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Patents:

  • Listed inventor and author on two patents regarding the weaponization of bacteriophages with CRISPR-Cas3 payloads for improved anti-microbial properties.

Lead writer on the following publications:

  • 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., 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

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

 

Co-writer on the following publications:

  • Chatterjee, A., DeLorenzo, D.M.*, Moon, T.S. Bioconversion of renewable feedstocks by Rhodococcus opacus. Current Opinion in Biotechnology (2020).  64, 10-16.  DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.08.013   * = co-first authorship

  • Anthony, W.*, Carr, R.R.*, DeLorenzo, D.M., Campbell, T., Shang, Z., Foston, M., Moon, T.S., Dantas, G. Development of Rhodococcus opacus as a chassis for lignin valorization and bioproduction of high-value compounds. Biotechnology for Biofuels (2019). 12(192) DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1535-3      * = co-first authorship

  • 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

Assisted in writing and editing five federal research grant applications
 

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Workshop Mentor (sept. — Oct. 2017)

  • Served as a writing mentor for students applying to the NSF graduate research fellowship program (GRFP).

  • Led small group meetings and provided feedback and guidance to student applicants.

  • One mentee was awarded NSF GRFP