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Paul C. Blainey.
Kehe, Jared Scott.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
2020-10-08T21:28:50Z
2020-10-08T21:28:50Z
2020
2020
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127886
1197071541
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering, May, 2020
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216).
Reductionist biology of the 20th century rooted pure culture methods and antibiotics as pillars of humankind's interaction with microbiology, igniting a revolution in medicine and biotechnology. The revolution was not without cost. By overlooking complex biological interactions, it introduced new problems--from the sharp rise in immune disorders to the antibiotic resistance crisis--that 21st century tools must address. While 'omics methods have fundamentally expanded our understanding of biological complexity, we lack a generalized method for measuring how the parts of a complex system, such as the individual strains of a microbial community, interact with each other. In this thesis, I present kChip, a new platform for constructing massively parallel combinatorial arrays of these parts in order to measure their interactions directly. I describe how kChip has been used to reveal patterns in microbial community assembly, unearth minimal microbial combinations with desirable functions, and screen for compounds that potentiate antibiotic activity. I demonstrate how kChip can advance the development of new technologies like microbial consortia and combinatorial drug therapies.
by Jared Scott Kehe.
Ph.D.
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Engineering
216 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Biological Engineering.
Massively parallel combinatorial microbiology
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