His lab has developed a novel cell-free transcription-translation (TX-TL) system to construct and characterize biochemical systems in vitro such as gene circuits, protein self-assemblies and bottom-up minimal cells. He earned his PhD at the Curie Institute in Paris, and he was a postdoc at the Rockefeller University in New York. CSHL topic: Prof. Noireaux will be teaching a module on cell-free TX-TL system. In this module, participants will learn how to use an all E. coli cell-free TX-TL platform. This module includes: executing cell-free reactions to test circuit parts and to rapidly prototype gene circuits, using computer modeling to interpret experiments. In 2016 the TX-TL module will also include testing natural DNA programs for the cell-free biosynthesis of chemicals and infectious phages.