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==Bio==
[[Image:ReshmaShettyPhoto.jpg|right|thumb]]
Ph.D. Candidate in [http://web.mit.edu/be Biological Engineering] at [http://web.mit.edu MIT]<br>
B.S. in [http://www.cs.utah.edu/ Computer Science] from the [http://www.utah.edu/ University of Utah], 2002


I am a co-founder of [http://ginkgobioworks.com Ginkgo BioWorks, Inc.].


==Thesis project==
===Education===
My goal is to engineer transcription-based combinational digital logic in ''Escherichia coli'' cells.
 
*Ph.D. in [http://web.mit.edu/be Biological Engineering] from [http://web.mit.edu MIT], 2008.
*B.S. in [http://www.cs.utah.edu/ Computer Science] from the [http://www.utah.edu/ University of Utah], 2002.
 
===Current research===
 
'''My current work is in the area of synthetic biology.'''
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41843 Applying engineering principles to the design and construction of transcriptional devices] (Ph.D. thesis)
*[[Reshma Shetty/FAQ and thoughts | FAQ and thoughts]]: my own answers to frequently asked questions and objections to the field as well as thoughts on related experimental issues.
 
'''Other related discussions and projects in which I am involved.'''
 
*[[BioBricks]]: a one stop shop for all BioBricks related information and projects.
*[[Synthetic Biology:Abstraction hierarchy | Abstraction hierarchy]]: thinking about a framework within which to engineer synthetic biological systems.
*[[Synthetic Biology:Vectors/pSB**5 design | A new BioBricks vector design]]: designing a new, extensible BioBricks vector scaffold.
*[[Standard_E._coli_Strain_for_BioBricks | A standard strain for BioBricks]]: specifying a standard strain in which BioBricks parts, devices and systems would operate.
*[[Parts characterization | Standards for parts characterization]]: thinking about what BioBricks characterization standards might look like.
*[[Synthetic Biology:Vectors/Barcode | Barcodes for synthetic biological systems]]
 
===Teaching===
 
*[[iGEM:MIT/2006|MIT iGEM]]: I served as an advisor to the 2006 MIT iGEM team.  (iGEM is an acronym for international Genetically Engineering Machines competition.)  The team won [http://igem2006.com/results.htm "Best System"] for engineering bacteria to smell like wintergreen and banana over the course of a single summer. 
*[[BE.109|BE.109: Laboratory fundamentals of biological engineering]]: I was a teaching assistant for BE.109 in Spring 2006.  [[Natalie Kuldell]] and I experimented with the integration of BE.109 and OpenWetWare.
*[http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/7/sp04/7.91/index.html BE.490: Foundations of Computational & Systems Biology]: In Spring 2004, I was a teaching assistant for BE.490.
 
===Previous research===
 
*Prior to coming to MIT, I spent a few months in [http://www-cryst.bioc.cam.ac.uk/ Tom Blundell's lab] at the [http://www.cam.ac.uk/ University of Cambridge] working on [http://raven.bioc.cam.ac.uk/ RAPPER]: ''ab initio'' conformational search algorithm for restraint-based protein structure modeling.
*Before that, I worked as an undergrad research assistant for several years in [http://www.biology.utah.edu/faculty2.php?inum=7 Baldomero Olivera's] lab at the [http://www.utah.edu/ University of Utah].  I worked on a few different projects during that time including the identification of the post-translational modification enzyme &gamma;-glutamyl carboxylase in ''Conus'' and ''Drosophila''.  Also, I helped to discover two novel superfamilies of neurotoxins from the venom of the molluscs ''Conus''.
 
See [[Reshma Shetty/Publications | my publications]].
 
===Honors===
 
*National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005-2007.
*Whitaker Graduate Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering, 2002-2004.
*Andrew and Edna Viterbi Fellowship in Computational Biology, 2002-2003.
 
===Activities===
 
'''Some non-research but still important discussions and projects in which I am participating.'''
 
*[[Main Page | OpenWetWare]]: a wiki for researchers in biological science and engineering to enable more sharing and collaboration in the research community. I serve on the [[OpenWetWare steering committee]].  Here are [[Special:Contributions/Rshetty | my contributions]] to the site.
*[http://igem2006.com iGEM]: I served as a part-time iGEM 2006 ambassador to Asia.
*[[Publishing Group | Publishing]]: can we improve the publishing system in synthetic biology? 
**To this end, I helped set up the MIT DSpace synthetic biology publishing archive.  Check out the archive [https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/18185/browse-date by date] [https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/18185/browse-author by author]
*[[Synthetic Society | Synthetic Society Working Group]]: a working group exploring societal issues around synthetic biology.
*Previously, I also helped to organize [http://syntheticbiology.org/Synthetic_Biology_1.0.html Synthetic Biology 1.0]: The First International Meeting on Synthetic Biology.
 
===Contact===
 
Reshma Shetty<br>
rshetty AT ginkgobioworks DOT com
 
===Bookmarks===
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===Miscellaneous===
*[[Reshma Shetty/blog]] <-- trying out a blog
*[http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/11/06/1913228.shtml We made Slashdot!]
*[http://money.cnn.com/ CNN Money] has an [http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/15/pf/training_pay/index.htm article] called "Big jobs that pay badly."  The three examples they cite: architect, chef and academic research scientist.
*The other kind of [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2731 biobricks].
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111100674.html Google, Venter and genomics ... oh my!]
*[http://www.quarter-life-crisis.com Quarter-Life-Crisis]: outlet for the artistically inclined twenty-something. (Shameless plug for a friend's website.)
*The [http://aimediaserver.com/studiodaily/videoplayer/?src=harvard/harvard.swf&width=640&height=520 Mechanome]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:04, 25 October 2008

I am a co-founder of Ginkgo BioWorks, Inc..

Education

Current research

My current work is in the area of synthetic biology.

Other related discussions and projects in which I am involved.

Teaching

Previous research

  • Prior to coming to MIT, I spent a few months in Tom Blundell's lab at the University of Cambridge working on RAPPER: ab initio conformational search algorithm for restraint-based protein structure modeling.
  • Before that, I worked as an undergrad research assistant for several years in Baldomero Olivera's lab at the University of Utah. I worked on a few different projects during that time including the identification of the post-translational modification enzyme γ-glutamyl carboxylase in Conus and Drosophila. Also, I helped to discover two novel superfamilies of neurotoxins from the venom of the molluscs Conus.

See my publications.

Honors

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005-2007.
  • Whitaker Graduate Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering, 2002-2004.
  • Andrew and Edna Viterbi Fellowship in Computational Biology, 2002-2003.

Activities

Some non-research but still important discussions and projects in which I am participating.

Contact

Reshma Shetty
rshetty AT ginkgobioworks DOT com

Bookmarks

<xfeeds titlecolour="#e5edc8" notimestamp="Y" contentcolour="#e5edc8" feedlimit="10" totallimit="20"> http://del.icio.us/rss/rpshetty/research </xfeeds>

Miscellaneous

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