B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999Ph.D. University of Delaware, 2006Post-Doc: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006-2009
"We are a diverse group of chemists, biologists and engineers that utilize synthetic biology and biotechnology to address challenges in sustainability, human health and environmental health."
Bryan Berger, Associate Professor
Bryan received his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the department of biochemistry & biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Currently Bryan is associate professor of chemical engineering with a joint appointment in biomedical engineering.
The Berger lab uses synthetic biology, structural biology and protein engineering to develop models of biochemical/biological processes, and uses these models to design new tools and technologies. This work is highly interdisciplinary, involving close collaborations with clinical, government and industrial research groups.
UVA Chemical Engineering Lab Helps Defeat COVID-19 with Science Funded by CARES Act
UVA chemical engineering associate professor Bryan Berger is collaborating to combine the power of modeling with high-throughput testing to fast-track crucial answers.
Bryan Berger, an associate professor of chemical engineering, is collaborating with UVA and UVA-Wise researchers to spur economic development in Southwest Virginia through an Appalachian Prosperity Project fellowship.
Understanding how transmembrane domains regulate interactions between human BST-2 and the SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein ORF7a ABSBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, Volume 1865, Issue 6, 2023
Enhancing detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food products using an enzyme ABSFood Control, Volume 145, 2023
Understanding the relationships between solubility, stability, and activity of silicatein ABSMaterials Advances, 2023, 4, 662-668
Engineering human liver fatty acid binding protein for detection of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances ABSVolume 119, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 513-522
Structural insights into the mechanism of pH-selective substrate specificity of the polysaccharide lyase Smlt1473 ABSVOLUME 297, ISSUE 4, 101014, OCTOBER 2021