Monday, May 8, 2023

 



Jason Sumner Biotech Overview

Cells. 
Grow them, harvest them, change them. See how they change with proteins and small molecules. 
Bioreactors, Transfection, Flow Cytometry, Assays, Microscopes. 

Small Molecules. 
Chemists that make different versions of salt. Send different ones to cell people.
Combinatorial Chemistry, Distillation, Mass Spec

Proteins. 
Comes from cells. Purify, combine, analyze, send back to the cell people. Includes antibodies. 
Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Crystallography, CryoEM

DNA. 
Capture, read, and change the protein instructions. New pieces go to cell people.
Gel Electrophoresis, Plasmids, PCR,