Modeling and control of gene expression dynamics in yeast

Synthetic biology is a novel research field which aims to engineer new functionalities in living cells with the final goal of controlling cellular behavior for a number of uses, ranging from energy, to environment, to medicine. Here, I contributed to the emerging role of control theory in synthetic biology. Exploring the concept of negative feedback loop, I extended the field of controlling cellular processes by devising novel approaches to model and control gene expression dynamics in a population of living cells.