User:Kevin J. Spring

Contact Info

• Kevin J. Spring, Ph.D.
• Postdoctoral Fellow
• University of Texas Medical School at Houston
• Houston, TX, USA 77030
• Kevin.J.Spring@uth.tmc.edu

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

• Gene Synthesis
• Making ultra-competent cells
• Making Long Term Stock of Bacteria

Publications

1. Synthetic Biology pmid=24621257

2. copy number variation and control in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata pmid=23437129

3. uncinata is not pathogenic to Culex pipiens mosquitoes pmid=23413784

Useful links

• Personal site
• Levental Lab