REU Program Focus On Dr. Mark Blenner


Dr. Mark Blenner, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University, was one of our recent REU recipients for his project, “Understanding the influence of kinetics and structure in CRISPR-Cas9 cutting of non-conventional yeast DNA.”

Shown are his students at a Clemson poster session who presented:

  • Cheyenne Brady (left), Characterizing Growth of Oleaginous Yeast in Ionic Liquid Media
  • Sara Edgecomb (middle), Understanding the Mechanism for Fatty Acid Regulation in the Lipid Loving Yeast, Yarrowia lipolytica
  • Meredith Bailey (right), Engineering Plasmid Performance in Yarrowia lipolytica

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October 11, 2017