Current Members
Members |
Education Background |
Research Interests |
Professor |
Liangcheng Du PhD, Royal Vet and Ag University, Copenhagen, Denmark Postdoc, University of California, Davis |
Research in the Du group is at the interface of chemistry and biology. Specifically, we are studying the molecular mechanisms by which organisms (bacteria, fungi and plants) make structurally complex, biologically active natural products. Our goal is to use this knowledge to produce new bioactive products through genetic engineering. The studies involve tools and knowledge from biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and chemistry. |
PhD Student |
Vishakha Jayasekera BS, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon |
Genome mining for new bioactive natural products; molecular mechanisms for biosynthesis and regulation. |
PhD Student |
Nike Idowu Osun State University |
Molecular mechanisms for transport and biosynthesis of bioactive natural products. |
PhD Student |
Shankar Ganesh BS, MS, Amrita University |
Metabolic engineering of biosynthetic gene clusters for new antibiotics and pathogenicty-related natural products. |
PhD Student |
Pinky Chowdhury BS, University of Chittagong; MS, Konkuk University |
Synthetic biology in Lysobacter to produce new cyclic lipodepsipeptide antibiotics. |
PhD Student |
Ruth Sesi BS, University of Cape Coast
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Genome mining for new bioactive natural products. |
Undergraduate Student |
Serena Jentz University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
New bioactive natural products from Lysobacter. |
Undergraduate Student |
Samantha Charleville Truman State University, Kirksville
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Biological control of Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) using Lysobacter enzymogenes. |
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