I have worked in platform development and strain engineering at Kano Therapeutics for the past four years. There I developed a host of new strains, production methods, and assays for the fermentation production of cssDNA. I engineered an 1100x increase in production yields of the system while eliminating contaminants, enabling the production of highly complex sequences, and preparing GMP-ready strains. My work has included extensive assay development and molecular biology including developing novel cloning methods. I am so lucky to have had Christian Burns and Greg Foley as my mentors in this time.