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UC San Diego Bioengineering

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UC San Diego Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering improving health and quality of life by applying engineering principles to scientific discovery.
La Jolla, California, USA be.ucsd.edu Joined October 2009
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UC San Diego Bioengineering @ucsdbe
🌽🦠Researchers in the UC San Diego Chien-Lay Department of Bioengineering leveraging evolution to develop novel microbe strains capable of efficiently consuming low-cost feedstocks, such as agricultural waste and mixed plastics.
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today.ucsd.edu Corn Stalks. It’s What’s for Dinner … If You’re a Microbe. Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. This work has exciting implications for the future of...