The Florida Center for Renewable
| Dr. Lonnie
O. Ingram Director |
ingram@ufl.edu |
Tel:
(352) 392-8176 Fax: (352) 846-0969 |
| Dr.
Keelnatham T. Shanmugam Associate Director |
shan@ufl.edu | Tel: (352)
392-2490 Fax: (352) 392-5922 |
| Dr.
Sheilachu P. Gomez Assistant Director |
spgomez@ufl.edu | Tel/Fax: (352) 392-00237 |
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Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels (FCRC) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contact Information
Table of Contents
Introduction
Faculty Members
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
Service
Awards
Graduate Research Assistantships
Post-Docs and Research Faculty Support
Patents :
Approved ; Pending; US Patents; Pending International Patents; Invention Disclosures
Publications:
In Press; Published Chapter Review; Journals
On-Going Research
Acknowledgments
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The Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels (FCRC) is mandated to provide a focus in the area of multidisciplinary education and research in the production of chemicals and fuels from biomass, and the improvement of biomass as a biorefinery feedstock. Graduate training and support are provided by investigator-driven competitive research grants and industrial sponsored research agreements. Specific areas of research are guided by the objectives of sponsoring agencies and companies as defined in the awards. Tuition support is provided for up to 4 years by the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Research programs are currently conducted by our member faculties in the following areas: Microbial Metabolic Engineering, Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology, Hydrogen Research, Methanogenic and Halophilic Archaea Proteosomes, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Molecular Biology of Metanogens, Environmental Microbiology, Comparative Bacterial Genomics, and Plant- Endophytic Bacterial Interactions.
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Faculty Members
The Center has 10 in-house faculty members, 2 from other departments and colleges, and 1 adjunct member.
| Valerie de
Crecy-Lagard
(Assistant Professor) |
Comparative genomics, bacterial genetics, experimental evolution, genetic code. |
| Samuel
Farrah (Professor) |
Adsorption of microorganisms to solids; modification of solids to increase adsorption or inactivation of microorganisms |
| William B.
Gurley (Professor) |
Functional analysis of heat shock transcription factors |
| Shouguang
Jin (Associate Professor) Dept of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine |
Molecular pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Agrobacterium mediated transformation |
| Nemat O.
Keyhani (Assistant Professor) |
Bacterial pathogenesis; toxin production and modes of action; carbohydrate metabolism; signal transduction and applications for marine natural products |
| Lonnie O.
Ingram (Distinguished Professor) |
Metabolic engineering of bacteria for fuel ethanol and bio-chemical production |
| Julie
Maupin-Furlow (Associate Professor) |
Genetics and biochemistry of ATP-dependent proteolysis |
| Gary Peter
(Associate Professor) School of Forest Resources & Conservation |
Forest genomics and cell biology. |
| James
Preston (Professor) |
Microbial genetics and biochemistry |
| Madeline
Rasche
(Associate Professor) |
Biochemistry of methanogenesis; protein structure and function |
| K. T.
Shanmugam (Professor) |
Metabolic engineering for fuel and chemicals; regulation of metabolic pathways. |
| Eric W.
