Speakers
21st Annual CBB Conference
"Current Topics in Industrial Biotechnology"
October 15-16, 2012
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA
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| Charles Abbas, Ph.D. | Director, Yeast and Renewables Research, ADM Research | |
| Keynote Speaker | “Recent Progress in the Development of Biocatalysts for Biorefineries” | |
| Hans Liao, Ph.D. | Director, Metabolic Engineering, OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. | |
| “Metabolic Engineering for Products Derived from Malonyl-CoA” | ||
| Lawrence Wackett, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota |
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| “Enzyme-Based Detection Systems for Toxicants” | ||
| Lorenz Hasler, Ph.D. | Senior Project Evaluation Manager, Global Biological Operations, Lonza AG | |
| “Challenges Facing Biotherapeutics” | ||
| Ryan Summers, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Bicatalysis and Bioprocessing, The University of Iowa | |
| “Genetic Intricacies of Caffeine Degradation in P. putida and Metabolic Engineering of E. coli for Alkylxanthine Production” | ||
| Samuel T. Crowley | Rice Laboratory, Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry, The University of Iowa | |
| “Synthesis of a Membrane Disruptive Glycoprotein for Gene Therapy” | ||
| Carolyn B. Rosenthal | Horswill Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa | |
| “Staphylococcus aureus Hyaluronate Lyase, a Potent Virulence Factor” | ||
| Tatiana V. Mishanina | Kohen Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of Iowa | |
| “Towards Better Antibiotics: Studies of Alternative Thymidylate Synthase” | ||
| Veronica S. Wills | Wiemer Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, The University of Iowa | |
| “Approaches to Synthesis of the Stellettins” | ||
