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12月19日水生所创新系列讲座预告(2014-14)

  报告专家:杨悦 博士 Amyris biotechnologies

  报告题目: Amyris: From Biotechnology Startup to Successful Renewable Chemical Manufacturer

  时间:2014年12月19日 星期五 上午10:00

  地点:重点实验室楼八楼报告厅

  专家简介:

  Education

  2001-2007 Ph.D., Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, the University of Michigan.

  1997-2001 B.S. Biology, Fudan University, P.R.China.

  Research Experience

  Scientist | Amyris Biotechnologies | Sep 2011-present

  Develop industrial strains for production of biofuel and fragrance products

  Metabolic engineering to create Cerevisiae cerevisiae strains to produce biofuel and other products at commercial scale

  Led protein engineering projects, and successfully increased the activities of bottleneck enzymes in the pathway.

  Employed cutting-edge genome editing technologies to engineer yeast strains, greatly accelerating the development of the new fragrance product.

  Championed the development of an automated enzyme evolution platform for Amyris, coordinated a cross-functional team: biology, automation, analytics and bioinformatics.

  Other relevant experience

  Personnel manager from 2012-now

  Supported business development opportunities: generated quarterly technical reports for business partners, performed technical training for a business department intern, real-time translation for Amyris’ business team

  Postdoctoral Research Associate | Michigan State University | 2007- 2011

  Identification of a novel gene required for proper chloroplast distribution in plant cells; a process essential for maximizing photosynthetic efficiency.

  Determine the DnaJ-like co-chaperon function of ARC6, and characterize its interaction with other proteins in the process of chloroplast division.

  Graduate student | University of Michigan 2001-2007

  Cloning and functional characterization of novel enzymes from methyltransferase and esterase gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana

  Biochemical and functional characterization of enzymes involved in plant hormone modification and plant innate immunity.

  

== 实验室与学会 ==
  • == 实验室与学会 ==
  • 水产品种创制与高效养殖全国重点实验室
  • 中国科学院藻类生物学重点实验室
  • 农业部淡水养殖病害防治重点实验室
  • 武汉白暨豚保护基金会
  • 湖北省海洋湖沼学会
  • 中国动物学会原生动物学分会
  • 中国动物学会斑马鱼分会
  • 湖北省暨武汉动物学会
  • 中国水产学会鱼病学专业委员会
  • 中国鱼类学会
== 平台建设 ==
  • == 平台建设 ==
  • “一带一路”海域赤潮数据库
  • 国家水生生物种质资源库
  • 国家斑马鱼资源中心
  • 中国科学院淡水藻种库
  • 中国科学院武汉生命科学大型仪器区域中心
  • 湿地生态系统观测研究野外站联盟
  • 中国科学院水生生物研究所分析测试中心
  • 中国科学院超级计算武汉分中心
  • 水生生物博物馆
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  • == 相关网站推荐 ==
  • 中国科学院
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  • 科学技术部
  • 生态环境部
  • 国家自然科学基金委员会
  • 中国科学院武汉分院
  • 湖北省科学技术厅
  • 湖北省生态环境厅
  • 湖北省农业农村厅