2010, BS Biochemistry with Honors, University of Maryland, College Park
2010, BS Cell Biology and Genetics with Honors, University of Maryland, College Park
Research interests
My research is bioengineering S. cerevisiae for the production of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, with an emphasis on applying genetic and biochemical strategies for introducing heterologous enzymes and optimizing pathway flux.
General research interests:
Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology
Protein engineering
Chemical biology
Publications
Thodey K, Galanie S, Smolke CD. 2014. A microbial biomanufacturing platform for natural and semisynthetic opioids. Nature Chemical Biology, in press. [1]
Galanie S, Siddiqui MS, Smolke CD. 2013. Molecular tools for chemical biotechnology. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 24, 1000-9. [2]
DeMuth P, Hurley M, Wu C, Galanie S, Zachariah MR, DeShong P. 2010. Mesoscale porous silica as drug delivery vehicles: Synthesis, characterization, and pH-sensitive release profiles. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 141, 128-134.
Acknowledged in Hazelwood LA, Free RB, Cabrera DM, Skinbjerg M, Sibley DR. 2008. Reciprocal Modulation of Function between the D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptors and the Na+,K+-ATPase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283, 36441-53.
