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The Keasling Laboratory's research is organized around three primary themes:

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2007 SIM Annual Meeting
July 29 - August 2, 2007
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Latest News

We're moving! As part of the newly founded Joint BioEnergy Institue, we are heading to new lab space in Emeryville. The move will be completed in mid-June 2008. Check the contacts page for our new addresses.

Keasling honored by magazine as Scientist of the Year For his breakthroughs in the field of synthetic biology, including treatments for malaria, AIDS, and cancer as well as discoveries of new fuel resources, Discover Magazine awarded Jay Keasling with its first-ever Scientist of the Year award. More at the UC Berkeley press release

In a a segment on KGO-TV Channel 7 News, Dr. Dean Edell reports on the Keasling Lab's continuing progress to cheaply produce antimalaria medication for developing countries.

Amyris Gets Funds to Test Sugar Fuel: Emeryville-based Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., founded by Jay Keasling and others, announced that it now has a new leader as well as $20M in funding to employ the modern principles of synthetic biology to create biofuel utilizing sugar.

Architect of Life (Forbes Magazine)

Contra Costa Times: Keasling cited as a leader in the reshaping of Berkeley Lab