Triplett
(Professor) |
Biology of the interaction between plants and endophytic bacteria |
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David Beall (Adjunct Faculty) |
Microbiology |
Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops
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In-house seminars were regularly conducted during the Fall and Spring Semesters. Research progress reports by graduate students, post-docs, staff members, and research faculty members were presented for discussion and comments. Twenty five to thirty people attended these weekly seminars. Faculty members, post-docs, and their students attended various national and international conferences and seminars to present research results and to interact with other researchers from other academic institutions and industries. The Table in the following pages shows the conference participation, seminar or workshop, place and date, and topics presented by FCRC associated researchers. |
Table. 1. Conferences, Workshops, and Meetings Attended by Faculty Members and Students
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Faculty members have been actively involved in several academic service activities. They include:
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Name |
Award/Sponsor |
Date/Place |
Conference |
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Reuter, Christopher J Wright, Amy |
Extremophile Student Travel Award |
2004 Cambridge, MD
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5th International Conference on Extremophiles |
The Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, IFAS, granted
matching graduate assistantships and
fellowships to the following students:
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Graduate Assistant |
Start Date Granted |
Degree |
Mentor |
| Franz St. John |
2001F |
PhD |
Dr. James F. Preston, III |
| Christopher Reuter |
2002S |
PHD |
Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
| Maegorzata Gil |
2002SU |
PhD |
Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
| Kim Youngyun |
2002 |
PhD |
Dr. K.T. Shanmugam |
| Phi Min Do |
2003F |
PhD |
Dr. K. T. Shanmugam |
| Phillip Kirkland |
2003F |
MS |
Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
| Shannon McQuaig |
2003F |
MS |
Dr. Samuel R. Farrah |
| Jonathan Moore |
2003F |
PhD |
Dr. Lonnie O. Ingram |
| Amy Wright |
2003F |
MS |
Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
| Matthew Humbard |
2004F |
PhD |
Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
| Benjamin Sloniker |
2004F |
PhD |
Dr. Madeline E. Rasche |
| Bi Changhao |
2004F |
PhD |
Dr. James F. Preston, III |
| Brett Kirkland |
2004F |
PhD |
Dr. Nemat O Keyhani |
| Elliot Miller |
2004F |
PhD |
Dr. Lonnie O. Ingram |
| Anderson, Jessica |
2005F |
PhD |
Dr. Eric W. Triplett |
| Defraia, Christopher |
2005F |
PhD |
Dr. Eric W. Triplett |
| Millwood, Mary |
2005F |
PhD |
Dr. Madeline E. Rasche |
| Perez-Gedes, Claudia |
2005F |
PhD |
Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
Post-Docs and Research Faculty Support
The Center supported the following post-docs and research faculty members:
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Name |
Mentor/Lab |
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| Shengde Zhou | Research Faculty | Dr. Lonnie O. Ingram |
| Bohannon-Grabar | Post-Doc | Dr. Lonnie O. Ingram |
| Eun Min Cho | Post-Doc | Dr. Nemat Keyhani |
| Eva Czarnecka-Verner | Research Faculty | Dr. William B. Gurley |
| Rhee, Mun | Post-Doc | Dr. KT Shanmugam |
| Kevin O’Grady | Post-Doc | Dr. William B. Gurley |
| Guang Nong | Post-Doc | Dr. James F. Preston, III |
| Virginia Chow | Post-Doc | Dr. James F. Preston, III |
| Ivanka Karadzik | Post-Doc | Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
| Rosana De Castro | Assist. Professor* | Dr. Julie A. Maupin-Furlow |
*Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Instituto
de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias
Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina).
Patents and Publications
Approved Patent 2005
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Patent |
Date |
Country |
Authors |
Title |
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6,849,434 B2 |
02/01/2005 |
U.S.A |
Lonnie O. Ingram,
Maria Barbosa-Alleyne |
Ethanol Production by Recombinant Hosts |
Pending US Patents (18):
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Application Number |
Date Submitted |
Authors |
Title |
| 60/620,594 | 10/20/04 | Lonnie O.
