She/Her
Bottom-Up De novo Engineered Living Materials (BUD-ELMs) have the potential for robust scalability, controlled morphology, and tunable functionality. However, we lack the fundamental knowledge necessary to genetically manipulate them to tailor their bulk material for application purposes. Thus, my aim is to identify new design principles to create dynamic and stiffer BUD-ELMs.
Favorite scientists: Jennifer Doudna and Marie Curie
Education: Ph.D. student, Biochemistry & Cell Biology Program
BS in Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2020
emj4 at rice dot edu
C. Ajo-Franklin Group Publications:
“Genetically Modifying the Protein Matrix of Macroscopic Living Materials to Control Their Structure and Rheological Properties.” E. M. Jimenez, C. Nguyen, A. Shakeel, R. Tesoriero Jr., M. Charrier, A. Stull, C. M. Ajo-Franklin. ACS Synthetic Biology (2024) Special Issue: Materials Design by Synthetic Biology.