Alison Gail Smith

The paper develops a novel bioassay to quantify B12 vitamers in microalgae and identifies proteins involved in B12 uptake and remodelling.

This paper demonstrates codon compression of the Chlamydomonas chloroplast genome to 51 codons without affecting chloroplast function or photosynthetic growth.

This study uses metagenomics to analyze the genome of Incisomonas marina and its bacterial consortium, revealing its auxotrophy for B vitamins and unexpected metabolic capabilities.

This paper develops an artificial symbiotic system between bacteria and algae to produce bulk bacterial cellulose in static conditions.

The paper investigates whether predicted TPP riboswitches in diatoms regulate thiamine metabolism genes, finding they are not responsive to thiamine or its precursor.

The paper tests different terminator elements in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to identify those that maximize transgene expression using a standardized synthetic biology approach.

The paper demonstrates stable genetic transformation of dinoflagellate chloroplasts using a plasmid-like fragmented chloroplast genome, showing long-term expression and maintenance of introduced genes.