Trevor Charles
Research Interests:
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Bacterial molecular genetics
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Functional genomics, metagenomics, genome engineering
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Metabolic functions
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Synthetic biology, bioplastics and bioproducts
[Biology News] December 21, 2016 "Waterloo biologist part of a research collaboration creating new genetic toolbox"
[Royal Canadian Institute Lecture] November 8, 2015 "Genome Engineering. Should we do it? (Can we afford not to?)"
[YouTube Lecture] September 30, 2014 "Mining microbial metagenomes"
[YouTube Lecture] September 19, 2013 "Mining metagenomes for bioplastics and other useful bioproducts"
[CBB researcher story] November 29, 2012 "Breaking Ground in Open Resource Metagenomics"
Perry Chou

Research Interests:
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Biochemical engineering
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Microbial biotechnology
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Synthetic and molecular biology
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Genetic, metabolic and protein engineering
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Biopharmaceuticals (to treat autoimmune diseases and prevent rejection of organ transplants)
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Biomanufacturing, bioprocessing technologies (biological strain construction, bioreaction cultivation, biofuels, bioproduct recovery and purification)
[Waterloo Stories] May 3, 2013 "Can bacteria help create a cheaper fuel for our cars?"
[UW Eng-e-news] August 14, 2013 "Engineering Life-enhancing research"
Andrew Doxey

Research Interests:
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Molecular function prediction, design (proteins, DNA)
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Computational genomics
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Evolutionary bioinformatics and computational biology
[WCMR] June 18, 2018, receives Thermo Fisher Scientific Award
[Daily Bulletin] June 1, 2018, 11 CBB Members Named Outstanding Performance Award Winners
[Waterloo Stories] January 26, 2018 "Scientists find new kind of botox"
Laura Hug

Research Interests:
- Microbial diversity and function at contaminated sites (primarily municipal landfills)
- DNA, RNA, and protein (meta-omics) sequences
- Environment remediation
- Impacts of human activities on the environment
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Microbiology [Canada Research Chair Profile]
[YouTube] October 23, 2015 "Piecing life together - microbial diversity and function through meta-omic analyses"
[Waterloo Stories] April 12, 2016 "New tree of life may hold clues to cleaning up pollution"
Lyndon Jones

Research Interests:
- Clinical trial design
- Contact lens performance
- Drug delivery
- Ocular biomaterials
- Proteins at interfaces
University Research Chair
Office of Research - Technology Transfer & Commercialization:
Barb Katzenback

Research Interests:
- Innate immunity of amphibians
- Regulation of innate immune cell development (macrophages, neutrophils) from progenitor cell populations
- Host-pathogen-environment interactions
Brendan McConkey

Research Interests:
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Protein structure, functions, evolution (yeast, mammalian cell lines, plant-bacterial)
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Bioinformatics, systematics and protein evolution
- Protein structure and interaction modeling
- Protein expression pattern analysis
- Molecular genetics
Matthew Scott

Research Interests:
- Experimental biological physics
- Stochastic processes in physics and biology
- Pysiological constraints on bioproduct synthesis
Lab Equipment: Imagestream MkII with 488nm, 642nm and 785nm lasers; 60x magnification
[YouTube Lectures] Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology 2015