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2025
Strategies for Increasing Methane Removal in Methanotroph Bench-scale Systems for the Production of Ectoine, Jaden Storrer
2024
Quantitative Analysis of Protective Effect of Resveratrol Against Nanoplastic-Induced Oxidative Stress, Bryan Gustafson
Analysis of an Outdoor Pilot-Scale Rotating Algae Biofilm Reactor for Power Optimization, Ash-Enhanced Productivity, And Nutrient Uptake, Peter F. Jeppesen
3D Patterning For Cell Culture: Bioprinting and a Novel Microcontact Printing Device, Calder Lake
Sustainable Waste-to-Bioproducts Engineering Center Laboratory Safety Project, Claudine Mock
Investigating RPE Cell Response to Physical Phenomena, Chase Paterson
Utilizing Recombinant Hagfish Intermediate Filament Proteins to Create a Three-Dimensional Biomimetic Model of the Myocardium, Emilee M. Rickabaugh
UV-A Light: A Novel Method for Food Dehydration, McKade S. Roberts
Validating an Integrated Microfluidic Model of Subretinal Tissue, Teren Teeples
Engineered Microalgae Cultivations Systems: Conversion of Wastewater Nutrients Into Biofuels and Bioplastics, Jacob Watkins
2023
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Cellulose and D-Glucose Using Formulated Red Mud, Sand, and HZSM-5, Hamza Abdellaoui
Surface-Functionalized Silica Nanocarriers for Mitigating Water Stress in Wheat and Benefiting the Root Microbiome, Anthony Cartwright
Phenotypic Analysis, Molecular Characterization, and Antibiogram of Caries-Causing Bacteria Isolated From Dental Patients, Khushbu Farva, Huma Sattar, Hayat Ullah, Abdur Raziq, Muhammad Danish Mehmood, Afrasiab Khan Tareen, Imrana Niaz Sultan, Quratulaain Zohra, and Muhammad Waseem Khan; Microorganisms
RABRs for Use in Biologically Enhanced Precipitation of Struvite in Anaerobic Digester Effluent (Municipal Wastewater), Parker R. Goldsberry
Evaluation Optimization of Large-Scale Plasmid DNA Production Process of Harvest, Resuspension, Lysis, and Neturalization at Large and Small Scale, Zachary S. Hyde
Exploring Versatile Glycosyltransferases From Microorganisms for Natural Product Biosynthesis, Jie Ren
2022
Lentiviral Vector Production at High Cell Density by Transient Transfection of Suspended Culture HEK Cells, Jacob G. Accordino
Increasing Production of Therapeutic mAbs in CHO Cells Through Genetic Engineering, Charles Barentine
Upstream Methods for Enhancing Engineered Curcumin Biosynthesis, Caleb D. Barton
Low Resource Assay for Tracking SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater, Julissa van Renselaar
2021
Biomethanation and Alkaline Wet Air Oxidation of Water Hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) from Ozama River, Dominican Republic, Yessica A. Castro
Methods Development, Design Analysis, and Testing of Novel Centrifugal Devices for Mammalian Cell Culture Harvest, W. Aaron Dryden
Characterizing the Variability and Heterogeneity of Stem Cells by Engineering Methods, Junnan Geng
Methane Emission Treatment and Potential Upcycling using Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum, Jace Parkinson
2020
Development and Validation of a Synchronous Model to Simulate Skeletal Muscle Damage Due to Spaceflight Ionizing Radiation and Microgravity, Lori M. Caldwell
Characterization of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Performance with Pentanoic Acid and N-Acetyl Cysteine Treatment, Joseph Camire
Novel Three-Dimensional Scaffold for Skeletal Muscle Tissue, Matthew H. Clegg
Acute Mechanical Stress in Primary Porcine RPE Cells Induces Angiogenic Factor Expression and In Vitro Angiogenesis, Farhad Farjood, Amir Ahmadpour, Sassan Ostvar, and Elizabeth Vargis; Journal of Biological Engineering
Initial Development of Corn Seedlings after Seed Priming with Nanoscale Synthetic Zinc Oxide, Michel Esper Neto, David W. Britt, Lorena Moreira Lara, Anthony Cartwright, Rayssa Fernanda de Santos, Tadeu Takeyoshi Inoue, and Marcelo Augusto Batista; Agronomy
Laboratory Scale Anaerobic Reactors for Bioenergy from Wastes: Materials, Mathematical Models, and Stoichiometry, Yehor Pererva
Existing Empirical Kinetic Models in Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Testing, Their Selection and Numerical Solution, Yehor Pererva, Charles D. Miller, and Ronald C. Sims; Water
Recombinant Piriform Spider Silk Production, Cole R. Peterson
Protecting Crops from Abiotic Stress: Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Effects on Wheat and a Beneficial Rhizobacterium, Matthew Potter
Determination of Gas Emission Characteristics From Animal Wastes Using a Multiplexed Portable FTIR-Surface Chamber System, Pakorn Sutitarnnontr
Cytomegalovirus Inhibition by Pluronic-Encapsulated Quercetin and Synergy with Ganciclovir, Ian Wadsworth
Discovery of a Novel Analogue of FR901533 and the Corresponding Biosynthetic Gene Cluster From Streptosporangium Roseum No. 79089, Fuchao Xu, Yonghong Liang, Jie Ren, Siyuan Wang, and Jixun Zhan; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Micro-Biosensor Devices for Biochemical Analysis Applications, Han Zhang
