About Us

Our mission

We specialize in the genetics, genomics and biochemistry of yeast (primarily, but not limited to Saccharomyces cerevisiae), with a modest side-interest in bacterial genetics.  Yeast is currently the most powerful platform for eukaryotic synthetic biology.  Fully exploiting it, however, requires a deep understanding of the fundamental biology of this organism - its genetics, biochemistry and metabolism.  Whatever your goals are, we will put you on a solid foundation, make the most of your resources, and move you to the next step as quickly as possible.  

Who we are

Chris Yellman, our principal research scientist, has 20+ years of experience with yeast.  We have direct experience in the study of mitotic and meiotic cell division, expression of human genes in yeast, and protein quality control.  We have developed methods to engineer the yeast genome and assemble large and small DNA molecules in vivo.