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June 2019

• Prof. Peralta-Yahya participates in the Interagency Working Group on Biological Data Sharing Workshop
• We welcome two undergraduate students this summer. Jack Williams (Carleton College) and Liz Marquez-Ortiz (Macalester College). Stay tuned to read about their research!
• The Engineering Biology Research Roadmap is out! Prof. Peralta-Yahya was the Technical Theme Lead for Host and Consortia Engineering. Read the press release!
  
• Dr. Howie participates in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory course in Metabolomics.

April 2019

• Emily's manuscript Rapid deorphanization of human olfactory receptors in yeast is published in Biochemistry. Congratulations!

March 2019

• Prof. Peralta-Yahya is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!

February 2019

• Prof. Peralta-Yahya and her graduate class Renewable Biochemistry tour the LanzaTech biorefinery in Freedom Pines, Georgia.

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The Peralta-Yahya research group engineers biological systems for the detection of chemical and biomolecules using G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), in particular olfactory receptors. We use these GPCR-based sensors for a variety of applications, including the identification of novel gut metabolites and the detection of chemical threats.  To do this we use concepts and techniques from biochemistry and chemical engineering.

We are part of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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