Calvin Peters

Calvin’s research centers on developing robust in vivo isotopic labeling techniques for improving metabolic flux analysis- measuring the flow of matter through an organism’s metabolic pathways. Metabolic flux analysis is one of the best approaches to resolve the intricate relationship between molecular composition and phenotype. Currently, Calvin is engineering an automated multi-partition growth chamber to enable isotopic switching between 12C and 13C labeling in parallel growth subsets over time. Since carbon atoms are present in essentially all metabolites and cellular macromolecules, a label introduced via the 12CO2 / 13CO2 isotopologue is readily assimilated into the plant’s metabolic systems.