Josh Michener

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Josh Michener Education 1st year Bioengineering grad student at Caltech S.B. 2006, Chemical Engineering and Biology at MIT Lab history Grad student in the Smolke Lab at Caltech. Rotated in the Smolke, Arnold, and Elowitz labs at Caltech UROP in the Endy Lab at MIT, January 2005 - January 2006. Contact Info Josh Michener 1200 E. California Blvd. MC 138-78 Pasadena, CA, 91125 Research My research focuses on applying RNA switches, developed elsewhere in the lab, to provide dynamic control of enzymatic pathways. Specifically, I am using those switches to construct feedback control systems, with the goal of producing a predictable output despite variations in reaction conditions. These control systems can then be used in metabolic engineering to change both the transient and equilibrium responses of a pathway. Past Projects Development of an in vivo screen for synthetic riboswitches. Design and construction of a screening plasmid to measure the PoPS transfer curve of a BioBricks device. Interesting papers Metabolic control Caffeine metabolism Random pages Edward Purcell: Life at Low Reynold's Number Richard Hamming: You and Your Research Alternate page design My sidebar Cautionary tales