2012
December 2012
Jordan’s paper has been accepted for publication in AEM (12/26/12). Mike started the project and Iara assisted the project.
Atsumi group year end party (12/15/12)
Shota gave a talke in the 6th IECA conference on Synthetic biology with applications to Biotechnology (Taipei, Taiwan, 12/10-11/12).
The manuscript by John, Iara, and Hisanari has been accepted for publication in PNAS (12/5/12).
November 2012
Matt joins the lab as a BMCDB rotation student.
October 2012
Shota gave a talk in the 90th Anniversary Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan, “Biotechnology for Green Growth” (Oct 26th, 2012).
Shota gave a talk in Microbiology department seminar series (MIC 291) (10/17/2012).
Gabe and Shota gave poster and short talks, respectively, at the CIFAR Technology conference XXXI (10/12/2012).
September 2012
Shota gave a talk at the 19th International Microbial Genomes Conference (Lake Arrowhead, CA, 9/20/2012).
Gabe’s paper has been published in Microbial Cell Factories.
Nicole joins the lab as a graduate student.
August 2012
Shota served as a coordinator for 2012 ACS Project SEED.
June 2012
Shota is on a report, “How Immigrants are Reinventing the American Economy” from the Partnership for a New American Economy.
Vicky joins the lab as a UC LEADS scholar.
Gabe’s paper about isobutyraldehyde production in E. coli was published in Microbial Cell Factories.
Shota has been selected to be a 2012-2013 UC Davis Hellman Fellow.
Robert joins the lab as a REU student.
Edna’s review article “Recent progress in synthetic biology for microbial production of C3-C10 alcohols” was published in Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation.
May 2012
Gabe has been selected for the NIH Biotechnology Fellow (2012-2013).
The project with the Asahi Kasei Corporation was highlighted on the UCD internationally engaged newsletter.
Edna’s review article “Recent progress in synthetic biology for microbial production of C3-C10 alcohols” has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation.
Anh gave a talk in the 2012 Richard Larock Conference (5/12/2012).
April 2012
Shota gave a talk in the Low-Carbon Forum of Urban and Regional Development (Hangzhou, China, 4/26-27/2012).
UC Davis Aggies!
West Lake (Hangzhou)
Gabe gave a talk in the 3rd year student seminar (4/12/2012).
Iara’s review has been published in Journal of Biotechnology.
March 2012
Gabe’s review was published in Current Chemical Biology.
Shota served as a session chair of “Applications of Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology, and Metabolic Engineering” with Hal Alper (U Texas) at 243rd ACS National Meeting (3/25-29/2012, San Diego, CA).
Iara’s review article “Cyanobacterial biofuel production” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Biotechnology.
February 2012
Wilfred Chen (U Delaware) gave a semina in our department (2/14/2012).
Jordan had a chalk-talk at the DEB pizza seminar (2/8/2012).
Patrick Cirino (U. Houston) gave a seminar in our department (2/7/2012).
January 2012
Shuchi joins the lab as a rotation student from MGG.
Gabe’s review article “Synthetic biology approaches to produce C3-C6 alcohols from microorganisms” has been accepted for publication in Current Chemical Biology.
Jordan’s review article has been published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology.
2011