About
The SDSU Microbial Engineering Core (Metamorphotech) was founded by a team of microbiologists with more than 40 years of microbiology experience. We share a passion for leveraging microbes for innovative applications.
Team
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Kyle Malter, PhD
Cofounder, Research Specialist San Diego State University |
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Sinem Beyhan, PhD
Cofounder, Associate Professor J. Craig Venter Institute www.jcvi.org/about/sinem-beyhan |
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Intellectual Property
We employ patented/pending genetic engineering technology. Below are several representative scientific publications describing our work.
A Modular Plasmid Toolkit Applied in Marine Bacteria Reveals Functional Insights During Bacteria-Stimulated Metamorphosis (2023) bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.31.526474
A Distinct Contractile Injection System Gene Cluster Found in a Majority of Healthy Adult Human Microbiomes (2020) mSystems 5:e00648-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00648-20
A Bacterial Phage Tail-like Structure Kills Eukaryotic Cells by Injecting a Nuclease Effector (2019) Cell Reports. 28(2), 295-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.019
Learn more about our science:
www.shikumalab.com
www.jcvi.org/about/sinem-beyhan
A Modular Plasmid Toolkit Applied in Marine Bacteria Reveals Functional Insights During Bacteria-Stimulated Metamorphosis (2023) bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.31.526474
A Distinct Contractile Injection System Gene Cluster Found in a Majority of Healthy Adult Human Microbiomes (2020) mSystems 5:e00648-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00648-20
A Bacterial Phage Tail-like Structure Kills Eukaryotic Cells by Injecting a Nuclease Effector (2019) Cell Reports. 28(2), 295-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.019
Learn more about our science:
www.shikumalab.com
www.jcvi.org/about/sinem-beyhan
