
Steve Schwartz
Senior Scientist
Versatile scientist with a broad range of expertise in molecular biology, biochemistry, metabolic engineering, and crop science.
Experience in Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics:
• Vector design and construction
• Plant tissue culture and transformation
• Development of nanoparticle formulations for cellular delivery of macromolecules
• Northern & quantitative RT-PCR analysis of gene expression
• Protoplast preparation and transfection
• Experienced with bioinformatic tools and analyses of large data sets
Experience in Biochemistry:
• Broad knowledge of plant metabolic pathways
• Recombinant protein expression
• Protein purification
• Enzyme assay development
• HPLC and GC analysis of metabolites