Preliminary Program subject to change
15C12 Advances in Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering III
OverviewThe focus of this session is to reflect the latest advances in biocatalysis and protein engineering. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: (1) Biocatalyst development via protein modification, immobilization, and genetic engineering; (2) Biocatalytic reaction engineering, such as reaction kinetics and nonaqueous biocatalysis; (3) Multienzyme systems and cofactor regeneration; (4) Enzymatic bioprocessing for chemical production, biodegradation, biochemical separation/purification, fuel processing, etc.; (5) Other areas where biocatalysis plays an essential role, such as studies of energy generation systems, biosensors, and artificial cells.
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)
Co-Sponsor(s)Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)

Chair

William A. Apel
Dr.
Biotechnology Department
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
P. O. Box 1625
Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203
Phone Number: 208-526-1783
Fax Number: 208-526-0828
Email: waa@inel.gov

CoChair

Andreas S. Bommarius
Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical Engineering
315 Ferst Drive N.W.
Parker H. Petit Biotechnology Institute, Room 3310
Atlanta, GA 30332-0363
Phone Number: (404) 385-1334
Fax Number: (404) 894-2291
Email: andreas.bommarius@che.gatech.edu
Bacterial Substrate Display: a New Method for Profiling Protease Activity
Kevin T. Boulware and Patrick S. Daugherty, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Engineering II, Rm 3357, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5040
Computational Design of Arac Protein with Novel Effector Specificity
Hossein Fazelinia, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, Patrick C. Cirino, Penn State University, 120 Fenske Lab, University Park, PA 16802 and Costas D. Maranas, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Directed Evolution of Specific Receptor-Ligand Pairs for Use in the Creation of Gene Switches
Karuppiah Chockalingam, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, 221 Roger Adams Lab, Box C-3, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 and Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois, 215 Roger Adams Lab, Box C3, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
An Engineered Genetic Approach to Isolating Functional Proteins Expressed from De Novo Libraries
Adam C. Fisher, Cornell University, 304 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 and Matthew DeLisa, Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 304 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Intermission
Generating Libraries for Directed Evolution of Proteins – Comparison of Recombination-Dependant Pcr and DNA Shuffling
Bernard Loo1, Alicia Powers1, Javier Chaparro1 and Andreas S. Bommarius2, (1)GIT, IBB 3428, 315 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, 315 Ferst Drive N.W., Parker H. Petit Biotechnology Institute, Room 3310, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363
Engineering and Selection of Ligand-Binding Gfp Variants and Antibodies Via Tat Display
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Brian Ribnicky and George Georgiou, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0400, Austin, TX 78712
Laboratory Evolution of a Fluorinated Protein
Soojin Son and David A. Tirrell, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division