Principal Investigator

Dr. Lionel Faure (Him/His)

Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. Lionel Faure got his Ph.D. in 2009 at the University of Bordeaux in the College of Health Sciences, Department of molecular biology and biochemistry. His Ph.D. was focused on studying lysolipid-acyltransferase in the plant model Arabidopsis thaliana. He did different postdocs in molecular biology at UNT, UGA, and TWU, working with plants, worms, and viruses. Since 2020 he has worked as a clinical assistant professor at Texas Woman's University. His work focuses on finding new genetic strategies to understand better how to redirect plants' carbon flow to lipid synthesis. His ultimate goal is to help create the next generation of biofuel crops to replace oil-based petroleum for transportation (e.g., cars, buses, and planes).

Area of expertise:

• Plant transformation using bacteria mediated system

• Molecular biology (PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR, Western blot, etc.)

• Lipid extraction and analysis (e.g., SPE, GC-MS)

• Proteins purification, in vitro assay, precipitation assay

• Confocal microscopy