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I'm a postdoc in Herbert Sauro's lab at University of Washington.  I have just started a synthetic biology project and will be an advisor for the UW iGEM 2008 team.  Hopefully I will be able to contribute something here soon.
I'm a postdoc in Herbert Sauro's lab at University of Washington.  I am working on a synthetic biology project and am an advisor for the UW iGEM team.


==Education==
==Education==
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==Research interests==
==Research interests==
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# Synthetic biology (standards, modular gene networks, stochasticity, feed-forward loops)
# Synthetic biology
# Evolution (using it as a friend of synthetic biology instead of an enemy)
# Experimental and directed evolution
# Mutation rates under stress
# Mutation rates under stress


==Publications==
==Publications==


Sleight S.C., N.S. Wigginton, and R.E. Lenski.
*Sleight S.C., C. Orlic, D. Schneider, and R.E. Lenski
Increased susceptibility to repeated freeze-thaw cycles in Escherichia coli following long-term evolution in a benign environment. 2006. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 104 [8 pp].
Genetic basis of evolutionary adaptation by Escherichia coli to stressful cycles of freezing, thawing and growth. 2008. Genetics Sep;180(1):431-43.


Sleight S.C. and R.E. Lenski.
*Sleight S.C. and R.E. Lenski
Evolutionary adaptation to freeze-thaw-growth cycles in Escherichia coli. 2007. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80(4): 370-385.
Evolutionary adaptation to freeze-thaw-growth cycles in Escherichia coli. 2007. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80(4): 370-385.


Sleight S.C., C. Orlic, D. Schneider, and R.E. Lenski.
*Sleight S.C., N.S. Wigginton, and R.E. Lenski
Genetic basis of evolutionary adaptation by Escherichia coli to stressful cycles of freezing, thawing and growth (submitted to Genetics).
Increased susceptibility to repeated freeze-thaw cycles in Escherichia coli following long-term evolution in a benign environment. 2006. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 104 [8 pp].


==Useful links==
==Useful links==
*[http://openwetware.org/wiki/In-fusion_biobrick_assembly In-Fusion BioBrick Assembly]
*[[OpenWetWare:Welcome|Introductory tutorial]]
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*[[Help|OpenWetWare help pages]]
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Latest revision as of 12:21, 22 May 2009

Contact Info

Sean C. Sleight (an artistic interpretation)

I'm a postdoc in Herbert Sauro's lab at University of Washington. I am working on a synthetic biology project and am an advisor for the UW iGEM team.

Education

  • 2007, PhD, Michigan State University, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
  • 1999, BS, University of Arizona, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Research interests

  1. Synthetic biology
  2. Experimental and directed evolution
  3. Mutation rates under stress

Publications

  • Sleight S.C., C. Orlic, D. Schneider, and R.E. Lenski

Genetic basis of evolutionary adaptation by Escherichia coli to stressful cycles of freezing, thawing and growth. 2008. Genetics Sep;180(1):431-43.

  • Sleight S.C. and R.E. Lenski

Evolutionary adaptation to freeze-thaw-growth cycles in Escherichia coli. 2007. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80(4): 370-385.

  • Sleight S.C., N.S. Wigginton, and R.E. Lenski

Increased susceptibility to repeated freeze-thaw cycles in Escherichia coli following long-term evolution in a benign environment. 2006. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 104 [8 pp].

Useful links