John Dueber Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering 327 Stanley Hall mailcode: 1762 510-664-4200 fax: 510-664-4200 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 2009

Research Interests

We employ protein engineering and synthetic biology approaches to gain designable control over biological systems.  We are particularly interested in bioenergy applications with the desire to develop strategies that can also be generalized to other applications.

Education

2005-2009 QB3 Distinguished Fellow with Jay Keasling and Adam Arkin (UC Berkeley)  

2005, PhD, UC San Francisco, Advisor Wendell Lim

1999, BS, University of Delaware

Major Awards

2007 The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition (co-Instructor): Finalist, Best Poster Award

2006 The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition (co-Instructor): 1st Place Best Part, 3rd Place Best Measurement and Part Characterization

2003: Collegiate Inventor’s Competition Finalist

Professional Experience

2009 Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering, EBI

2005-2009 QB3 Distinguished Fellow

Selected Publications

Dueber, J.E.*, Wu, G.C, Malmirchegini, G.R., Moon, T.S., Petzold C.J., Ullal, A.V., Prather, K.L.J., Keasling, J.D. “Synthetic protein scaffolds provide modular control over flux through an engineered metabolic pathway.” Nature Biotechnol. 27:753-9, Aug 2009.  

Dueber, J.E., Mirsky, E.A., Lim, W.A.*.  “Engineering synthetic signaling proteins with ultrasensitive input/output control. Nat Biotechnol. 25(6):660-2, May 2007.  

Dueber, J.E., Yeh, B.J., Bhattacharyya, R.P., Lim, W.A.* “Rewiring cell signaling: the logic and plasticity of eukaryotic protein circuitry.” Curr Opin Struct Biol 14(6):690-9, Dec 2004.  

Dueber, J.E., Yeh, B.J., Chak K., Lim, W.A.* “Reprogramming control of an allosteric signaling switch through modular recombination.” Science 301(5641):1904-8, Sep 2003.  

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