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*'''Fisher, AB''' and Fong, SS. "Lignin biodegradation and industrial implications". AIMS Bioengineering (2014). 1(2): 92-112. doi:10.3934/bioeng.2014.2.92<br/> | *'''Fisher, AB''' and Fong, SS. "Lignin biodegradation and industrial implications". AIMS Bioengineering (2014). 1(2): 92-112. doi:10.3934/bioeng.2014.2.92 [http://www.aimspress.com/aimsboa/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=Bioeng09&flag=1]<br/> | ||
*'''Fisher, AB''', Canfield, ZB, Hayward, LC, Fong, SS & McArthur IV, GM. "Ex vivo DNA assembly". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2013). doi:10.3389/fbioe.2013.00012 <br/> | *'''Fisher, AB''', Canfield, ZB, Hayward, LC, Fong, SS & McArthur IV, GM. "Ex vivo DNA assembly". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2013). doi:10.3389/fbioe.2013.00012 [http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fbioe.2013.00012/full]<br/> | ||
* | *'''Fisher AB''', Vanee N, & Fong SS. “Evolutionary Engineering for Industrial Microbiology”. Subcellular Biochemistry: Reprogramming Microbial Metabolic Pathways (New York: Springer Verlag, 2012), Vol. 64. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5055-5_3. [http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-5055-5_3] | ||
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In nature hybrid species are usually sterile, but in science the reverse is often true.
Hybrid subjects are often astonishingly fertile, whereas if a scientific discipline remains too pure it usually wilts.
- Francis Crick
What I cannot create, I cannot understand.
- Richard Feynman
I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.
- Richard Dawkins
As a researcher, I am broadly interested in integrating approaches and technologies found in synthetic and systems biology, metabolic engineering, chemical biology and quantitative biology to facilitate microbial engineering. At Virginia Tech, I had my first exposure to these emergent fields while working as an undergraduate to build out and characterize a bi-stable genetic toggle switch. Subsequently, I joined the lab of Dr. Stephen Fong at Virginia Commonwealth University endeavoring toward a PhD in Integrative Life Sciences. Currently, I am involved in projects involving ex vivo approaches for cloning and synthetic biology, a synthetic biomolecular delivery system and a cost analysis for the interpretation of genome-scale models. My research interests include:
- Cell-Free and ex vivo approaches to molecular biology and biotechnology
- Genome engineering and high-throughput cloning
- Global physiology and single-cell characterization
- Development of engineering platforms for exotic microorganisms
- Engineered microbial consortia and microbiota
- Synthetic metagenomics
- Protein engineering
- Construction and simulation of genome-scale models
- Statistical modeling of biological sequences
Education & Training
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2011 — 2014
- Ph.D. · Integrative Life Sciences
- Advised by Stephen S. Fong
Virginia Tech · Blacksburg, VA · 2007 — 2011
- B.S. · Biological Sciences
- Concentration in Microbiology & Immunology
- Minor · Business
Publications
- Fisher, AB and Fong, SS. "Lignin biodegradation and industrial implications". AIMS Bioengineering (2014). 1(2): 92-112. doi:10.3934/bioeng.2014.2.92 [1]
- Fisher, AB, Canfield, ZB, Hayward, LC, Fong, SS & McArthur IV, GM. "Ex vivo DNA assembly". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2013). doi:10.3389/fbioe.2013.00012 [2]
- Fisher AB, Vanee N, & Fong SS. “Evolutionary Engineering for Industrial Microbiology”. Subcellular Biochemistry: Reprogramming Microbial Metabolic Pathways (New York: Springer Verlag, 2012), Vol. 64. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5055-5_3. [3]
Presentations
- Poster - DNA Assembly for free: using cellular lysates to decrease cloning costs, Synthetic Biology 6.0. Imperial College of London, UK 9-12 July 2013
- Talk/Poster - Cyanobacteria: A sustainable manufacturing platform, iGEM Americas Regional Jamboree. Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 8-10 October 2011
Intellectual Property
- Fisher AB, Brooks JP, Fong SS (2013) Cellular Strain Design Using Large-Scale Cost Analysis (Virginia Commonwealth University)