Ingram, KT Shanmugam, JC Moore, Z Wu |
Enhanced electrical contact to microbes in microbial fuel cells. |
| 60/424,372 | 11/06/02 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Thomas B. Causey, Shengde Zhou, K. T. Shanmugam | Materials and Methods for the Efficient Production of Acetate and other Products |
| 10/003,741 | 11/02/02 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Jacob L. Snoep, Nico Arfman | Recombinant Glucose Uptake System |
| 60/418,069 | 10/11/02 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Shengde Zhou, Thomas B. Causey, K . T. Shanmugam | Mutation to Increase Production of Fermentation Products |
| 60/378,143 | 05/13/02 | Adnan Hasona, K. T. Shanmugam, Lonnie O. Ingram | Novel Pseudomonas putida EstZ Esterase Gene and Uses Thereof |
| 10/136,960 | 04/30/02 | Julie A. Maupin-Furlow, Lee Ann Talarico, Krishnan Chandra Raj, Lonnie O. Ingram | Cloning and Sequencing of Pyruvate Decaroxylase (pdc) Genes from Bacteria and Uses Thereof |
| 08/834,900 | 04/16/02 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Lorraine Yomano, Sean York | Development of High-Ethanol Resistant Escherichia coli |
| 10/001,218 | 11/30/01 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Maria Barbosa-Alleyne | Ethanol Production in Gram-Positive Microbes |
| 09/885,297 | 06/19/01 | Shengde Zhou, Lonnie O. Ingram | Methods and Compositions for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation |
| 09/885,294 | 06/19/01 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Stuart Underwood | Methods for Improving Cell Growth and Alcohol Production During Fermentation. |
| 60/288,699 | 05/04/01 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Chanda Raj Krishan, Julie A. Maupin-Furlow | Pyruvate Decarboxylase: A Key Enzyme for the Oxidative Metabolism of Lactic Acid by Acetobacter pasteurianus |
| 60/288,698 | 05/04/01 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Chandra Raj Krishan, Julie A. Maupin-Furlow | Acetobacter Patstuerianus Pyruvate Decarboxylase: Biochemical, Genetic, and Physiological Properties |
| 60/288,671 | 05/04/01 | Lonnie O. Ingram, Lee Ann Talarico, Julie A. Maupin--Furlow | Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Pyruvate Decarboxylase fro the Acod Tolerant, Anaerobic Gram-Positive Bacteriun Sarcinia ventriculi Goodsir |
| 60/288,638 | 05/04/01 | Lee Ann Talarico, Lonnie O. Ingram, Julie A. Maupin-Furlow | High-level Production of Active Sarcina ventriculi Pyruvate Decarboxylase in Recombinant Bacillus megaterium |
| 60/288,622 | 05/04/01 | Chandra Raj Krishan, Lonnie O. Ingram, Julie A. Maupin-Furlow | Biochemical and Biophysical characterization of Pyruvate Decarboxylase from the Acetic Acid Bacterium Acetobacter pastuerianus |
| UF 11469 | 03/02/05 | K.T. Shanmugam, Lonnie O. Ingram, Milind Paetel, Mark Ou, Roberta Harbucker | Production of Chemicals from Lignocellulose, Biomass or Sugars. |
| UF 11804 | 09/19/05 | Patrick Cirino, Lonnie O. Ingram | Materials and Methods for Efficient Production of Xylitol |
| UF 11819 | 08/10/05 | Shengde Zhou, Lonnie O. Ingram, K.T Shanmugam, Lorraine Yomano | Materials and Methods for Efficient Lactic Acid production |
Pending International Patents (17):
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Application |
Date |
Country |
Authors |
Title |
| P 02 01 01630 073450 PCT/US02/15038 |
05/03/02 05/02/02 04/29/02 |
Argentina
Thailand PCT |
Julie A.
Maupin-Furlow Lee Ann Talarico, Krishnan Chandra Raj, Lonnie O. Ingram |
Cloning and Sequencing of Pyruvate Decarboxylase(PDC) Genes from Bacteria and Uses Thereof |
| P 01 01 03040 066460 PCT/US01/19690
0946576.4-4-2405-US0119690
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06/26/01 06/22/01 06/19/01 06/19/01 06/19/01 06/19/01 06/19/01 06/19/01 |
Argentina
Thailand PCT Canada EPO China Korea Vietnam |
Shengde Zhou, Lonnie O. Ingram
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Methods and Compositions
for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation
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| 066459
PCT/US01/19641 |
06/22/01
06/19/01 |
Thailand Argentina PCT |
Lonnie O.
