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SUMMARY:Lounge Science: East Bay Science Café
DESCRIPTION:Using Synthetic Biology to Build Microbial Factories Produ
 cing Biofuels\nFree/Donations Requested \nFinding paths for sustainab
 le energy production is one of the foremost challenges as worldwide de
 mand is quickly growing and increased concern of climate effect due to
  increased concentration of greenhouse gasses. One promising directio
 n, especially for production of liquid transportation fuels, is re-eng
 ineering the metabolism of microbes like baker’s yeast Saccharomyce
 s cerevisiae to convert sugar into a chemical with desirable biofuel 
 characteristics. A chief challenge is not only in building the metabo
 lic pathway for performing this conversion but also making this conver
 sion efficient while maintaining a healthy cell. I will describe work
  being done to produce biofuels using the rapidly emerging approaches 
 of Synthetic Biology.\n \n \nAbout the Speaker:\nJohn Dueber is an 
 Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UC Berkeley
 . His research interest focuses on employing protein engineering and 
 synthetic biology approaches to gain designable control over biologica
 l systems. He is particularly interested in bioenergy applications wit
 h the desire to develop strategies that can also be generalized to oth
 er applications. He was the 2012 winner of the US Department of Energy
 ’s Early Career Research Award.\n \n \nThe East Bay Science Café
  is an informal forum for discussing interesting and relevant scienti
 fic issues. The goal is to encourage public engagement with science by
  inviting members of the scientific community to present topics for a 
 casual evening of conversation. Cafés may vary in length and format 
 depending upon the speaker and the topic. Audience questions are encou
 raged both during and after! The East Bay Science Café is brought 
 to you by the University of California Berkeley Natural History Mu
 seums and Science@Cal!\n\nFor more information visit http://trueskoo
 l.com/events/lounge-science-east-bay-science-caf
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120905T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120905T210000
CATEGORIES:berkeley, ca
LOCATION:La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley
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