Jazz has left the lab.

_team/jazz-ghataora.md

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 title:  Jazz Ghataora
 author: Ghataora J.
 position: Postdoctoral Research Associate
-role: member
+role: alumni
 leaveyear: 2024
 education:
   - B.Sc. Cellular & Molecular Biology, Aston University, 2014-2018
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ keywords:
   - structural biology
   - science communication
 ---
-PDRA in the BioCompute lab focusing on using next generation reporter tags in optimising yeast bioengineering for various industrial applications. 
+PDRA in the BioCompute lab focusing on using next generation reporter tags in optimising yeast bioengineering for various industrial applications.
 
 My first formal introduction to synthetic biology was through my BSc molecular biology modules, which immersed me into the world of protein engineering, next-generation sequencing, and DNA assembly methods. Subsequently, my interests in synthetic biology were further reinforced by my MSc in Molecular Biotechnology. Here, my MSc thesis explored the use of the model Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis, as a chassis for the construction of bacterial biosensors to monitor heavy metal pollution in the environment. My recent PhD project continued this work of using Bacillus subtilis as a biosensor. Here, I designed more sophisticated logic gate circuits, utilised chimeric protein engineering to overcome genetic part incompatibility, and developed a comprehensive toolbox of parts and devices to advance Bacillus subtilis as a chassis for the development of heavy metal biological monitoring tools. In addition, I explored the use of bacterial-calcite precipitation as a means of detoxifying heavy metal contaminated environments.