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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Jay Keasling
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SUMMARY:Jay Keasling
DESCRIPTION:<p>Professor Jay Keasling, LBL and University of California, Berkeley. "Engineering Microbial Metabolism for Production of Chemicals and Fuels." Student-hosted seminar.<!--break-->Abstract:<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Microbial metabolism can be harnessed to convert sugars and other carbonaceous feedstocks into a variety of chemicals (commodity and specialty), fuels, and drugs.  </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We have engineered the industrial workhorse microorganisms </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Escherichia coli</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to produce a variety of molecules, including the antimalarial drug artemisinin and advanced biofuels and chemicals that might otherwise be produced from petroleum.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Unlike ethanol, the advanced biofuels have the full fuel value of petroleum-based biofuels, will be transportable using existing infrastructure, and can be used in existing automobiles and airplanes.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Similarly, the microbially sourced chemicals can be dropped into existing processes used to produce existing materials.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">These chemicals will be produced from natural biosynthetic pathways that exist in plants and a variety of microorganisms as well as from pathways that have no representation in the natural world.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Large-scale production of these chemicals and fuels will reduce our dependence on petroleum and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, while allowing us to take advantage of our current transportation infrastructure and products supply chains</span></p>
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Hall
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