John Allan

I am from a molecular microbiology background, coming from an undergraduate degree in Microbiology from the University of Dundee where I started a continued involvement in the iGEM competition. Interest in synthetic biology led me to pursue a PhD under the supervision of Prof Frank Sargent, completed at Newcastle University. My PhD involved the design and development of novel synthetic regulatory mechanisms in E. coli. I am now excited to be working on the HBBE project in Prof Gary Black's group on the Building Metabolism theme.