Sustainability via Synthetic Biology

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Date/Time:Thursday, 13 Mar 2014 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location:171 Durham
Cost:Free
Phone:515-294-8312
Channel:College of Engineering
Categories:Lectures Live Green
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"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.