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    Jay Keasling

    Jay Keasling is a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading researcher in the field of synthetic biology, known for his work on metabolic engineering and biomanufacturing.

    #7 Synthetic biology
    21CiteRank

    Last updated 13 Nov 2026 · Named in 20 answers across 5 engines
    Bing AI Mode starts a separate baseline. Copilot remains a separate public engine and keeps its history; changes across the switch are not like-for-like growth.

    How AI engines see them

    Recognized by 5 of 5 measured engines. Updated 2026-10-26

    All five engines describe Jay Keasling as a UC Berkeley professor and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist who engineers microbes as chemical factories, and all credit him with the artemisinin breakthrough. Copilot, Google AI Mode and Perplexity name him CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute. Copilot adds work on genetic control systems and DNA assembly methods. Google AI Mode adds the Gates Foundation funding. Perplexity adds mathematical methods for balancing cellular resources. The cited pages come mostly from lbl.gov, berkeley.edu, jbei.org and wikipedia.org.

    • ChatGPTNamed in 7 answers

      ChatGPT says he is a Berkeley professor and Berkeley Lab scientist in metabolic engineering, most famous for engineering microbes to make artemisinin.

      Known for
      • Microbial artemisinin production
      • Metabolic engineering
      • Microbes as programmable chemical factories
    • GeminiNamed in 3 answers

      Gemini says he is a Berkeley professor with leadership roles at Berkeley Lab and JBEI who builds multi-gene pathways in microbes for medicines and biofuels.

      Known for
      • Multi-gene metabolic pathways in microbes
      • Microbial artemisinin synthesis
      • Advanced biofuels
    • Google AI ModeNamed in 3 answers

      Google AI Mode says he is a Berkeley professor and JBEI CEO whose engineered microbes make artemisinin precursors, biofuels and renewable plastics.

      Known for
      • Engineering microbes for artemisinin
      • Drop-in biofuels
      • Renewable plastics and chemicals
    • PerplexityNamed in 3 answers

      Perplexity says he is a Berkeley professor and JBEI CEO whose metabolic engineering turns microbes into cell factories for drugs, fuels and chemicals.

      Known for
      • Metabolic engineering of microbes
      • Genetic controls for gene expression
      • Improving production yields
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    • CopilotNamed in 4 answers

      Copilot says he is a Berkeley professor and JBEI CEO who engineered yeast to make artemisinic acid and builds microbial pathways for fuels and chemicals.

      Known for
      • Yeast-made artemisinic acid
      • Biofuels and renewable chemicals
      • Genetic control systems and DNA assembly

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    • #7Synthetic biologyof 23
      Named in 38 answers

    Top URLs

    1. 1
      Meet 10 Women Who Are Leading The Synthetic Biology Revolution
      forbes.com5 citations
    2. 2
      https://events.stanford.edu/event/drew-endy-entrepreneurial-thought-leaders-speaker-series-etl
      events.stanford.edu4 citations
    3. 3
      2026 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, & Design (SEED) conference
      synbioconference.org4 citations

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    • Who are the most influential voices in Synthetic biology?

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