Dr. Hughes has more than 20 years experience working with engineers and scientists at universities, industries, and government institutions to implement molecular biology techniques, develop improved genes and cell lines, create novel vectors for expressing genes and DNA constructs, provide support for screening synthetic genes, and assist in designing integrated automated platforms for these operations. Most recently, Dr. Hughes built the first-in-kind integrated robotic platform to perform high-throughput cloning, transformation, expression and assay operations for screening synthetic genes to use in improving industrial yeast strains for bioenergy production. He created innovative efficient high-throughput microbial gene expression systems combined with novel gene/chromosome synthesis approaches for automated platforms to create improved microbial strains. These projects all required an in-depth knowledge of DNA technology. Dr. Hughes has a doctoral degree in molecular genetics, biochemistry, and microbiology, with an undergraduate degree in molecular biology and genetics.

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