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I am a graduate student in Tom Knight's lab and co-advised by Drew Endy.

My current work is in the area of synthetic biology.

Thesis research: a brief summary of my thesis research and interests.
ICSB 2005 poster: my latest poster on my work.
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.
Abstraction hierarchy: thinking about a framework within which to engineer synthetic biological systems.
A new BioBricks vector design: designing a new, extensible BioBricks vector scaffold.
A standard strain for BioBricks: specifying a standard strain in which BioBricks parts, devices and systems would work.
Standards for parts characterization: thinking about what BioBricks characterization standards might look like.

MIT iGEM: I am serving as an advisor to the 2006 MIT iGEM team. (iGEM is an acronym for international Genetically Engineering Machines competition.)
I am putting together a tutorial on using OpenWetWare to host courses. Feedback is welcome.
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.
BE.490: Foundations of Computational & Systems Biology: In Spring 2004, I was a teaching assistant for BE.490.

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

iGEM: I am serving as a part-time iGEM 2006 ambassador to Asia.
OpenWetWare: a wiki for researchers in biological science and engineering to enable more sharing and collaboration in the research community.
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 by date by author
Science 2.0: some thoughts on how the conduct of science will change through Web2.0 technologies.
Synthetic Society Working Group: a working group exploring societal issues around synthetic biology.
Previously, I also helped to organize Synthetic Biology 1.0: The First International Meeting on Synthetic Biology.

Prior to coming to MIT, I spent a few months in Tom Blundell's lab at the University of Cambridge working on RAPPER.
Before that, I worked as an undergrad research assistant for several years in Baldmero Olivera's lab at the University of Utah. I worked on a few different projects during that time. More to come (maybe).

Reshma Shetty
MIT CSAIL
32 Vassar Street, Room 32-311
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
617.253.5814
rshetty AT mit DOT edu

CNN Money has an article called "Big jobs that pay badly." The three examples they cite: architect, chef and academic research scientist.
The other kind of biobricks.
Google, Venter and genomics ... oh my!
Quarter-Life-Crisis: outlet for the artistically inclined twenty-something. (Shameless plug for a friend's website.)
Check out the MIT Kickboxing Club. (My new hobby.)

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 *[[iGEM:MIT/2006|MIT iGEM]]: I am serving as an advisor to the 2006 MIT iGEM team.  (iGEM is an acronym for international Genetically Engineering Machines competition.)
-*[[Help:Hosting courses]]: I am trying to put together a tutorial on using OpenWetWare to host courses.  Feedback is welcome.
+*I am putting together a [[Help:Hosting courses|tutorial]] on using OpenWetWare to host courses.  Feedback is welcome.
 *[[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.