Publications
Submitted or In Preparation
24. Mitchell Thompson*, A Zargar*, P Cruz-Morales, TD Rond, S Chang, AN Pearson, G Goyal, JF Barajas, JM Blake-Hedges, RM Phelan, V Reyes-Umana, AC Hernandez, NJ Hillson, PM Shih, JD Keasling, “Characterization of an ECF56-family sigma factor from Streptomyces venezuelae reveals a highly conserved regulome”, (mSphere, in revision) *Authors contributed equally https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927608v1
Published
23. Amin Zargar, L Valencia, J Wang, R Lal, S Chang, M Werts, A Wong, V Benites, E Baidoo, LW Katz, JD Keasling, "A bimodular PKS platform that expands the biological design space", (Metabolic Engineering, 2020)
22. Amin Zargar, R Lal, L Valencia, J Wang, T Backman, P Cruz-Morales, AK Kothari, M Werts, A Wong, CB Bailey, A Loubat, Y Liu, V Benites, S Chang, A Hernandez, JF Barajas, M Thompson, C Barcelos, R Anayah, H Garcia-Martin, A Mukhopadhyay, E Baidoo, LW Katz, JD Keasling, "Chemoinformatic guided engineering of polyketide synthases", (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020)
21. Amin Zargar*, S Chang, AK Kothari, AM Snijders, JHua Mao, T Bivona, JD Keasling, "Overcoming the challenges of cancer drug resistance through bacterial-mediated therapy", (Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 2020) *Corresponding author
20. Kristina Stephens*, Amin Zargar*, M Emamian, N Abutaleb, E Choi, DN Quan, WE Bentley, "Engineering E. coli for enhanced sensitivity to the autoinducer-2 quorum sensing signal", (Biotechnology Progress, 2019) *Authors contributed equally
19. Bo Pang, L Valencia, J Wang, Y Wan, R Lal, A Zargar, JD Keasling. "Technical advances to accelerate modular type I polyketide synthase engineering towards a retro-biosynthetic platform" (Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, 2019),
18. Tristan de Rond, J Gao, A Zargar, M Raad, TR Northen, JD Keasling. "A high-throughput mass spectrometric enzyme activity assay enabling the discovery of cytochrome P450 biocatalysts", (Angewandte Chemie, 2019)
17. Amin Zargar, JF Barajas, R Lal, JD Keasling. "Polyketide synthases as a platform for chemical product design", AICHE Journal, 2018
16. Satoshi Yuzawa, A Zargar, B Pang, L Katz, JD Keasling. "Commodity chemicals from engineering polyketide synthases", Methods in Enzymology, 2018
15. Jesus F Barajas, A Zargar, B Pang, VT Benites, J Gin, EE Baidoo, CJ Petzhold, NJ Hillson, JD Keasling. "Biochemical Characterization of β‐Amino Acid Incorporation in Fluvirucin B2 Biosynthesis", ChemBioChem, 2018.
14. Amin Zargar, CB Bailey, RW Haushalter, CB Eiben, L Katz, JD Keasling. “Leveraging microbial biosynthetic pathways for the generation of ‘drop-in’ biofuels”, Current Opinion in Biotechnology (2017)
13. Tanya Tschirhart, E Kim, R McKay, H Ueda, HC Wu, EA Pottash , A Zargar, A Negrete, J Shiloach, GF Payne, WE Bentley. "Electronic control of bacterial gene expression and cell behavior." Nature Communications (2017)
12. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, N Abutaleb, E Choi, JL Terrell and WE Bentley. "Constructing ‘quantized quorums’ to guide emergent phenotypes through quorum quenching capsules." Biotechnology and Bioengineering, (2017)
11. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, and WE Bentley. "Enhancing Intercellular Coordination: Rewiring Quorum Sensing Networks for Increased Protein Expression through Autonomous Induction." ACS Synthetic Biology, (2016)
10. Amin Zargar, GF Payne, and WE Bentley. "A ‘bioproduction breadboard’: programming, assembling, and actuating cellular networks." Current Opinion in Biotechnology, (2015)
9. Matthew Servinsky, JL Terrell, CY Tsao, HC Wu, DN Quan, A Zargar, PC Allen, CM Byrd, CJ Sund, WE Bentley, "Directed assembly of a bactrial quorum", The ISME Journal, (2015)
8. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, M Emamian, CY Tsao, HC Wu, CR Virgile, WE Bentley, “Rational design of ‘controller cells’ to manipulate protein and phenotype expression”, Metabolic Engineering, (2015)
7. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, KK Carter, M Guo, HO Sintim, GF Payne, WE Bentley, "Bacterial secretions of nonpathogenic E. coli elicit inflammatory pathways: a closer investigation of interkingdom signaling”, mBio, (2015).
6. Hsuan-Chen Wu, CY Tsao, DN Quan, Y Cheng, MD Servinsky, KK Carter, KJ Jee, JL Terrell, A Zargar, GW Rubloff, GF Payne, JJ Valdes and WE Bentley, “Autonomous bacterial localization and gene expression based on nearby cell receptor density”, Molecular Systems Biology, (2013).
5. Jordan Betz, Y Cheng, CY Tsao, A Zargar, X Luo, GF Payne,WE Bentley, and GW Rubloff, “Optically Clear Alginate Hydrogels for Spatially Controlled Cell Entrapment and Culture at Microfluidic Electrode Surfaces,” Lab on a Chip, (2013).
4. William Bentley, A Zargar, GF Payne, “Plug and Play? Interconnected Multifunctional chips for enhancing efficiency of biopharmaceutical R&D” Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing, (2013).
3. Amin Zargar, K Chang, LJ Taite and FJ Schork, "Mathematical Modeling of Hyperbranched Water-Soluble Polymers for Drug Delivery," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, (2011).
