Dr. Lev S. Tsimring

Distinguished Research Scientist
Synthetic Biology Institute
University of California San Diego

(858) 534-0816

What I do (or did) for living...

Select publications and press coverage

Engineering longevity - design of a synthetic gene oscillator to slow cellular aging [Science 2023]
- UCSD press release, Vice, Medical News Today, SciTechDaily
Statistical theory of asymmetric damage segregation in clonal cell populations [Math. Biosciences 2023]
Optimal transcriptional regulation of dynamic bacterial responses to sudden drug exposures [Biophys. J. 2022]
A programmable fate decision landscape underlies single-cell aging in yeast [Science, 2020].
- CNN, Science Daily, Inverse, Metro World News, Daily Mail (UK)
Genetically engineered control of phenotypic structure in microbial colonies [Nature Microbiology, 2020]
Flower-like patterns in multi-species bacterial colonies [eLife, 2020]. Cool video of the floral pattern growth.
- UCSD press release, Science News, MSN video, Sci-news, Science Alert, CNet, Mundiario (in Spanish), National Geographic (in Russian)
Rock-paper-scissors: Engineered population dynamics increase genetic stability [Science, 2019]
- UCSD press release, Science Daily, San Diego Union-Tribune
Gene conversion facilitates adaptive evolution on rugged fitness landscapes [Genetics, 2017]
Criticality and adaptivity in enzymatic networks [Biophysical Journal, 2016]
Accurate information transmission through dynamic biochemical signaling networks [Science, 2014]
Noise in Biology [Reports on Progress in Physics, 2014]
Sensing array of radically coupled genetic biopixels [Nature, 2012]
- Cool video of the biopixel synchronization
Entrainment of a population of synthetic genetic oscillators [Science, 2011]
A synchronized quorum of genetic clocks [Nature, 2010]
- UCSD press release
A robust and tunable synthetic gene oscillator [Nature, 2008]
Granular patterns [Oxford University Press, 2009]

In the off hours...

My photography site.

Recent News

Scientists Slow Aging by Engineering Longevity in Cells - UC San Diego Today
UC San Diego Today | April 27, 2023
Scientists Decipher Mechanisms Underlying the Biology of Aging - UC San Diego Today
UC San Diego Today | November 02, 2017
Glowing, Blinking Bacteria Reveal How Cells Synchronize Biological Clocks - University of California San Diego
University of California San Diego | January 13, 2017
Synthetic Biology Used to Limit Bacterial Growth and Coordinate Drug Release - UC San Diego Today
UC San Diego Today | July 20, 2016
Scientists Create Synthetic Membranes That Grow Like Living Cells - UC San Diego Today
UC San Diego Today | June 22, 2015