At the Bioeconomy Lab we are investigating and addressing fundamental issues in the access to biological reagents. In addition, we are developing research tools to make biotechnology accessible, used, and useful in resource-constraint contexts. Cell free protein synthesis (CFPS) will be explored as a proxy for in vivo protein expression of IP-free enzymes such as DNA polymerases, ligases and restriction enzymes. Genetic libraries will be cloned by LOOP-assembly and CFPS will be used as a high-throughput first-screening to select the most promising genetic combinations for protein expression.
