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Callura, Jarred

Callura, Jarred

Lecturer
Biocomputational Engineering
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
4123 Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Universities at Shady Grove
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Dr. Jarred Callura is a faculty member in the Biocomputational Engineering (BCE) program. His expertise lies in synthetic biology, genome editing/engineering, and bioinformatics. Before joining UMD, he worked two years as a xenotransplantation scientist at United Therapeutics, five years as a project manager in the Animal Sciences Division of Intrexon (now Precigen), and a year at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He completed his B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University.

ENBC341/BIOE232: Bioengineering Thermodynamics

ENBC351: Quantitative Molecular & Cellular Biology

ENBC352: Molecular Laboratory Techniques

ENBC353: Synthetic Biology

ENBC455: Bioinformatics

BIOE489X: Primary Literature in Genome Editing

BIOE658G: Genome Editing & Synthetic Biology

Callura, J. M., Cantor, C. R., & Collins, J. J. (2012). Genetic switchboard for synthetic biology applications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences109(15), 5850-5855.

Callura, J. M., Dwyer, D. J., Isaacs, F. J., Cantor, C. R., & Collins, J. J. (2010). Tracking, tuning, and terminating microbial physiology using synthetic riboregulators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences107(36), 15898-15903.

Dunmire, K. M., Braun, M. B., Nichols, G. E., Evans, C. E., Saensukjaroenphon, M., Truelock, C. N., ... & Paulk, C. B. (2020). PSIX-11 Effects of Spray-Dried Lactococcus-Based Fermentation Products on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs. Journal of Animal Science98(Suppl 3), 188.

Tector, M., Reyes, L., Callura, J., Gray, E., & Tector, J. (2014). One-Step Elimination of Pig Classical Class I MHC Genes.: Abstract# 1425. Transplantation98, 30.

Dwyer, D. J., Camacho, D. M., Kohanski, M. A., Callura, J. M., & Collins, J. J. (2012). Antibiotic-induced bacterial cell death exhibits physiological and biochemical hallmarks of apoptosis. Molecular cell46(5), 561-572.

Overdyk, F. J., Carter, R., Maddox, R. R., Callura, J., Herrin, A. E., & Henriquez, C. (2007). Continuous oximetry/capnometry monitoring reveals frequent desaturation and bradypnea during patient-controlled analgesia. Anesthesia & Analgesia105(2), 412-418.

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