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==Research interests==
==Research interests==
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My primary motivation is to appropriate biological components to perform new functions, while also gaining insight into biological design.  I study and work on protein design, metabolic engineering, and biological membranes.
* Synthetic Biology
* Biocomputation
* Cell membranes
* Bioinformatics
* Evolution


==Favorite Protocols==
==Favorite Protocols==

Revision as of 14:09, 24 September 2013

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Contact Info

Kevin J. Spring (an artistic interpretation)
  • Kevin J. Spring
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • 6431 Fannin St
  • MSB 4.042
  • Houston, TX, USA 77030
  • Email me through OpenWetWare

I work in the Levental Lab at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Education

  • 2012, PhD, University of Houston Department of Biology and Biochemistry
  • 2006, BS, University of Houston - Downtown

Research interests

My primary motivation is to appropriate biological components to perform new functions, while also gaining insight into biological design. I study and work on protein design, metabolic engineering, and biological membranes.

Favorite Protocols

Publications

  1. Spring KJ, Pham S, and Zufall RA. Chromosome copy number variation and control in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56413. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0056413 | PubMed ID:23437129 | HubMed [Paper1]
  2. Spring KJ and Zufall RA. Chilodonella uncinata is not pathogenic to Culex pipiens mosquitoes. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2013 May-Jun;60(3):317-20. DOI:10.1111/jeu.12028 | PubMed ID:23413784 | HubMed [Paper2]

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