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BTI Fall 2023 Seminar Series: Joanne Emerson

BTI Fall 2023 Seminar Series Joanne Emerson University of California, Davis THURSDAY  I  November 30, 2023 I 3-4 P.M. I GORTNER 239

BTI Fall 2023 Seminar Series: Adam Deutschbauer

BTI Fall 2023 Seminar Series Adam Deutschbauer University of California, Berkeley and LBNL THURSDAY  I  December 7, 2023 I 3-4 P.M. I GORTNER 239

Enzyme advances promise to boost the bioeconomy

Enzyme advances promise to boost the bioeconomy Enzyme technology symposium brings together researchers from North America and Japan working on cutting-edge applications. By Stephanie Xenos Around 85 researchers and industry partners involved in developing new...

Bio&Tech Innovation Series: TBD

Speaker TBD April 6, 2023 | 3:30 p.m. | Gortner 239

Boswell Wing

University of Colorado Boulder

April 20, 2023 | 3:30 p.m. | Gortner 239

Brian Murphy

University of Illinois Chicago

April 27, 2023 | 3:30 p.m. | Amundson 151D

Terry Papoutsakis

University of Delaware

April 13, 2023 | 3:30 p.m. | Gortner 239
Reception to follow

Faculty Research Insight Talks #6

Claudia Schmidt-Dannert and Brett Barney
University of Minnesota

March 30, 2023 | 3:30 p.m. | Gortner 239
Reception to follow

Faculty Research Insight Talk #5

Christine Salomon and Mark Distefano
University of Minnesota

March 16, 2023 | 3:30 p.m. | Amundson 151D

Faculty Research Insight Talks #4

Mike Travisano and Mike Smanski
University of Minnesota

February 16, 2023
3:30 p.m., Gortner 239

BTI publications: February 2024

BTI publications: February 2024 Achberger, A. M., Jones, R., Jamieson, J., Holmes, C. P., Schubotz, F., Meyer, N. R., . . . Sylvan, J. B. (2024). Inactive hydrothermal vent microbial communities are important contributors to deep ocean primary productivity. Nat...

BTI publications: January 2024

BTI Publications January 2024 Elias, M. H., Sompiyachoke, K., Fernández, F. M., & Kamerlin, S. C. L. (2024). The ineligibility barrier for international researchers in US academia. EMBO Rep. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-023-00053-x Haq, I. U., Christensen, A.,...

BTI publications: October – December 2023

BTI publications: October - December 2023 Abdul Halim, M. F., Fonseca, D. R., Niehaus, T. D., & Costa, K. C. (2023b). Functionally redundant formate dehydrogenases enable formate-dependent growth in Methanococcus maripaludis. J Biol Chem, 105550....

A new perspective on research

A new perspective on research Liangning Lu reflects on experiences and insights from BTI and University of Tokyo research exchange program. By Lance Janssen As part of an ongoing academic exchange program, colleagues from the BioTechnology Institute at the University...

BTI members connect with colleagues in Japan

BTI members connect with colleagues in Japan BioTechnology Institute members travel to the University of Tokyo to strengthen research ties. By Lance Janssen Despite hours-long flights and an ocean of separation, researchers from the BioTechnology Institute (BTI) and...

BTI publications: June – September 2023

BTI publications: June - September 2023 Publications by BTI faculty Bohn, B., Chalupova, M., Staley, C., Holtan, S., Maakaron, J., Bachanova, V., & El Jurdi, N. (2023). Temporal variation in oral microbiome composition of patients undergoing autologous...

Modeling microbial complexity

Will Harcombe combines experimental and computational models to decode complex microbial interactions.

Mapping uncertainty

Can gene regulatory networks help scientists predict cell behavior and improve therapeutics for cancer and other diseases?

Enzyme advances promise to boost the bioeconomy

Enzyme advances promise to boost the bioeconomy Enzyme technology symposium brings together researchers from North America and Japan working on cutting-edge applications. By Stephanie Xenos Around 85 researchers and industry partners involved in developing new...

Undercover Operative: Environmental Microbiologist Infiltrates the World of Human Microbiome Research 

BTI Researcher Christopher Staley uses an ecology framework to tackle the human microbiome and its intricate secrets.

BTI is an interdisciplinary research institute whose members come from departments and colleges across the University.

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