Ingram, Stuart Underwood |
Methods for Improving Cell Growth and Alcohol Production During Fermentation. |
| 02106753.2 IN/PCT/01/01804/CHE W-00100102740 |
09/13/02 12/21/01 12/11/01 |
Hongkong India Indonesia |
Lonnie O. Ingram, Shengde Zhou |
Recombinant Hosts suitable for simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation |
Invention Disclosures (3)
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UF Number |
Date Filed |
Title |
Authors |
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UF-11645 |
July 27, 2004 |
Enhanced Electrical Contact to Microbes in Microbial fuel Cells |
Andrew Rinzler, LO Ingram, JC Moore, KT Shanmugam, Z Wu |
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UF-11799 |
Feb 22, 2005 |
Improved Klebsiella oxytoca For Ethanol Production And E. coli Strains Engineered To Produce Xylitol From Xylose. |
Lonnie O. Ingram, Patrick C. Cirino, Brent E. Wood, Lorraine P. Yomano, Sean York |
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UF-11818 |
March 2, 2005 |
Ethanol Production in Minimal Medium |
Lonnie O. Ingram, Lorraine P. Yomano, Sean W. York |
In Press
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Gutierrez, T., L.O. Ingram, and J.F. Preston. 2005. Purification and characterization of a furfural reductase (FFR) from Escherichia coli stain LY01: an enzyme important in the detoxification of furfural during ethanol production. J. Biotechnol. In Press. Rosana E. De Castro, Julie A. Maupin-Furlow, María Inés Giménez, María Karina Herrera Seitz, and Jorge J. Sánchez. 2006. Haloarchaeal proteases and proteolytic systems. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. (in press). Maupin-Furlow, J. A., M. A. Gil, P. A. Kirkland, M. A. Humbard, C. J. Reuter, and A. J. Wright. 2006. Proteasomes and other nanocompartmentalized proteases. J. M. Shively (ed.) Springer-Verlag. Microbiology Monographs: Complex Intracellular Structures in Prokaryotes (in press). Maupin-Furlow, J. A., M. A. Gil, P. A. Kirkland, M. A. Humbard, W. Li, C. J. Reuter, and A. J. Wright. 2005. Archaeal proteasomes and other regulatory proteases. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 8: (in press). Patel, M., M. Ou, L.O. Ingram and K.T. Shanmugam. 2005. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of crystalline cellulose and sugar cane bagasse hemicellulose hydrolysate to lactate by a thermotolerant acidophilic Bacillus sp. Biotechnol. Prog. (In Press). Talarico, L. A., M. A. Gil, L. O. Ingram, and J. A. Maupin-Furlow. 2005. Construction and expression of ethanol production operon in gram-positive bacteria. Microbiology (in press). Wood, B.E., L.P. Yomano, S.W. York, and L.O. Ingram. 2005. Development of industrial-medium-required elimination of the 2,3 butanediol fermentation pathway to maintain ethanol yield in an ethanologenic strain if Klebsiella oxytoca. Biotech. Prog. (In Press). Zhou, S., L.P. Yomano, K.T. Shanmugam, and L.O. Ingram. 2005. Fermentation of 10% (w/v) sugar to D(-)-lactate by engineered Escherichia coli B. Biotechnology Letters (In Press) Kirkland, P. A., J. Busby, S. Stevens, and J. A. Maupin-Furlow. 2005. Advances in Isoelectric Focusing of Halophilic Proteins. Anal. Biochem. (submitted). |
Published
Chapters/Review:
| Rasche, M. E., and J. G. Ferry 2005. Methanogens and the Archaebacteria, Molecular Biology of, p. 237-261. In R. A. Meyers (ed.), Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, 2nd ed, vol. 8. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., Weinheim. |
Journals:
