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J. Christopher Anderson

Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

308A Stanley
mailcode: 1762
(510) 666-3611
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http://andersonlab.qb3.berkeley.edu/

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 2007

Research Interests

My lab develops the foundational technologies and applications for Synthetic Biology, a ground-up approach to genetic engineering.  More information is available at our group website:  https://andersonlab.qb3.berkeley.edu/

Education

2007 Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering

2003-2007, Postdoctoral Fellow with Adam Arkin (UC Berkeley) and Christopher Voigt (UCSF)

2003, PhD, The Scripps Research Institute, Advisor Peter Schultz

1998, BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Major Awards

2007    The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition (Instructor): Finalist, Best Poster Award
2007    Technology Review TR35 Award
2006    The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition (Instructor): 1st Place Best Part, 3rd Place Best Measurement and Part Characterization
2006    Synthetic Biology 2.0:  Best Application Award
2003    Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
1998    NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Professional Experience

Selected Publications

J.C. Anderson.  Cells By Design Technology Review, 2007.

J.C. Anderson, C.A. Voigt, A.P. Arkin. Environmental signal integration by a modular AND gate. Mol. Sys. Biol., 2007.

J.C. Anderson, E.J. Clarke, A.P. Arkin, C.A. Voigt. Environmentally controlled invasion of cancer cells by engineered bacteria. J. Mol Biol., 2005.

J.C. Anderson, N. Wu, S.W. Santoro, V. Lakshman, D.S. King, P.G. Schultz. An expanded genetic code with a functional quadruplet codon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2004

R.A. Mehl, J.C. Anderson, S.W. Santoro, L. Wang, A.B. Martin, D.S. King, D.M. Horn, P.G. Schultz.  Generation of a bacterium with a 21 amino acid genetic code. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003.

 

 

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