Chemical Synthetic Biology - Xenobiology

Team Members

Nediljko "Ned" Budisa, Principal Investigator

Hamid Reza Karbalaei-Heidari, Co-PI

Rahele Daraeinejadfard, Lab Technician

Marshall Timmermans, Post-Doc

Katherine Romero, Post-Doc

Harjasmin Mander, Ph.D Candidate

Chun Hin "Michael" Wong, Ph.D Candidate

Huy Luu, Ph.D Candidate

Justin Liba, M.Sc. Student

Karl Licup, Honour's Project Student

Karthika Babu, Honour's Project Student

Latest News
Essential Logic and Facts Behind the Expansion of the Genetic Code: A Critical Assessment 2025
Life’s “operating system” is a universal genetic code. We explain why it looks this way - and how we might carefully expand it.
Maturing into a Revolutionary Tool 2024
The virtual special issue of Chemical Reviews on the topic of Noncanonical Amino Acids profiled leaders and latest advances in the field.
Biosafe Escherichia coli 2024
Genetically Firewalled Production Platforms with Built-In Orthogonal Components
Towards a Synthetic Life Without Stress 2023
Evolving Cells with 'Alien' Genetic Codes
Cutting-Edge Molecular Probes 2023
Exploring Hydrogen Bonds, Vibrational Energy, and Electric Fields
iGEM Teams
Lacthera (2025)
Replase (2024)

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PLAnet Zero (2023)

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ZebraZap (2022)

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