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'''''Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.''''' – ''Einstein''
'''''Imagination is more important than knowledge.''''' <br />
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'''''Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.''''' <br />
- Einstein <br />
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Welcome! I'm a third-year doctoral student at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA and a member of Dr. Stephen Fong's [[Fong| ''Systems Biological Engineering Laboratory'']] in the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering. Currently, I am working on designing and characterizing genetic components useful for controlling transcription and translation in ''Escherichia coli''. In the near future, I hope to apply this work toward metabolic pathway engineering. I am also actively developing synthetic biology educational material. Please feel free to [mailto:mcarthurgh@vcu.edu email me].
I am a Scientist at [http://arzeda.com Arzeda Corp.], where I develop novel metabolism in industrial bacteria and fungi. Please visit [http://mcarthurresearch.com my webpage] for more information about my current and past work in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and related biotechnology.
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==Publications==
*McArthur GH 4th, Gowen CM and Fong SS. (2010). '''Modulating gene expression with designed UP elements'''. In preparation.
*Poster - '''Modulating gene expression in ''Escherichia coli'' with synthetic UP elements''', ASM 2010, 23-27 May 2010, San Diego, CA
*Poster - '''''Chlamydomonas reinhardtii'' as a photosynthetic cellular chassis and power supply for synthetic biological systems''', BioSysBio 2009, 23-25 March 2009, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
*Poster - '''''Chlamydomonas reinhardtii'' as a platform for the direct photosynthesis of advanced biofuels''', Institute of Biological Engineering 2009 annual meeting, 19-22 March 2009, Santa Clara, CA
*Poster - '''A bottom-up approach to synthetic biology education: From iGEM teams to undergraduate curricula''', [http://sb4.biobricks.org/ Synthetic Biology 4.0], 10-12 October 2008, HKUST, Hong Kong, China
*Talk - [http://tv.theiet.org/technology/electronics/1199.cfm '''The Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine Team'''], BioSysBio 2008, 20-22 April 2008, Imperial College London, London, UK
*Poster - '''Harvesting cellulose and light to power butanol biosynthesis: A synthetic biology approach to metabolic engineering''', Institute of Biological Engineering 2008 annual meeting, 6-9 March 2008, Chapel Hill, NC
*Talk/poster - '''Harvesting cellulose and light to power butanol biosynthesis: A synthetic biology approach to metabolic engineering''', [http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/index.php/Main_Page iGEM 2007], 3-4 November 2007, MIT, Cambridge, MA
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==Education==
*Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Advised by Stephen Fong, 2009-present
*M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008-2009
*B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2002-2008
*B.A. in Music, University of Virginia, 2002-2008
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George McArthur IV
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Einstein
I am a Scientist at Arzeda Corp., where I develop novel metabolism in industrial bacteria and fungi. Please visit my webpage for more information about my current and past work in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and related biotechnology.
