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Yeast: You Can Do More Than Bake It

NIH/Carolyn Larabell
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University of California, San Francisco, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Imagine taking over the inner mechanism of a cell and using it as a factory. That is just what Dr. Paul Schweiger, who is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Missouri State University, does in his lab. He comes by to talk about advances made in recent years in this field.

From insulin production to the treatment for malaria, using bacteria and yeast can provide greater control and more consistent supply for a wide variety of chemicals.

Dr. David Cornelison has been working as an educator and scientist in Arizona and Missouri universities for the last 32 years. From 2010-2018, he was the head of the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science at Missouri State University. His research interests lie at the intersection of experimental condensed-matter physics and astrophysics, while his educational efforts have focused on outreach to the K-12 school system. Most of all, he believes in curiosity-driven learning in the sciences and all other fields.