Ryan Nett

Ryan Nett is a Lecturer in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology at Harvard University. His research focuses on understanding the enzymes and chemical transformations that plants use to produce bioactive small molecules, with an emphasis on their roles in defense, nutrient acquisition, and communication. His work bridges biology, chemistry, engineering, and synthetic biology, exploring metabolic pathways and their applications in medicine and human health. Nett's lab investigates the biochemical and evolutionary characterization of metabolic enzymes, the discovery and engineering of biosynthetic pathways, and metabolite-protein interactions. His research has been published in prominent journals such as Nature, PNAS, and The ISME Journal.

Ryan S. Nett is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, specializing in natural product biosynthesis, plant biochemistry, phytohormones, and plant-microbe interactions. His research focuses on elucidating the biosynthetic pathways of bioactive compounds such as gibberellins and colchicine, with an emphasis on their roles in plant physiology and microbial symbiosis. Nett's work explores the genetic and enzymatic mechanisms underlying the production of neuroactive alkaloids and their potential applications in agriculture and medicine. His studies also investigate the evolutionary convergence in gibberellin biosynthesis across bacteria and plants, highlighting the functional significance of these pathways in host-microbe interactions.