This master's thesis was completed in 2015 as part of the Master of Engineering Nanoscience program at Lund University, with experimental work conducted at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the Murray Lab as part of Caltech’s SURF program (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship).
Titled Rapid Prototyping of Biomolecular Circuits Through Module Characterization in Cell-Free Expression Systems, the thesis focused on advancing synthetic biology methodologies by developing efficient tools for genetic circuit design.
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The work explored cell-free expression systems as a platform for rapid prototyping of biomolecular modules, aiming to overcome key bottlenecks in the design-build-test cycle of synthetic biological systems. By establishing correlations between cell-free and cellular environments, this research sought to create a more streamlined workflow for engineering biological networks.
The master’s thesis received the prestigious Sahlberg Foundation Award, recognizing outstanding research in the field of chemistry.
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