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Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering Microbes Metabolic Engineering Synthetic Biology Enzymes Protein Engineering Biomolecules Directed Biopolymer Evolution Antibody Nano-Devices, Sensors, Environmental, Biosynthetic and Biomedical Applications Research Interest Biomolecular Tools Artificial Cellulosomes 1. Found in anaerobic microbes 2. Hydrolyze cellulose up to 50-fold faster due to synergy 3. Interaction between dockerin to cohesin is species specific Bayer et al., 2006 Synthetic Yeast Consortia 11000 Remaining Sugars (mg/L) YEAST YEAST YEAST YEAST 10000 9000 His6 Tag His6 Tag Control 8000 YEAST YEAST Free Enzymes Cellulosome C T CBD 7000 F AGα1 0 20 40 Time (hrs) 60 80 YEAST 1200 25 Control Control Free Enzymes Free Enzymes Cell Numbers (10 6 /mL) 1000 Ethanol (mg/L) His6 Tag Cellulosome 800 600 400 20 Cellulosome 15 10 200 0 5 0 20 40 Time (hrs) 60 80 0 20 40 Time (hrs) 60 80 Virus detection and drug discovery Influenza In situ Monitoring of Virus Replication Using Molecular Beacons Translation Uncoating RNA replication Nucleus Fixation with para-formaldehyde and permeabilization Triton X-100 In vivo detection of Coxsackie B6 virus in BGMK cells Cells infected with 103 PFU, M.O.I.≈ 0.5 (15 min to 18 hr) PlasDIC (t = 0 min) PlasDIC (t = 18 hr) Yeh et al. PNAS, 17522-17525, 2008 Acknowledgement 9 Graduate Students and 1 Postdoc