Understanding the mechanism by which IFNa treatment leads to removal of the HCV virus from an infected cell is of interest to Associate Professor Peter White.
Metabolic Engineering of Zymomonas mobilis for Value-adding Commodities
Recent advances in systems biology and the newly developed biorefinery concept have led to a particular interest in Zymomonas mobilis as a platform organism. Industry claims an urgent need for the development of a novel biorefinery process for higher value commodities to support an economic process for relatively cheap commodity biofuel production. The favorable biocatalytic characteristics from this bacterium will be employed into such a potential process.
Metabolic engineering approaches that include modifying the ethanologenic pathway by redirecting carbon metabolic flux and expressing the requisite proteins involved in their synthesis pathway, will be addressed in this project to develop efficient processes. This research project is in collaboration with the international chemical company BASF.
BABS personnel that are responsible for this project