Chasing Green - My Adventures in Genetic Engineering of Bacteria

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Video summarizing my attempts to engineer green bacteria (mostly unsuccessful)
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April 22, 2026

Days of Code - Intro and Recap of the first few weeks

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Attempting (and mostly failing) to engineer a green bacteria strain.

References:

  • My blog (has a few posts with more info on this under ‘bio’): https://johnowhitaker.dev/all.html
  • Frog paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas…
  • Various plasmid designs: https://github.com/johnowhitaker/BLY
  • Extra paper on BBSs: “Structural and Functional Characterization of a Biliverdin-Binding Near-Infrared Fluorescent Protein From the Serpin Superfamily”