Thursday, 13 Mar 2014
Sustainability via Synthetic Biology
"Sustainability via Synthetic Biology: A Growing Role for Biotechnology in the Chemical Industry," Brian Pfleger, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Pfleger will present a novel, sustainable method of deconstructing biomass into fermentable sugars that doesn't require degradative enzymes. He will discuss developing strains of bacteria for producing chemical building blocks such as fatty acids, alpha-olefins, fatty alcohols and bioplastics.
Thursday, 27 Mar 2014
Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Seminar
"Looks Matter: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Signaling from Biomaterials," Tatiana Segura, University of California, Santa Barbara. Segura will focus on her research team's efforts to introduce protein-based bioactive signals, in particular vascular endothelial growth factor, into hydrogel-based scaffolds for therapeutic angiogenesis. part of the 2013-14 Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Seminar Series.