Caleb Bashor
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Rice Research Institute of Iran
United States of America
Biography
Caleb Bashor uses approaches in synthetic biology to understand how complex behavior emerges from the properties of components that comprise cellular regulatory networks. His research focus is on engineering synthetic regulatory programs capable of reshaping cellular phenotype, with an eye on developing transformational cell-based therapeutics from engineered human cells.
Research Interest
Synthetic biology, Systems biology, Translation
Publications
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Bashor CJ, Helman NC, Yan S, Lim WA (2008) Using engineered scaffolds to reshape MAP kinase pathway signaling dynamics. Sci 319: 515-537.
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Bashor CJ, Collins JJ (2012) Insulating gene circuits from context by RNA processing. Nature Biotechnol 30: 1061-1062.
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Chan CC, Lee JW, Cameron DE, Bashor CJ, Collins JJ (2015) Deadman and Passcode microbial kill switches for bacterial containment. Nature Chem Biol 12: 82-86.