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Cirz RT, JK Chin, DR Andres, V. de Crecy-Lagard, WA Craig, and FE Romesberg. 2005. Inhibition of mutation and combating the evolution of antibiotic resistance. PLoS Biol. 2005 Jun;3(6):e176. Epub 2005 May 10 Van Lanen, SG., JS Reader, MA Swairjo, V de Crecy-Lagard, B Lee, D Iwata-Reuyl. 2005. From cyclohydrolase to oxidoreductase: discovery of nitrile reductase activity in a common fold. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 22;102(12):4264-9. Epub 2005 Mar 14. Bacher, JM., V de Crecy-Lagard and PR Schimmel. 2005. Inhibited cell growth and protein functional changes from an editing-defective tRNA synthetase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Feb 1;102(5):1697-701. Epub 2005 Jan 12. Tao, Han, Adnan Hasona, Phi Min Do, L.O. Ingram and K.T. Shanmugam. 2005. Global gene expression analysis revealed an unsuspected deo operon under the control of molybdate sensor, ModE protein, in Escherichia coli. Arch Microbiol. 184:225-233. Metzgar D., JM Bacher, V Pezo, J Reader, V Doring, P Schimmel, P Marliere, and V. de Credy-Lagard. 3005. Acinetobacter sp. ADP1: an ideal model organism for genetic analysis and genome engineering. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Oct 28;32(19):5780-90. Gorsjean, H., V de Crecy-Lagard, and GR Bjork. 2005. Aminoacylation of the anticodon stem by a tRNA-synthetase paralog: relic of an ancient code? Trends Biochem Sci. 2004 Oct;29(10):519-22.Chistoserdova, L.*, Rasche, M.E., and Lidstrom, M.E. 2005. Novel tetrahydromethanopterin biosynthesis genes discovered via mutagenesis in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. J. Bacteriol. 187: 2508-2512. El-Borai, F.E., L.W. Duncan, and J.F. Preston.2005. Bionomics of a phoretic association between putative Paenibacillus sp. and the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema diaprepesi. J Nematol. 35:18-25. Hamilton, R., Casasús,, A., Rasche, M. Narang, A, Svoronos, S. A.*, and Koopman, B*. 2005. A structured model for denitrifier diauxic growth. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 90(4):501–508, 2005. Itoh, Y., X. Wang, B.J. Hinnebush, J.F. Preston, and T. Romeo. 2005. Depolymerization of poly- β-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine disrupts the integrity of diverse bacterial biofilms. J. Bacteriol. 187:382-387.Karadzic, I. M. and J. A. Maupin-Furlow. 2005. Improvement of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis proteome maps of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. Proteomics 5:354-359. Kaczowka, S. J., C. J. Reuter, L. A. Talarico and J. A. Maupin-Furlow. 2005. Recombinant production of Zymomonas mobilis pyruvate decarboxylase in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. Archaea 1:327-34. Purvis J.E., L.P. Yomano, and L.O. Ingram. 2005. Enhanced trehalose productionimproves growth of Echerichia coli under osmotic stress. Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 200571: 3761-3769. Kima, P.E.*, Rasche, M.E. 2004. Sex determination using the polymerase chain reaction. Biochem. and Molecular Biology Educ. 32:115-119. Maupin-Furlow, J. A., M. A. Gil, I. M. Karadzic, P. A. Kirkland, and C. J. Reuter. 2004. Proteasomes: perspectives from the archaea [update 2004]. Front Biosci. 9:1743-1758. Maupin-Furlow, J. A., S. J. Kaczowka, C. J. Reuter, K. Zuobi-Hasona, and M. A. Gil.Reuter, C. J., S. J. Kaczowka and J. A. Maupin-Furlow. 2004. Differential regulation of PanA and PanB proteasome-activating nucleotidase and 20S proteasome proteins of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. J. Bacteriol. 186:7763-7772. Reuter, C. J. and J. A. Maupin-Furlow. 2004. Analysis of proteasome-dependent proteolysis in Haloferax volcanii cells using short-lived green fluorescent proteins. Appl Envir. Microbiol. 70:7530-7538. Rasche, M. E.*, Wyles, S. A., and Rosenzvaig, M. 2004. Characterization of two methanopterin biosynthesis mutants of Methylobacterium extorquens by use of a tetrahydromethanopterin bioassay. J. Bacteriol. 186:1565-1570. Rasche, M. E.* 2004. Outcomes of a research-driven laboratory and literature course designed to enhance undergraduate contributions to original research. Biochem. and Molecular Biology Educ. 32:101-107. Self, W.T., A. Hasona and K.T. Shanmugam. 2004. Expression and regulation of a silent operon, hyf, coding for hydrogenase 4 isoenzyme in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriology. 186:580-58 |
On-Going Research Projects
Twenty three (22) grants and contracts with a total awarded amount of $7,936,199 were conducted for the year 2004-2005. Of these, 14 were new grant awards.
