Reem Swidah

Reem Swidah is a Researcher specializing in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering. Her work contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in sustainable production and biotechnology.

• PhD in Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolic engineering (2016)

Her research interests revolve around genetic manipulation of yeast for industrial applications, including biofuel production and synthetic chromosome design. She is actively involved in developing yeast strains with enhanced resistance and metabolic capabilities.

Her recent publications highlight trends in synthetic biology, such as SCRaMbLE technology for genome diversification, tRNA neochromosome construction, and biofuel production optimization. She collaborates with the International Synthetic Yeast Genome (Sc2.0) consortium and other global researchers.