People

The IC-CSynB is made up of Students, PostDocs, Technicians, Fellows and Faculty from across Imperial
Meet some of the group leaders within the IC-CSynB
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Francesca Ceroni
Department of Chemical Engineering
Francesca Ceroni's group applies Synthetic Biology principles to mammalian cell engineering for bioprocessing and cell therapy. -
Geoff Baldwin
Department of Life Sciences
Research work in the Baldwin lab focuses on the development of synthetic biology approaches to facilitate the engineering of new biological systems for real-world applications.
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Guy-Bart Stan
Department of Bioengineering
Dr Stan's Control Engineering Synthetic Biology group look to apply rigorous engineering principles to the design of biological systems.
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James Murray
Department of Life Sciences
James Murray's group works on synthetic biology in cyanobacteria and protein design.
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Karen Polizzi
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr Polizzi's research team applies synthetic biology to biological manufacturing .
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Mark Isalan
Department of Life Sciences
Mark Isalan's Synthetic Biology group works in protein engineering, gene network engineering and synthetic gene therapy.
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Nikolai Windbichler
Department of Life Sciences
The Windbichler lab develops synthetic biology approaches for the enginneering of genomes and pan-genomes such as synthetic sex ratio distorters or gene drives.
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Patrik Jones
Life Sciences
The Microbial Metabolic Engineering group is working on understanding and engineering the metabolism of microorganisms in order to enable biotechnological solutions that can improve our sustainability.
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Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro
Department of Bioengineering
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro's group explores novel applications of microbial systems by combining cutting-edge synthetic biology tools and metabolic engineering strategies
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Tom Ellis
Department of Bioengineering
Dr Ellis's research team develops tools and technologies for synthetic genome engineering and programmable biological materials.
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Thomas Ouldridge
Department of Bioengineering
Dr Ouldridge's Principles of Biomolecular Systems group looks to understand and engineer the fundamental molecular reactions that underlie complex processes.
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Yuval Elani
Department of Chemistry
Dr Elani’s research team develops precision engineering technologies for constructing artificial cells from the bottom-up, including microfluidics, optical traps, and biomembrane design.