Directed evolution of the bacterial flagellar motor
Matt completed his DPhil in Oxford Physics (with Dr Richard Berry) studying the temperature control of the flagellar motor. He subsequently did a postdoc with Prof Ben Berks (Oxford Biochemistry) and Dr Mark Wallace (Oxford Chemistry) exploring the assembly of the twin-arginine transporter using single-molecule fluorescence methods.
Matt’s research since his return to Australia has focussed on the assembly of the flagellar rotor and how simple subunit interactions govern assembly of complex architectures. Matt has explored and characterised DNA origami structures for future in vitro scaffolding of rotor assembly, and used directed evolution in vivo to examine the evolutionary landscape that constrains the adaptation of the stators of the motor.
Date:
9 May 2019, 11:00
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details:
Main Seminar Room
Speaker:
Dr Matt Baker (School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney and EMBL Australia Node for Single Molecular Science at UNSW Sydney.)
Organising department:
Department of Biochemistry
Organiser:
Professor Ben Berks (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
jolanta.parkinson@bioch.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Ben Berks (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Jolanta Parkinson
