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SUMMARY:SCS & ChemE Seminars 21.09.23 at 16:15 prof.James C. Liao\, Academ
 ia Sinica\, Taiwan "Design and evolution of new metabolism for C1 assimila
 tion"
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the open seminar of SCS Swiss Chemical Society.\n\n
 *This seminar is also included in ISIC ChemE Seminars. \n\n\nThursday Sep
 tember 21\, 16:15\nJames C. Liao\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan\nTitle: Desig
 n and evolution of new metabolism for C1 assimilation\n \nThis seminar wi
 ll be held in person\nat EPFL Lausanne in the room CH G1 495\nfollowed by 
 an Apéro and Q&A session at 17:30\nAbstract:  \nIt has been estimated t
 hat terrestrial photosynthesis draws down 120 giga tons of carbon per year
 \, half of which is released back to the atmosphere by respiration. The re
 maining carbon is slowly converted to CO2 and CH4 due to microbial metabol
 ism.  To date\, burning of fossil fuel emits more than 10 giga tons of c
 arbon annually\, which upsets the natural balance of the carbon cycle and 
 caused a rapid increase of atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) in recent year
 s. With advances in biochemistry\, molecular biology and cell biology\, i
 t has become possible to design new metabolism with an aim for reducing GH
 G in the atmosphere. Here we will present examples of how design and evolu
 tion can be used to explore new metabolism in the cell. We will use -a
 lanine synthesis to illustrate the emergence of new metabolic pathways\, a
 nd discuss CO2 and methanol assimilation in E. coli\, cyanobacteria\, and
  cell-free systems. \n\nDr. James C. Liao\, received his BS degree from N
 ational Taiwan University and PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison. 
  He is an expert of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. After wo
 rking at Texas A&M University and UCLA for decades\, he moved back to Taiw
 an in 2016 and has served as President of Academia Sinica since then. Dr. 
 Liao is a member of US National Academy of Sciences\, National Academy of 
 Engineering\, and Academia Sinica in Taiwan. \n\nDr. Liao received numero
 us awards\, including the US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award 
 (2010)\, the White House Champion of Change in renewable energy (2012)\, t
 he ENI award for renewable energy (2013)\,  the Novozyme Award for Excel
 lence in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering (2019)\, and the Samson Prim
 e Minister's Prize\, Israel (2021). 
LOCATION:CH G1 495 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CH%20G1%20495 https://epfl.
 zoom.us/j/84209090880
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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