User:Rene M Davis

About René

I am a graduate student in the Biological Design Graduate Program at Arizona State University. I am mentored by Dr. Karmella Haynes in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering.

Contact Info

René

René M Davis
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Send me an email at Rene.Davis at ASU dot edu

Education

• 2017 (expected), PhD in Biological Design, Arizona State University
• 2008, BS in Biology, California Institute of Technology

Positions

• 2011-2012, Rotation student in Dr. Julian Chen's lab
• 2009-2010, Research Associate at The Scripps Research Institute, Dr. Kevin Morris’ lab, Delivery of therapeutic RNA-aptamer constructs to alter HIV expression.
• 2009, Intern at City of Hope, Dr. John Rossi’s lab, Design of siRNAs and DNA constructs for therapeutic use against HIV latency.
• 2004, Lab Tech, Adamson Analytical Labs, Gas and high performance liquid chromatography lab procedures.

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant for Cold Spring Harbor Synthetic Biology Course, 2013
• Grant Reviewer for Graduate Research Support Program, 2012
• ASU International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM) Team, 2012
• Biomedical Engineering (BME) Undergraduate Program: Amanda Ispas, 2012-present
• Bioscience High School Internship Program: Ernesto Luna, 2012-present

• Tutored high school and college students in math and science for eight years.
• Trained undergraduate students in molecular biology lab techniques at Scripps.

Research interests

• Synthetic Biology
• AHL quorum sensing
• Metabolic Engineering

Lab Notebooks

• AHL quorum sensing project-current
  
• TB biosensor project - on hold
  
• Intein project - on hold

Publications

• Moe-Behrens GHG, Davis RM, Haynes KA. (2013) Preparing synthetic biology for the world. Front. in Microbio. PMCID: PMC3554958