I am a post-doctoral fellow working for Margie Romine. My office is in BSF room 2102E. Activities that I am involved in include:

Development of axenic cultures from UCC Targeted gene knock-out in axenic cultures Phenotypic testing of growth properties of axenic cultures Cross-feeding assays to test metabolic co-dependencies RT-PCR analysis to test regulon predictions development of cultures for testing chemical probes and new metabolomics capabilities and analysis of results of probe assays

I consider myself a "systems biologist", trained in a variety of different areas, but primarily interested in how organisms work as integrated, self-regulating systems. Trained in protein chemistry and cell biology, I have extensive experience in modeling biological systems as well as image analysis and other novel analytical technologies. Currently, my major focus is on integrating multiple types of 'omics data to provide insight into fundamental biological regulatory mechanisms.