@LabAlper

The Alper Lab strives to perform high-quality, reproducible research to make new tools for synthetic biology and metabolic engineering.

 University of Texas, Austin
utw10252.utweb.utexas.edu/index.html
Joined August 2020
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TexasChE@TexasChE12 Sep 2025
Join McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor, tenure-track, starting Fall 2026. Ideal candidates have research connections to biotechnology and/or materials engineering. Learn more, and apply: bit.ly/ChE_AP2025.
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In his lecture "Engineering Biology to Develop a Taste for Waste" at #AIChEAnnual October 29 in San Diego, Hal Alper will address how #metabolic engineering and synthetic biology are improving how we deal with waste. bit.ly/3XD5nt5 @LabAlper #synbio
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In an effort to re-circularize plastic waste in upcycled technologies, @LabAlper of @UTAustin will screen 1000s of untested enzymes that can degrade common plastics. @TexasChE jgi.doe.gov/announcement-csp…
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A sustainable future is biological. How can we engineer biology to make what we need? We worked with @LabAlper @jgi to explore accelerating biological design with flux enhanced cell-free systems. #syntheticbiology doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2023…
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DARPA
@DARPA13 May 2023
Three university teams and an industry performer will take initial steps to lessen risks associated with biomanufacturing capabilities in resource-limited environments, including space, as part of the DARPA B-SURE program #UF #UTAustin #WUSTL #Space_Tango ow.ly/Cwi450OmTrj
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Our lab has been collaborating with the @LabAlper, @NelsonLabUW, and @AyokunleOlan among others to make engineered living materials! Imagine a building material that can photosynthesize, make chemicals, and repair itself! bit.ly/41Atlou
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DARPA
@DARPA18 Mar 2023
Three university teams will explore and take initial steps to mitigate risks associated with manufacturing capabilities that rely on biological processes in space as part of the DARPA B-SURE program #UF #UTAustin #WUSTL ow.ly/vLLE50NkweF
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Excellent work led by @gokcealtn in collaboration with @LabAlper!
Advanced Portfolio@AdvPortfolio17 Mar 2023
These nuts and bolts are made of a hydrogel that acts as a scaffold for living cells. Those cells can change the stiffness of the material via continuous L-DOPA production. 👉 ow.ly/JM5m50NkbS0
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How long is your cell-free #synbio extract stable for? In @ACSSynBio, Blake Rasor @smashty @LabAlper assessed activity of metabolism in yeast and bacterial extracts during storage for 18 months. The punchline - they are stable. #funded by @doescience @jgi pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…

Cell Extracts from Bacteria and Yeast Retain Metabolic Activity after Extended Storage and Repeated...

Abstract. Cell-free synthetic biology enables rapid prototyping of biological parts and synthesis of proteins or metabolites in the absence of cell growth

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Nominate a colleague for their contributions to metabolic engineering via the Jay Bailey Young Investigator Award. Our chair, @LabAlper, welcomes your cutting-edge research - bit.ly/3Dmv2vr Metabolic Engineering (MBE), published by @ElsevierConnect, sponsors this award.
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Metabolic Engineering 15 @ChEnected Talk abstract Deadline: Feb 1 Poster deadline: March 31 @LabAlper @MatthewWChang @manusbio aiche.confex.com/aiche/me15/…
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Hal Alper (@LabAlper) of @CockrellSchool at @UTAustin and Dreyfus Foundation Machine Learning grantee @francesarnold of @Caltech are featured in the film.
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Featured scientists Hal Alper (@LabAlper) of @CockrellSchool at @UTAustin and @francesarnold of @Caltech use directed evolution to design proteins and enzymes that work as molecular machines, helping create a more sustainable world with the power of chemistry.
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¡NEW! Valorizamos el #sargazo para convertirlo en #alginato y #biodiesel 😎 Colaboración internacional entre @TecdeMonterrey y @LabAlper, con el apoyo de @ConTexUT 🙌 >>>sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @IngenieriasTec
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Looking forward to welcoming you all to #Singapore! Super excited to introduce #ME15 Co-Chairs! Hal Alper (Texas, @LabAlper), Yan Feng (SJTU), Christine Santos (Manus), Tae-Seok Moon (WashU, @Moon_Synth_Bio) & Verena Siewers (Chalmers)
NUS SynCTI@nus_syncti5 Jul 2022
The 15th edition of the Metabolic Engineering Conference (ME15)—will be held in Singapore from 11-15 June 2023! ME15 will be chaired by @nus_syncti director @MatthewWChang. Bookmark this link for more updates: aiche.org/imes/conferences/m… *** #metabolicengineering #conference

Metabolic Engineering 15

The Metabolic Engineering Conference is the world-leading conference to share developments and achievements in the field.

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In Brief: @TexasChE researchers use machine learning to create a new enzyme variant that degrades plastic trash even at low temperature nature.com/articles/s41587-0… rdcu.be/cQbJL
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An article published in @Nature reports the development of an enzyme that can break down plastics in a week. go.nature.com/38lz8HS
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Fox News
@FoxNews2 May 2022
Texas researchers create plastic-eating enzyme that could quickly reduce waste, clean landfills foxnews.com/science/texas-pl…

Texas researchers create plastic-eating enzyme that could quickly reduce waste, clean landfills

Researchers in Texas have created an enzyme variant that can break down plastics that would typically take hundreds of years to dissolve in a matter of hours or days.

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Forbes
@Forbes28 Apr 2022
Scientists have developed a new enzyme variant that can completely break down waste plastic in under 24 hours. trib.al/XabtnFj
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Fast Company
@FastCompany29 Apr 2022
Meet the plastic-eating enzymes that can fully break down garbage in days f-st.co/0Q1e0fm
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