Huimin Zhao
Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Bioengineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, and Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
ABSTRACT
Catalyzed by recent develop ments in bioenergy, industrial biotechnology, the use of enzymes and microorganisms to produce chemicals, biomaterials, and biofuels from renewable feedstocks, is on the verge of exponential growth. In this talk, I will discuss our recent work on the development and applications of new protein and metabolic engineering tools for industrial biotechnology. Specifically, I will discuss: (1) discovery, characterization, and engineering of an antimalarial drug FR900098, and (2) engineering of new biosynthetic pathways and whole cells for production of value-added chemicals including phloroglucinol and xylitol as well as biofuels such as ethanol and butanol.
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