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Led the experimental design for the following WashU projects:

  • DeLorenzo, D.M., Jinjin Diao, Rhiannon Carr, Yifeng Hu, Tae Seok Moon. An improved CRISPR interference tool to engineer Rhodococcus opacus. ACS Synthetic Biology (2021). 10, 786-798 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00591

  • DeLorenzo, D.M., Moon, T.S. Construction of genetic logic gates based on the T7 RNA polymerase expression system in Rhodococcus opacus PD630. ACS Synthetic Biology (2019). 8, 1921-1930. DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00213

  • DeLorenzo, D.M., Moon, T.S. Selection of stable reference genes for RT-qPCR in Rhodococcus opacus PD630. Scientific Reports (2018). 8, 6019. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24486-w

  • DeLorenzo, D.M., Rottinghaus, A.G., Henson, W.R., Moon, T.S. Molecular toolkit for gene expression control and genome modification in Rhodococcus opacus PD630. ACS Synthetic Biology (2018). 7, 727−738. DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00416

  • DeLorenzo, D.M., Henson, W.R., Moon, T.S. Development of Chemical and Metabolite Sensors for Rhodococcus opacus PD630. ACS Synthetic Biology (2017). 6, 1973–1978 DOI:10.1021/acssynbio.7b00192

  • DeLorenzo, D.M. How does the barnacle species Balanus amphitrite’s feeding rate change with increased and decreased temperature? MarSci. (2011).
     

Contributed to the experimental design of five federal research grant applications
 

Contributed to the Experimental Design for the following projects:

  • Henson, W.R.*, Campbell, T.*, DeLorenzo, D.M.*, Gao, Y., Berla, B., Kim, S.J., Foston, M., Moon, T.S., Dantas, G. Multi-omic elucidation of aromatic catabolism in adaptively evolved Rhodococcus opacus.
    Metabolic Engineering (2018). 49, 69-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2018.06.009 * = co-first authorship

  • Immethun, C.M., DeLorenzo, D.M., Focht, C.M., Gupta, D., Johnson, C.B., Moon, T.S. Physical, Chemical, and Metabolic State Sensors Expand the Synthetic Biology Toolbox for Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2017). 114(7):1561-1569. DOI:10.1002/bit.26275

  • Wan, N. *, DeLorenzo, D.M.*, Hel, L., Youl, L.*, Immethun, C.M., Wang, G., Baidoo, E.E.K., Hollinshead, W., Keasling, J.D., Moon, T.S., Tang, Y.J. Cyanobacterial carbon metabolism: fluxome plasticity and oxygen dependence. Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2017). 114(7):1593-1602 DOI: 10.1002/bit.26287 * = co-first authorship

  • Immethun, C.M., Ng, K., DeLorenzo, D.M., Waldron-Feinstein, B., Lee, J., Moon, T.S. Oxygen-Responsive Genetic Circuits Constructed in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2016). 113(2):433-42. DOI: 10.1002/bit.25722

  • DeLorenzo, D. M., Bethea, D. M. & Carlson, J. K. An assessment of the diet and trophic level of Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. J. Fish Biol. (2015). 86(1). DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12558