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George is the founder of UVA's Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine [[IGEM:VGEM/2007| (VGEM)]] Team. He is a third-year chemical engineering and music double major concentrating in biotechnology and composition respectively. | George is the founder of UVA's Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine [[IGEM:VGEM/2007| (VGEM)]] Team. He is a third-year chemical engineering and music double major concentrating in biotechnology and composition respectively. | ||
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My research goals include utilizing synthetic biology principles, in particular standardized biological parts derived from marine organisms, in the genetic circuit and metabolic pathway engineering of microorganisms for use in large-scale industrial bioprocesses including the bioproduction of specialty chemicals, biofuels and biopharmaceuticals.<br /> | |||
My undergraduate studies at the '''University of Virginia''' in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (in addition to Music), coupled with graduate studies in Marine biotechnology and applied molecular microbiology will hopefully prepare me to tackle old and new bioengineering problems, including the bioremediation of our planet's coral reefs, and participate in the exciting biotech revolution that is occurring and that will continue to shape our world. | |||
My academic interests are in the areas of marine biotechnology, synthetic biology, metabolic pathway engineering and bioprocess engineering. Specifically, I would like to design a bioprocess that utilizes engineered bacteria (via synthetic biology principles) to produce a desired product such as fuel or pharmaceuticals (via metabolic pathway engineering) based on genetic components derived from marine organisms. Additionally, I'm interested in bioremediation, marine conservation and supporting biodiversity through engineering and applied science. <br /> | My academic interests are in the areas of marine biotechnology, synthetic biology, metabolic pathway engineering and bioprocess engineering. Specifically, I would like to design a bioprocess that utilizes engineered bacteria (via synthetic biology principles) to produce a desired product such as fuel or pharmaceuticals (via metabolic pathway engineering) based on genetic components derived from marine organisms. Additionally, I'm interested in bioremediation, marine conservation and supporting biodiversity through engineering and applied science. <br /> | ||
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VGEM
George McArthur IV
George is the founder of UVA's Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine (VGEM) Team. He is a third-year chemical engineering and music double major concentrating in biotechnology and composition respectively.
School
My research goals include utilizing synthetic biology principles, in particular standardized biological parts derived from marine organisms, in the genetic circuit and metabolic pathway engineering of microorganisms for use in large-scale industrial bioprocesses including the bioproduction of specialty chemicals, biofuels and biopharmaceuticals.
My undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (in addition to Music), coupled with graduate studies in Marine biotechnology and applied molecular microbiology will hopefully prepare me to tackle old and new bioengineering problems, including the bioremediation of our planet's coral reefs, and participate in the exciting biotech revolution that is occurring and that will continue to shape our world.
My academic interests are in the areas of marine biotechnology, synthetic biology, metabolic pathway engineering and bioprocess engineering. Specifically, I would like to design a bioprocess that utilizes engineered bacteria (via synthetic biology principles) to produce a desired product such as fuel or pharmaceuticals (via metabolic pathway engineering) based on genetic components derived from marine organisms. Additionally, I'm interested in bioremediation, marine conservation and supporting biodiversity through engineering and applied science.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. –Loren Eisley
I'm currently looking into graduate programs and preparing to work on my undergraduate thesis, which will hopefully incorporate proteorhodopsin into an E. coli bioprocess. Please let me know if you know of any departments that do the kind of research I'm into.
All of the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws. –Pierre Simon de LaPlace Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the jigglings and wigglings of atoms. –Richard P. Feynman
