Vivek Mutalik
Staff Scientist
Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology
- Comparative and Functional Genomics
Secondary Affiliation: Biological Systems and Engineering
- BioEngineering & BioMedical Sciences
- Biodesign
Building: Aquatic Park Station 717 Potter St #180B, 977-0180B, CA 94710, Room 180B
Mail Stop: 977-180B
VKMutalik@lbl.gov
Programs & Initiatives
Research Interests
- Developing high-throughput functional discovery platform for thousands of microbial genes, phage genes and extending it to metagenomic samples
- Discovery of bacteriophage-host interaction determinants, mechanistic insights into antibiotic resistance and phage resistance, and how they impact host fitness
- Approaches for doing esigned manipulation of microbial communities
- Engineering of phages, phage particles for diverse applications
- Rational design of phage cocktails with antibiotics for phage therapy applications
- Synthetic genetic parts for phylogenetically distinct and industrially important microbes and rules for their functional composition.
PRESS:
Cataloging Nature’s Hidden Arsenal: Viruses that Infect Bacteria
https://naturemicrobiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/a-tale-of-tailocins-bacterial-stabbing-tools
https://mammoth.bio/2020/10/28/mammoth-interviews-vivek-k-mutalik-phd-scientist-at-lbnl-and-co-founder-of-felix-biotechnology/
https://phage.directory/capsid/interview-vivek-mutalik
