Our division proudly hosts the annual Stanley Dagley Lectureship Series featuring distinguished scientists in the field including Nobel Laureates.
Faculty and Research Interests
Primary members |
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Molecular promiscuity and recognition, extremophiles, molecular evolution |
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Secondary metabolism, uncultivated microorganisms, niche microbial expression platforms |
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Protein engineering and evolution of new catalytic activities, ancestral enzyme reconstruction |
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Functional genomics, analysis of gene expression patterns, whole genome microarrays. |
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Natural products biosynthesis, synthetic biology, protein engineering, metabolic engineering |
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Nucleic acid biochemistry; molecular biology |
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Burckhard Seelig (Division Director) Biocatalysis, directed evolution, protein engineering, artificial enzymes, origin and evolution of proteins |
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Natural product discovery, metabolic pathway engineering, genetic design |
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Biofuels, enzyme sensors, biodegradation, metalloenzymes |
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Structural enzymology: metal ions & organic co-factors; human disease: cardiovascular, Alzheimers |
Teaching
Faculty from our division teach the following courses related to synthetic biology and biotechnology:
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COURSE NUMBER |
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COURSE DIRECTOR |
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BioC 4331 (Spring) |
Biochemistry I: Structure, Catalysis, and Metabolism in Biological Systems |
Carrie Wilmot |
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BioC 4351/BioC 5351 (Fall) |
Protein Engineering |
Romas Kazlauskas & Mikael Elias |
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BioC 5352 (Spring) |
Biotechnology for Biochemists |
Claudia Schmidt-Dannert & Burckhard Seelig |
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BioC 5309 (Spring) |
Biocatalysis & Biodegradation |
Larry Wackett & Arkady Khodursky |
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BioC 5361 (Fall) |
Microbial Genomics & Bioinformatics |
Larry Wackett & Arkady Khodursky |
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BioC 8401 (Spring) |
Ethics & Public Policies |
Burckhard Seelig |