A Few Thoughts on Methane Biocatalysts
TITLE:
A Few Thoughts on Methane Biocatalysts
DATE:
Friday, October 13th, 2017
TIME:
3:30 PM
LOCATION:
GMCS-314
SPEAKER:
Dr. Marina Kalyuzhnaya, Department of Biology.
ABSTRACT:
The consequences of climate change pose significant risks to human health,
including reductions of freshwater supplies and food. Global warming is driven
by the emission of greenhouse gases, mostly CO2 and methane. While methane is
produced in essentially every ecosystem, from the deep ocean to the human gut,
the scale of the global methane cycle, in context of the global carbon cycle,
is sometimes difficult to fully appreciate. This is partly due to the complexity
and the variety of its sources and sinks. My team research merges classical
enzymology and genetics with systems-biology approaches to both improve the
understanding of methane utilization and facilitate metabolic engineering.
Our results bridge the potential of biological systems with technology development
to address affordable, small-scale methane mitigation.
HOST:
Dr. Jose Castillo
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