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SUMMARY:Engineering Microbial Metabolism for Production of Chemicals and F
 uels
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Jay D. Keasling\, University of California\, Berkeley\, 
 CA (USA)\nDISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING\n(sandwiches ser
 ved)\n\nAbstract:\nMicrobial metabolism can be harnessed to convert sugars
  and other carbonaceous feedstocks into a variety of chemicals (commodity 
 and specialty)\, fuels\, and drugs.  We have engineered the industrial wo
 rkhorse microorganisms Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae to pr
 oduce a variety of molecules\, including the antimalarial drug artemisinin
  and advanced biofuels and chemicals that might otherwise be produced from
  petroleum.  Unlike ethanol\, the advanced biofuels have the full fuel va
 lue of petroleum-based biofuels\, will be transportable using existing inf
 rastructure\, and can be used in existing automobiles and airplanes.  Sim
 ilarly\, the microbially sourced chemicals can be dropped into existing pr
 ocesses used to produce existing materials.  These chemicals will be prod
 uced from natural biosynthetic pathways that exist in plants and a variety
  of microorganisms as well as from pathways that have no representation in
  the natural world.  Large-scale production of these chemicals and fuels 
 will reduce our dependence on petroleum and reduce the amount of carbon di
 oxide released into the atmosphere\, while allowing us to take advantage o
 f our current transportation infrastructure and products supply chains.\n\
 nBio:\nDr. Keasling is a faculty member at UC Berkeley since 1992.\n\nEduc
 ation\n  1986 B.S.\, University of Nebraska\, Lincoln\, Chemistry and Bi
 ology\n  1988 M.S.\, University of Michigan\, Chemical Engineering\n  
 1991 Ph.D.\, University of Michigan\, Chemical Engineering\n  1991-1992 
 Postdoctorate\, Stanford University\, Biochemistry
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