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== '''Update: Fall 2010''' ==
==Dave Savage ==
I will be moving next summer to start up my own lab at UC Berkeley in the Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Chemistry.  I am currently looking for talented postdocs from all backgrounds, biology to mathematics, who are interested in studying the fundamentals of how living cells remodel their chemical environment and how this process can be engineered using the
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principles of synthetic biology.  Please email me with a statement of your interests and CV.


== A bit about me ==
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I grew up in rural Iowa and studied chemistry and computer science at [http://www.gac.edu Gustavus Adolphus College]. I moved west for graduate school at UCSF, where I studied membrane protein structure and function in the lab of [http://www.msg.ucsf.edu/stroud/index.htm Bob Stroud].   Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Silver_Lab Pamela Silver], developing the cyanbacterium Synechococcus as a model synthetic biology chassis for interrogating carbon fixation.  In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my wife [http://ccib.mgh.harvard.edu/hunglab-people.htm Sarah], running, cooking, trying to garden in New England, and snowboarding when I can slip out west.
[http://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_mcbfaculty&name=savaged Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology]<br>
Departments of [http://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php Molecular & Cell Biology] and [http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/ Chemistry]<br>
[http://berkeley.edu/ University of California, Berkeley]<br>
Member in the [http://www.energybiosciencesinstitute.org/ Energy Biosciences Institute]


== Research Interests ==
I am broadly interested in better defining the biological reactions of photosynthesis.  This process is of singular importance to humanity and poses many interesting questions that span from atomic to ecological levels.  I am currently developing a cyanobacterial chassis as the basis for experiments in protein structure and engineering, elucidating gene networks (in collaboration with [http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Ronmilo_PersonalWebsite Ron Milo]), and of metabolic engineering for the production of biofuels. 


===Research Interests===


== Publications ==
The molecules used to build cells, and much of human infrastructure, are synthesized by the chemical reactions of metabolism. In understanding metabolism better, we open the door to new ways of curing disease and environmentally friendly chemistry. Work in our lab focuses on defining how metabolic reactions function in the context of the cellular system in order to elucidate the so-called design principles of metabolic function. To do so, we take an interdisciplinary approach, combining biochemistry, biophysics, and systems biology, with an eye towards building synthetic biology tools.<br><br>
Engineering of the aquaporin selectivity filter. Savage, D.F., O’Connell III, J.D., Stroud R.M. (2010) In press at PNAS.


Engineered synthesis and export of hydrophillic products from cyanobacteria. Niederholt meyer, H., Wolfstaedter, B., Savage, D.F., Silver, P., Way, J.C. (2010) Appl. Environ. Microbiol, 76:3462-6. [[media:Niederholtmeyer_Way_Appl_Environ_Microbiol_2010.pdf|[PDF]]]
Please visit the [http://savagelab.org Savage Lab] website for more information.


Spatially ordered dynamics of the bacterial carbon fixation machinery. Savage, D.F., Afonso, B., Chen, A., Silver, P.A. (2010) Science, 327:1258-61. [[media:Savage_Silver_Science_2010.pdf|[PDF]]]


A general protocol for the crystallization of membrane proteins for X-ray structural investi gation. Newby, Z.E., O'Connell 3rd, J.D., Gruswitz, F., Hays, F.A., Harries, W.E., Harwood, I.M., Ho, J.D., Lee, J.K., Savage, D.F., Miercke, L.J., Stroud, R.M. (2009) Nat Protoc. 4:619-37. [[media:Newby_Stroud_Nat_Protoc_2009.pdf|[PDF]]]


Defossiling fuel: How synthetic biology can transform biofuel production. Savage, D.F., Way, J., Silver, P.A. (2008) ACS Chem. Biol. 3:13-6. [[media:Savage_Silver_ACS_Chem_Biol_2008.pdf|[PDF]]]
===Contact Info===


Structural basis of aquaporin inhibition by mercury. Savage, D.F. and Stroud, R.M. (2007) J. Mol. Biol. 368: 607-17. [[media:Savage_Stroud_J_Mol_Biol_2007.pdf|[PDF]]]
David Savage, Ph.D. <br>
 
Energy Biosciences Building<br>
Cell-free complements in vivo expression of the E. coli membrane proteome. Savage, D.F., Anderson C.L, Robles-Colmenares, Y., Newby, Z.A., Stroud R.M. (2007) Protein Sci. 16:966-76. [[media:Savage_Stroud_Protein_Sci_2007.pdf|[PDF]]]
2151 Berkeley Way<br>
 
UC Berkeley<br>
Substrate twinning activates the signal recognition particle and its receptor. Egea P.F., Shan S.O., Napetschnig J., Savage D.F., Walter P., Stroud R.M. (2004) Nature, 426:215-221. [[media:Egea_Stroud_Nature_2004.pdf|[PDF]]]
Berkeley, CA 94720-5230<br>
 
USA<br>
Water and glycerol permeation through the glycerol channel GlpF and the aquaporin family. Lee, J.K., Khademi, S., Harries, W., Savage, D., Miercke, L, Stroud, R.M. (2004) J. Synchrotron Radiat. 11:86-88
E:dsavage * berkeley * edu<br>
 
P: 510.643.7847<br>
Architecture and selectivity in aquaporins: 2.5Å x-ray structure of aquaporin Z. Savage, D. F., Egea, P.F., Robles, Y.C., O’Connell III, J.D., and Stroud, R.M. (2003) PLoS Biology, 1:334-340. [[media:Savage_Stroud_PLoS_Biol_2003.pdf|[PDF]]]
 
Selectivity and conductance among the glycerol and water conducting aquaporin family of channels. Stroud, R.M., Savage, D.F., Miercke, L.J., Lee, J.K., Khademi, S., Harries, W. (2003). FEBS Letters, 555:79-84. [[media:Stroud_Harries_FEBS_Lett_2003.pdf|[PDF]]]
 
Catalysis, specificity, and ACP docking site of Streptomyces coelicolor malonyl-CoA: ACP transacylase. Keatinge-Clay, A.T., Shelat, A.A., Savage, D.F., Tsai, S.C., Miercke, L.J.W., O'Connell 3rd, J.D., Khosla, C., and Stroud, R.M. (2003) Structure, 11:147-154. [[media:Keatinge-Clay_Stroud_Structure_2003.pdf|[PDF]]]
 
== Contact info ==
Dave Savage<br>
Department of Systems Biology<br>
Harvard Medical School<br>
200 Longwood Ave. WAB 536<br>
Boston, MA 02115<br>
<br>
E david_savage -*AT*- hms.harvard.edu<br>
T 617.432.6402<br>
C 415.637.4450<br>

Latest revision as of 09:56, 31 December 2012

Dave Savage


Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Member in the Energy Biosciences Institute


Research Interests

The molecules used to build cells, and much of human infrastructure, are synthesized by the chemical reactions of metabolism. In understanding metabolism better, we open the door to new ways of curing disease and environmentally friendly chemistry. Work in our lab focuses on defining how metabolic reactions function in the context of the cellular system in order to elucidate the so-called design principles of metabolic function. To do so, we take an interdisciplinary approach, combining biochemistry, biophysics, and systems biology, with an eye towards building synthetic biology tools.

Please visit the Savage Lab website for more information.


Contact Info

David Savage, Ph.D.
Energy Biosciences Building
2151 Berkeley Way
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-5230
USA
E:dsavage * berkeley * edu
P: 510.643.7847