Problem Solver
Ena Urbach
Areas Ena Urbach is Knowledgeable in:
Molecular microbiology, cloning and sequencing technologies, genetic and metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, and synthetic biology.
Techniques Ena Urbach Uses:
Induction, deduction, literature research, brainstorming alone and with peers.
Ena Urbach's Problem Solving Skills:
- bioinformatics
- drug discovery
- molecular microbial ecology
- bacterial physiology
- molecular evolution
- genetic engineering
- database design
- synthetic biology
Ena Urbach's Problem Solving Experience:
- Developed metagenomic DNA libraries using DNA from soil microorganisms.
• Developed methods to isolate high molecular weight bacterial DNA from soil.
• Optimized micro- and molecular biology for large-insert library construction. - Designed and implemented high-throughput drug discovery assay and data systems.
• Integrated cellular and biochemical aspects of assay design.
• Developed database for multiwell plate tracking, data collection and statistics.
• Supervised implementation and system optimization.
• Identified potential antibiotic-producing “hit” clones - Designed and Engineered Cloning System for antibiotic discovery.
• Designed Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) host/vector system compatible
with antibiotic discovery assays.
• Engineered new E. coli host strains using synthetic genes and recombineering.
• Engineered BAC cloning vectors.