Researchers in Prof. Elizabeth Sattely's laboratory have developed a high-yield, scalable plant-based protein expression system to produce lignin-degrading enzymes for converting waste lignin into useful carbon-based platform chemicals.
Stanford researchers have developed a system for precise genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells (ECSs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
The patched gene is a component of the so-called Hedgehog signaling pathway that is known to be involved in the commonest human cancer, basal cell carcinoma, and in brain cancer.