Likhith: Exploring the dynamics of sucrose secretion by various engineered strains of Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 under salt stress
Akash: Characterising the activity of new promoters in Synechoccus elongatus UTEX 2973 via CRISPR-Cas12a-mediated genomic integration
Sanjana: Engineering the butanol-producing E. coli KJK01 to take up and metabolise renewable sucrose feedstocks, and quantifying the production of butanol therefrom.
Ashli: Characterising the ability of E. coli KJK01 to subsist on the feedstocks produced by sucrose-secreting Synechoccus elongatus UTEX 2973 as an alternative to petrochemical synthesis
Vidisha: Validating genome-scale metabolic models of sucrose-secreting Synechoccus elongatus UTEX 2973, butanol-secreting E. coli KJK01 and a co-culture of the two.
Arya: Using genome-scale metabolic models to analyse metabolic flux distributions in a microbial community of Synechococcus elongatus and E. coli in a steady state condition.
Jason: Studying co-cultures using dynamic FBA to analyze temporal variation of secondary metabolite production
Arsh: Studying genome modification for secondary metabolite production and its optimization in E. coli using FBA and FSEOF
Soorya: Studying genome modification for sucrose production and its optimization in photosynthetic cyanobacteria Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 using FBA and FSEOF/Optknock
