Mimi Yung | 17-ERD-013
Executive Summary
We are exploring a novel cell-based, drug-delivery platform in which a therapeutic microbe is engineered to detect a specific pathogen and deliver antimicrobial protein fragments in the local pathogen environment in high concentrations. This research may have a broad impact on synthetic-biology solutions for biosecurity applications and antibiotic-resistant infections in both military and civilian healthcare environments.
Publications and Presentations
Lee, T., et al. 2018. "Improved Expression of Host-Toxic Antimicrobial Peptides in Escherichia coli Using an Encapsulin Nanocompartment System." 2018 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution and Design (SEED) Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2018. LLNL-POST-752026.
