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Fermentation and Biomass Utilization

Please select one of the Methodologies in Fermentation and Biomass Utilization below to view the Research Interests of MCB Faculty in that area:


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Microbial Physiology

Cronan, John E.
Professor and Head of Microbiology
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology

Genetic approaches to regulation of lipid metabolism; protein-lipid interaction; metabolic function of protein-lipid interaction; coupled synthesis of membrane proteins and lipids

Farrand, Stephen    Lab Website
Professor of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Molecular biology of the Agrobacterium-plant interaction. Regulation of gene expression by microbial signalling systems.

Gerlt, John A.
Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biophysics
Professor of Basic Medical Sciences

Mechanisms of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions and Functional Genomics: the Importance of Chemistry in the Evolution of New Enzymatic Activities

Gardner, Jeffrey F.
Professor of Microbiology
Mechanism of site-specific recombination by bacteriophage lambda; regulation of the threonine operon in E. coli.

Gennis, Robert B.    Lab Website
Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biophysics
Membrane Enzymes Involved in Energy Transduction; Electron Transport Chains in E. coli and Rb sphaeroides

Gumport, Richard I.    Lab Website
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Basic Medical Sciences

Understanding How Enzymes and Proteins Interact with Specific Sequences of DNA

Imlay, James A.
Professor of Microbiology
Intracellular sources of oxidants; growth-limiting targets of superoxide; oxidative DNA damage

Kwast, Kurt E.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Molecular mechanisms of oxygen sensing; oxygen-regulated gene expression; genomic remodeling of metabolism; yeast molecular genetics
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Miller, Charles G.    Lab Website
Director of the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor of Microbiology

Mechanisms of intracellular and proteolytic modification; anaerobic regulation of gene expression.

Ordal, George W.
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Basic Medical Science

Investigation of the Molecular Basis of Excitation and Adaptation During Chemotactic Sensory Transduction in Bacteria

Rivier, David H.
Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
Regulation of chromosomal DNA replication; structure of chromosomal origins; relationship between DNA replication and stable, heritable transcription states (position effects); yeast molecular genetics

Salyers, Abigail
Professor of Microbiology
Molecular mechanisms of polysaccharide utilization; Conjugal transfer of antibiotic resistance; Genetics of anaerobes; Molecular microbial ecology.

Slauch, James
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Program Director, Medical Scholars Program

Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella pathogenesis.

Sligar, Stephen G.    Lab Website
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Chemistry, Physiology & Biophysics, and Medicine

Structural and functional characterization of molecular biological systems involved in transcription, splicing, catalysis and assembly

Switzer, Robert L.
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry
Professor Emeritus of Basic Medical Sciences
Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression by Transcriptional Attenuation; Regulation and Mechanisms of Enzymes of Nucleotide Biosynthesis


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Fermentation

Imlay, James A.
Professor of Microbiology
Intracellular sources of oxidants; growth-limiting targets of superoxide; oxidative DNA damage

Kwast, Kurt E.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Molecular mechanisms of oxygen sensing; oxygen-regulated gene expression; genomic remodeling of metabolism; yeast molecular genetics
[SECONDARY]

Ordal, George W.
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Basic Medical Science

Investigation of the Molecular Basis of Excitation and Adaptation During Chemotactic Sensory Transduction in Bacteria

Sligar, Stephen G.    Lab Website
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Chemistry, Physiology & Biophysics, and Medicine

Structural and functional characterization of molecular biological systems involved in transcription, splicing, catalysis and assembly


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Biomass Conversion

Crofts, Antony R.    Lab Website
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Structure/function relationships in photosynthetic energy conversion; structure of membrane proteins, mechanism of energy conservation; photosynthesis in intact plants.

Lu, Yi
Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics
Affiliate, Department of Biochemistry
Protein design and its application in biotechnological application. Structural and mechanistic study of DNA and RNA enzymes and its application in pharmaceutical applications

Salyers, Abigail
Professor of Microbiology
Molecular mechanisms of polysaccharide utilization; Conjugal transfer of antibiotic resistance; Genetics of anaerobes; Molecular microbial ecology.

Sligar, Stephen G.    Lab Website
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Chemistry, Physiology & Biophysics, and Medicine

Structural and functional characterization of molecular biological systems involved in transcription, splicing, catalysis and assembly


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Biodegradation

Gerlt, John A.
Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biophysics
Professor of Basic Medical Sciences

Mechanisms of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions and Functional Genomics: the Importance of Chemistry in the Evolution of New Enzymatic Activities

Imlay, James A.
Professor of Microbiology
Intracellular sources of oxidants; growth-limiting targets of superoxide; oxidative DNA damage

Lu, Yi
Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics
Affiliate, Department of Biochemistry
Protein design and its application in biotechnological application. Structural and mechanistic study of DNA and RNA enzymes and its application in pharmaceutical applications

Salyers, Abigail
Professor of Microbiology
Molecular mechanisms of polysaccharide utilization; Conjugal transfer of antibiotic resistance; Genetics of anaerobes; Molecular microbial ecology.

Sligar, Stephen G.    Lab Website
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Chemistry, Physiology & Biophysics, and Medicine

Structural and functional characterization of molecular biological systems involved in transcription, splicing, catalysis and assembly

Switzer, Robert L.
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry
Professor Emeritus of Basic Medical Sciences
Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression by Transcriptional Attenuation; Regulation and Mechanisms of Enzymes of Nucleotide Biosynthesis

van der Donk, Wilfred
Professor of Chemistry
Affiliate, Department of Biochemistry
The understanding of enzymatic transformations that are of environmental and/or pharmaceutical importance


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