Congratulation to Dr. Jason Chirakadavil! On August the 30th, he successfuly defended in front of a mixed remote and on-site audience. His thesis, “Deep mutational scanning of an alanine racemase from Streptococcus thermophilus” use the natural competence of Streptococcus bacteria to more efficiently probe the way enzymes evolve. Jason’s work ethic, supportive attitude and good cheers will be sorely missed. He will continue to explore gene transfer in Gram positive bacteria during a postdoc in the laboratory of Xavier Charpentier à the INSERM in Lyon, France.
Congratulation to Dr. Jason Baby Chirakadavil