| Investigator(s) | Sponsor | Duration | Amount | Project Title |
| Valerie de Crecy-Lagard | NSF National Science Foundation | 08/04/2004- 03/31/2006 |
$83,308 |
Elimination of canonical amino acids from Escherichia coli. |
| Samuel R. Farrah | Orange County | 10/01/2003-09/30/2005 |
$59,100 |
Virus monitoring of effluent from joint facility. |
| NSF National Science Foundation | 09/01/2002- 08/31/2005 |
$25,000 |
Surface modification for advancing response processes and environmental protection. | |
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Lonnie O. Ingram
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US Department of Energy | 09/01/2004– 06/30/2006 |
$200,000 |
Genetic improvement of Escherichia coli for fuel ethanol production. |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture/Coop SRS | 09/01/2001– 08/31/2005 |
$300,000 |
Engineering bacteria for fuel ethanol production. | |
| U.S. Department of Energy | 07/01/1996- 06/30/2005 | $1,300,000 |
Ethanol tolerant biocatalysts for fuel ethanol production./Genetic improvement of Escherichia coli for fuel ethanol production. |
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| MBI International | 07/01/2004-06/30/2005 |
$50,000 |
Optimization of AFEX treatments for the conversion of lignocellulosic materials to fuel ethanol. |
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| BCI, Inc. | 03/01/2005-02/28/2006 |
$250,000 |
BCI Sponsored Ethanol Research | |
| BioEnergy LLC | 04/01/2005-03/31/2007 |
$100,000 |
Production of organic acids, polymers, and sugar-based specialty chemicals. | |
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Lonnie O. Ingram, |
U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA (*Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) |
06/01/2002 – 03/31/2006 | $1,088,424 | Sentinel plants utilizing bacterial two-component signaling pathways. |
| Lonnie O. Ingram, K.T. Shanmugam | Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation (BRDC) | 10/01/2003 – 09/30/2006 |
$400,000 |
. Acid tolerant biocatalysts. |
| Nemat O. Keyhani | NSF | 10/01/2004-09/30/2006 |
$173,179 |
Comparative analysis of in vivo-and in-vitro transcripts. |
| Julie A. Maupin-Furlow | NIH National Institute of Health | 04/01/2005 – 03/31/2010 | $1,054,850 | Physiology of proteosomes in Haloferax volcanii |
| US Department of Energy Biosciences | 06/01/2005 – 05/31/2008 |
$360,000 |
dentification of Proteasome Substrates of Haloferax volcanii. | |
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J.F. Preston, P.I.; D.W. Dickson, K.T. Shanmugam, and R.M. Giblin-Davis
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U. S. Department of Agriculture, T-STAR |
09/15/2002 – 09/14//2005 09/01/2004- |
$80,813 $41,598 |
The Genome of Pasteuria penetrans: a Blueprint for Developing Pasteuria spp. for the Biocontrol of Plant-parasitic Nematodes
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| J.F. Preston | Emory University (NIH) | 09/19/2003-08/31/2006 | $72,750 | Biofilm Formation and Dispersal Mechanisms. |
| J.F. Preston, PI; K.T. Shanmugam and L.O. Ingram | CPBR | 08/01/2004-07/31/2006 | $279,946 | Bacterial Conversion of hemicellulose to ethanol. |
| Madeline E. Rasche | National Science Foundation | 12/01/2004-12/31/2008 |
$608,152 |
Methanopterin biosynthesis in archaea and methylotropic bacteria. |
| K.T. Shanmugam subcontractor to | Benemann Associates (U. S. Department of Energy) | 07/14/2004-03/31/2005 | $30,000 | Engineering thermotolerant biocatlysts for biomass conversion to products. |
| K.T. Shanmugam | U. S. Department of Energy, Golden Office | 04/01/2004-03/31/2007 | $956,801 | Engineering thermotolerant biocatalysts for biomas conversion to fuels and chemicals. |
| E.W. Triplett | NSF | 11/01/2003-10/31/2005 | $275,567 | A microbial observatory of the North Temperate Lakes. |
| E.W. Triplett | TIGR | 10/01/2004-09/30/2006 | $146,711 | Genome sequencing of nitrogen-fixing bacterial endophytes. |
Acknowledgments
The Center would like to acknowledge all of its supporters and sponsors:
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UF/IFAS:
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