The Merchant Lab
Sabeeha Merchant Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology BS and PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison sabeeha at berkeley dot edu |
Scientists
Sean D. Gallaher BS and PhD, University of California, Los Angeles I am interested in leveraging computational biology strategies (e.g. transcriptomics, genomics, etc.) to interrogate the inner workings of green algae. gallaher at ucla dot chem dot edu | |
Anne Glaesener B.Sc., M.Sc., Technical University Braunschweig, Germany (Biotechnology) I am the lab manager and admin coordinator of the Merchant Lab. aglaesener at berkeley dot edu | |
Huan Long B.S., Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan (Biotechnology) My project in the Merchant lab focuses on isolation of acidocalcisome from Chlamydomonas, a model organism to study metal economy. Acidocalcisomes are acidic calcium-storage organelles, which are involved in polyphosphate and cation storage and in acclimation of microorganisms to environmental stress. Purification of acidocalcisomes and subsequent proteomic analysis will help us better understanding the regulation mechanism of metal homeostasis under different situations. huanlong at berkeley dot edu | |
Jeff Moseley B.Sc. University of California, San Diego, Biochemistry Algae nutrition, photosynthesis, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis, biotechnology applications jlmoseley at berkeley dot edu | |
Stefan Schmollinger PhD, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany I am interested in acclimation responses to environmental cues in Chlamydomonas, and also elemental analysis in bulk or spatial distribution in eukaryotes. Currently searching for the point of intersection. schmollinger at berkeley dot edu | |
Daniela Strenkert PhD, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany I am studying how transcriptional changes are orchestrated with changes of the epigenetic landscape in the eukaryotic, single-celled green algae Chlamydomonas. Chlamydomonas is a superior reference system since it offers all advantages of a single celled, eukaryotic, microbial culture system that can be combined with genome wide profiling approaches. dstrenkert at berkeley dot edu |
Postdoctoral Scholars
Valle Ojeda Servian B.S., M.S. and PhD, University of Seville, Spain The objective of my project is to go beyond inventories of redox modified proteins by monitoring the proteome-wide dynamics of disulphide-dithiol status in the context of a diurnal metabolic cycle in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The findings will be important for modelling diurnal metabolic flux, which is useful for developing biotechnological strategies, whether synthetic biology or pharmacological, for manipulating metabolism for production of biofuels and bioproducts, where Chlamydomonas is a key reference organism. valle.ojeser at berkeley dot edu |