Chenling Xu

Contact information

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue, L-452
Livermore, CA 94550
email: yung6@llnl.gov
phone: 925 422 7750

         

Education

Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012.
B.S. in Biochemistry, Tufts University, 2006.

Research

My research interests span the fields of synthetic biology, biochemistry, and environmental microbiology. Current projects include: engineering bacterial nano- and micro-compartment systems for synthetic biology applications, developing biocontainment strategies for genetically engineered microorganisms, and developing biosynthetic pathways toward DOE relevant bioproducts and materials.

Recent publications

  1. VanArsdale, E., Navid, A., Chu, M. J., Halvorsen, T. M., Payne, G. F., Jiao, Y., Bentley, W. E., & Yung, M. C. (2023) Electrogenetic signaling and information propagation for controlling microbial consortia via programmed lysis. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 120, 1366-1381. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28337

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