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SUMMARY:BioE COLLOQUIA SERIES: "Synthetic Gene Regulatory Networks for Spa
 tiotemporal Pattern Formation"
DTSTART:20200309T121500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Yolanda Schaerli\, University of Lausanne (CH)\nWEEKLY B
 IOENGINEERING COLLOQUIA SERIES\n(sandwiches served)\n\nAbstract:\nSyntheti
 c biology has emerged as a multidisciplinary field that provides new tools
  and approaches to address longstanding problems in biology. It integrates
  knowledge from biology\, engineering and mathematics to build – rather 
 than to simply observe and perturb – biological systems that emulate nat
 ural counterparts or that explore alternative solutions beyond nature’s 
 repertoire.\n\nIn my group we use this bottom-up synthetic biology approac
 h to understand the mechanisms\, properties and evolution of gene regulato
 ry networks\, with a focus on networks involved in spatiotemporal pattern 
 formation.\n\nIn my talk\, I will present our latest research on pattern-f
 orming synthetic networks in populations of E. coli cells\, including our 
 work on the toggle switch and on multistable and dynamic synthetic circuit
 s using CRISPR interference for precise temporal and spatial control of ge
 ne expression.\n\nBio:\nYolanda studied Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
  at the ETH Zurich\, Switzerland. She did her PhD at the University of Cam
 bridge\, UK\, where she was developing microfluidic high-throughput method
 s for directed evolution of proteins. During her post-doc at the Centre fo
 r Genomic Regulation (CRG)\, in Barcelona\, Spain\, she engineered synthet
 ic gene regulatory network for pattern formation. As junior group leader a
 t the University of Zurich\, Switzerland\, she started using synthetic cir
 cuits to address questions of molecular evolution. Her main research inter
 ests at UNIL are studying gene regulatory networks for pattern formation a
 nd their evolution using a bottom-up synthetic biology approach. When not 
 busy with research\, Yolanda likes spending time with her family and hikin
 g.\n\nZoom link for attending remotely: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/474771816
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717
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