Metabolic engineering refers to the directed improvement of product formation or cellular properties through the modification of specific biochemical reactions or introduction of new ones with the use of recombinant DNA ...

The past few years have introduced a flurry of interest over renewable energy sources. Biofuels have gained attention as renewable alternatives to liquid transportation fuels. Microbial platforms for biofuel production ...

Although petroleum and other fossil fuels have traditionally been used to fulfill our energy needs, rising concerns over energy security and the climate-changing effects of our continual greenhouse gas emissions have led ...

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology has attracted interest as a cleaner alternative to conventional coal-fired power generation processes. While a number of pilot projects have been launched to ...

Methylation at the 5 position of the cytosine base, when followed by guanine (CpG) in the promoter region of a protein-coding gene, is an epigenetic modification that has been shown to be involved in gene silencing. While ...

Micro-contact printing has emerged as a promising new technique for patterning micron scale features with a wide variety of materials. Most of the materials examined have been small, reactive molecules patterned on surfaces ...

Reducing dependence on petroleum feedstocks motivates engineering novel conversion technologies to convert biomass as a renewable resource into target value-added products. In this thesis we developed a new pathway for the ...