| Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| 01/12 |
Dr. Gerd Pluschke
Med. Parasitology/Infection Biology,
Swiss Tropical Institute |
Development of a Malaria Subunit Vaccine Using Influenza Virosomes as Antigen Delivery Platform |
|
| 01/19 |
MLK Holiday |
| 01/26 |
Dr. Brian Davison
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Bioenergy Conversion and the BioEnergy Science Center: A Introduction to the Challenges in Making Cellulosic Biofuels |
 |
| 02/02 |
Dr. Richard Dixon
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
Lignin Biosynthesis and Its Manipulation for the Development of Dedicated Bioenergy Crops |
|
| 02/09 |
Dr. Kirsti Ritalahti
Georgia Tech |
Functional ecology and the role of Dehalococcoides in bioremediation |
|
| 02/16 |
Dr. Lee Lynd
Dartmouth College |
Microbial Cellulose Utilization: Fundamentals and Biotechnology |
|
| 02/23 |
Dr. J.H. David Wu
University of Rochester |
The Clostridium thermocellum Cellulosome: A Molecular Machine for Cellulose Degradation |
|
| 03/02 |
Dr. Hans Blaschek
University of Illinois |
Biobutanol from Biomass |
|
| 03/09 |
Dr. Barry Bruce
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Applied Photosynthesis: Putting Photosystem I to Work |
|
| 03/16 |
Spring Break |
| 03/23 |
Dr. Jeffrey Benetzen
University of Georgia |
Plant Genome Structure and Evolution as Tools for the Improvement of Biomass Crops |
|
| 03/30 |
Dr. Stephen Long
University of Illinois |
Cool C4 Photosynthesis. Miscanthus – A Means to
Achieve Large Sustainable Supplies of Bioenergy Feedstock without Impacts on Food Production |
|
| 04/06 |
Dr. Bärbel Han-Hägerdahl
Lund University, Sweden |
Second Generation Pentose Utilizing Yeast Strains |
|
| 04/13 |
Dr. Michael Adams
University of Georgia |
Biomass to Hydrogen Gas at 100 ºC |
|
| 04/20 |
Dr. Krishna Niyogi
University of California, Berkeley |
Light Harvesting for Algal Biofuels |
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