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SUMMARY:Synthetic Biology for Enhanced mRNA Functions and Animal Performan
 ce
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Qing Sun Texas A&M University\nA central goal of synthetic 
 biology is to re-engineer DNA\, RNA\, protein\, and living organisms for s
 pecific biological tasks. In this talk\, I will highlight our work on engi
 neering macromolecule and bacteria-animal interactions for biomedical and 
 environmental applications. Firstly\, messenger RNA-based vaccines efficie
 ntly fight against viral diseases including COVID-19. I will talk about ou
 r efforts to recode mRNA toward thermally stable and highly efficient mRNA
  vaccines. Secondly\, programming animals’ physiology and behavior is si
 gnificant in pest control and human health. I will present a bacteria-anim
 al symbiont system in which engineered bacteria recognize modulate animal 
 physiology through logic gates.\n\nBiography\n\nDr. Qing Sun is Herbert Ri
 chardson Fellow Assistant Professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Ch
 emical Engineering at Texas A&M University. In 2015\, she obtained her Ph.
 D. from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at University
  of Delaware under the mentorship of Professor Wilfred Chen. After that\, 
 she did postdoc training under the supervision of Professor Dr. Timothy K.
  Lu in the Synthetic Biology Center at MIT. Her research interests are syn
 thetic biology with advancing designs and applications. Using expertise in
  deep learning and experiments\, she aims to develop techniques to improve
  human health\, tackle environmental challenges\, design smart materials\,
  and alleviate the energy crisis.\n 
LOCATION:CM 1 4 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CM%201%204
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