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Ryan Coates is a Research Associate in Professor Harvey Millar’s laboratory at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plants for Space at the University of Western Australia. His expertise lies in plant synthetic biology, with a focus on genetic engineering and recombinant protein expression. His current research aims to express nutritional proteins in plants to improve their dietary value for potential use both in space and on Earth. Ryan completed an integrated Master’s degree (MBiol) in Biology, specializing in Genetics, at Cardiff University from 2015 to 2019 and went on to undertake his PhD at the same university from 2019 to 2023. His doctoral research was centered on the recombinant expression of a range of eukaryotic proteins in plants, which involved optimizing expression systems through genetic engineering approaches to enhance protein yield and stability. His research interests encompass plant synthetic biology, protein engineering, and the development of plant-based systems for sustainable production of high-value proteins, all contributing to relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Plants for Space • University of Western Australia
Conducting research in synthetic biology and genetic engineering focusing on plant nutritional proteins.
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