[Faculty] Fwd: [CSRC-SDSU COLLOQUIUM]: A few thought on methane biocatalysts: can we challenge nature?

[Jose Castillo]

*DATE: * Friday, April 28th, 2017

*TITLE:* A few thought on methane biocatalysts: can we challenge nature?

*TIME: * 3:30 PM

*LOCATION: * GMCS 314

*SPEAKER:*   Dr. Marina Kalyuzhnaya, Department of Biology, SDSU

*ABSTRACT:  * Climate change consequences 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. Widespread and steady growth of anthropogenic actions (i.e.,
fossil fuel production, agriculture, landfill use, and municipal wastewater
treatment) makes methane not only the major contributor to climate change,
but also the primary target for near-term climate regulation. Our research
efforts are focused on understanding microbial methane utilization and
developing bio-based approaches to converting scattered sources of methane
(stranded natural gas, coal methane and biogas) into value-added chemicals.
In my presentation I will discuss the systems-based investigation of
central metabolic pathways in Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20ZR, a model
methanotroph and one of the most promising microbial system for industrial
methane biocatalysts.

*HOST:*  Dr. Jose Castillo



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