2. Amin Zargar and FJ Schork, “Copolymer Sequence Distributions in Controlled Radical Polymerization,” Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, (2009).
1. Amin Zargar and FJ Schork, “Design of Copolymer Molecular Architecture via Design of Continuous Reactor Systems for Controlled Radical Polymerization,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, (2009).
22. Amin Zargar, R Lal, L Valencia, J Wang, T Backman, P Cruz-Morales, AK Kothari, M Werts, A Wong, CB Bailey, A Loubat, Y Liu, V Benites, S Chang, A Hernandez, JF Barajas, M Thompson, C Barcelos, R Anayah, H Garcia-Martin, A Mukhopadhyay, E Baidoo, LW Katz, JD Keasling, "Chemoinformatic guided engineering of polyketide synthases", (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020)
21. Amin Zargar*, S Chang, AK Kothari, AM Snijders, JHua Mao, T Bivona, JD Keasling, "Overcoming the challenges of cancer drug resistance through bacterial-mediated therapy", (Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, 2020) *Corresponding author
20. Kristina Stephens*, Amin Zargar*, M Emamian, N Abutaleb, E Choi, DN Quan, WE Bentley, "Engineering E. coli for enhanced sensitivity to the autoinducer-2 quorum sensing signal", (Biotechnology Progress, 2019) *Authors contributed equally
19. Bo Pang, L Valencia, J Wang, Y Wan, R Lal, A Zargar, JD Keasling. "Technical advances to accelerate modular type I polyketide synthase engineering towards a retro-biosynthetic platform" (Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, 2019),
18. Tristan de Rond, J Gao, A Zargar, M Raad, TR Northen, JD Keasling. "A high-throughput mass spectrometric enzyme activity assay enabling the discovery of cytochrome P450 biocatalysts", (Angewandte Chemie, 2019)
17. Amin Zargar, JF Barajas, R Lal, JD Keasling. "Polyketide synthases as a platform for chemical product design", AICHE Journal, 2018
16. Satoshi Yuzawa, A Zargar, B Pang, L Katz, JD Keasling. "Commodity chemicals from engineering polyketide synthases", Methods in Enzymology, 2018
15. Jesus F Barajas, A Zargar, B Pang, VT Benites, J Gin, EE Baidoo, CJ Petzhold, NJ Hillson, JD Keasling. "Biochemical Characterization of β‐Amino Acid Incorporation in Fluvirucin B2 Biosynthesis", ChemBioChem, 2018.
14. Amin Zargar, CB Bailey, RW Haushalter, CB Eiben, L Katz, JD Keasling. “Leveraging microbial biosynthetic pathways for the generation of ‘drop-in’ biofuels”, Current Opinion in Biotechnology (2017)
13. Tanya Tschirhart, E Kim, R McKay, H Ueda, HC Wu, EA Pottash , A Zargar, A Negrete, J Shiloach, GF Payne, WE Bentley. "Electronic control of bacterial gene expression and cell behavior." Nature Communications (2017)
12. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, N Abutaleb, E Choi, JL Terrell and WE Bentley. "Constructing ‘quantized quorums’ to guide emergent phenotypes through quorum quenching capsules." Biotechnology and Bioengineering, (2017)
11. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, and WE Bentley. "Enhancing Intercellular Coordination: Rewiring Quorum Sensing Networks for Increased Protein Expression through Autonomous Induction." ACS Synthetic Biology, (2016)
10. Amin Zargar, GF Payne, and WE Bentley. "A ‘bioproduction breadboard’: programming, assembling, and actuating cellular networks." Current Opinion in Biotechnology, (2015)
9. Matthew Servinsky, JL Terrell, CY Tsao, HC Wu, DN Quan, A Zargar, PC Allen, CM Byrd, CJ Sund, WE Bentley, "Directed assembly of a bactrial quorum", The ISME Journal, (2015)
8. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, M Emamian, CY Tsao, HC Wu, CR Virgile, WE Bentley, “Rational design of ‘controller cells’ to manipulate protein and phenotype expression”, Metabolic Engineering, (2015)
7. Amin Zargar, DN Quan, KK Carter, M Guo, HO Sintim, GF Payne, WE Bentley, "Bacterial secretions of nonpathogenic E. coli elicit inflammatory pathways: a closer investigation of interkingdom signaling”, mBio, (2015).
6. Hsuan-Chen Wu, CY Tsao, DN Quan, Y Cheng, MD Servinsky, KK Carter, KJ Jee, JL Terrell, A Zargar, GW Rubloff, GF Payne, JJ Valdes and WE Bentley, “Autonomous bacterial localization and gene expression based on nearby cell receptor density”, Molecular Systems Biology, (2013).
5. Jordan Betz, Y Cheng, CY Tsao, A Zargar, X Luo, GF Payne,WE Bentley, and GW Rubloff, “Optically Clear Alginate Hydrogels for Spatially Controlled Cell Entrapment and Culture at Microfluidic Electrode Surfaces,” Lab on a Chip, (2013).
4. William Bentley, A Zargar, GF Payne, “Plug and Play? Interconnected Multifunctional chips for enhancing efficiency of biopharmaceutical R&D” Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing, (2013).
3. Amin Zargar, K Chang, LJ Taite and FJ Schork, "Mathematical Modeling of Hyperbranched Water-Soluble Polymers for Drug Delivery," Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, (2011).
2. Amin Zargar and FJ Schork, “Copolymer Sequence Distributions in Controlled Radical Polymerization,” Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, (2009).
1. Amin Zargar and FJ Schork, “Design of Copolymer Molecular Architecture via Design of Continuous Reactor Systems for Controlled Radical Polymerization,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, (2009).
