriptomics in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during day-night cycles reveals new metabolic patterns in light and stress response (Merchant lab)
A day in the life of Chlamydomonas
The unicellular green alga…
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New method to create stable enzyme coated B. subtilis cells for biotechnological applications.
Microbes engineered to display heterologous proteins could be…
News and Recent Awards
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Jose Rodriguez wins 2018 Pew Scholars Award
Other awards
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Patrice Salomé selected as one of 16 Assistant Features Editors for The Plant Cell
Patrice Salomé, an assistant researcher in Sabeeha Merchant’s…
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Nicole Poweleit accepted Postdoctoral Scholar position at UCSF
Nicole Poweleit, recent PhD with Dr. Robert Gunsalus accepted…