Raman Spectroscopy Characterization Extracellular Vesicles from Bovine Placenta and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, Han Zhang, Ana Caroline Silva, Wei Zhang, Heloisa M. Rutigliano, and Anhong Zhou; PL o S One
Development of Molecular Sensor and Imaging Analysis Techniques for Improving Life Quality, Wei Zhang
2019
Characterization of Biofilms in a Synthetic Rhizosphere Using Hollow Fiber Root-Mimetic Systems, Michelle Bonebrake
Develop a 3D Neurological Disease Model of Human Cortical Glutamatergic Neurons Using Micropillar-Based Scaffolds, Cheng Chen, Xin Dong, Kai-Heng Fang, Fang Yuan, Yao Hu, Min Xu, Yu Huang, Xixiang Zhang, Danjun Fang, and Yan Liu; Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Investigation of the Biosynthetic Process of Indigoidine, Yi Chen
Optimization of Biogas Production by Use of a Microbially Enhanced Inoculum, Anna Doloman
Effect of Physical Stimuli on Angiogenic Factor Expression in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells, Farhad Farjood
Exploring the Capacity of Bacteria for Natural Product Biosynthesis, Ozkan Fidan
Improved Production of Antifungal Angucycline Sch47554 by Manipulating Three Regulatory Genes in Streptomyces sp. SCC-2136, Ozkan Fidan, Riming Yan, Du Zhu, and Jixun Zhan; Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
Discovery and Engineering of an Endophytic Pseudomonas Strain from Taxus Chinensis for Efficient Production of Zeaxanthin Diglucoside, Ozkan Fidan and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Biological Engineering
Microwave Assisted Sol-Gel Synthesis of Silica-Spider Silk Composites, Abul Bashar Mohammad Giasuddin and David W. Britt; Molecules
In Vitro Simulation of Microgravity Induced Muscle Loss Successfully Increases Expression of Key In Vivo Atrophy Markers, Charles P. Harding
Expression Systems for Synthetic Spider Silk Protein Production, Michaela R. Hugie
Hydrodeoxygenation of Pinyon-Juniper Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil, Hossein Jahromi
Application of Micro-Scale 3D Printing in Pharmaceutics, Andrew Kjar and Yu Huang; Pharmaceutics
Spiderworms: Using Silkworms as Hosts to Produce a Hybrid Silkworm-Spider Silk Fiber, Ana Laura Licon
Cell Imaging and Data Analysis for Biomaterial-Mammalian Co-Cultures, Jefferson Pontsler
Modified Substrate Specificity of a Methyltransferase Domain by Protein Insertion Into an Adenylation Domain of the Bassianolide Synthetase, Fuchao Xu, Russell Butler, Kyle M. May, Megi Rexhepaj, Dayu Yu, Jiachen Zi, Yi Chen, Yonghong Liang, Jia Zeng, Joan Hevel, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Biological Engineering
Milk Oligopeptide Inhibition of (α)-Tocopherol Fortified Linoleic Acid Oxidation, Haina Yuan, Jinyan Gong, Kun Tang, Jinge Huang, Gongnian Xiao, and Jianmin Lv; International Journal of Food Properties
Identification of New Glutamate Decarboxylases from Streptomyces for Efficient Production of γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Engineered Escherichia coli, Haina Yuan, Hongbo Wang, Ozkan Fidan, Yong Qin, Gongnian Xiao, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Biological Engineering
Use of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Probes to Detect Fatty Acid Receptor Activity in a Microfluidic Device, Han Zhang, Wei Zhang, Lifu Xiao, Yan Liu, Timothy A. Gilbertson, and Anhong Zhou; Sensors
A Multi-Scale Approach to Study Biochemical and Biophysical Aspects of Resveratrol on Diesel Exhaust Particle-Human Primary Lung Cell Interaction, Wei Zhang, Qifei Li, Mingjie Tang, Han Zhang, Xiaoping Sun, Sige Zou, Judy L. Jensen, Theodore G. Liou, and Anhong Zhou; Scientific Reports
Silkworms with Spider Silklike Fibers Using Synthetic Silkworm Chow Containing Calcium Lignosulfonate, Carbon Nanotubes, and Graphene, Xiaoli Zhang, Ana Laura Licon, Thomas I. Harris, Paula F. Oliveira, Bailey J. McFarland, Blake E. Taurone, Brittney J. Walsh, Brianne E. Bell, Caleb T. Walker, Randolph V. Lewis, and Justin A. Jones; ACS Omega
2018
Production and Biocompatibility of Spider Silk Proteins in Goat Milk, Richard E. Decker Jr
Method for the Destruction of Endotoxin in Synthetic Spider Silk Proteins, Richard E. Decker, Thomas I. Harris, Dylan R. Memmott, Christopher J. Peterson, Randolph V. Lewis, and Justin A. Jones; Scientific Reports
Novel Devices for Studying Acute and Chronic Mechanical Stress in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells, Farhad Farjood and Elizabeth Vargis; Lab on a Chip
New Insights into the Glycosylation Steps in the Biosynthesis of Sch47554 and Sch47555, Ozkan Fidan, Riming Yan, Gabrielle Gladstone, Tong Zhou, Du Zhu, and Jixun Zhan; ChemBioChem
Production and Purification of Synthetic Minor Ampullate Silk Proteins, Danielle A. Gaztambide
Silane Modulation of Protein Conformation and Self-Assembly, Abul Bashar Mohammad Giasuddin
The Use of Microfluidics and Dielectrophoresis for Separation, Concentration, and Identification of Bacteria, Cynthia Hanson
Development and Characterization of Aqueous-Based Recombinant Spider Silk Protein Biomaterials with Investigations into Potential Applications, Thomas I. Harris
Novel Methods to Produce Large Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins via Polymerization, Nathan L. Hebert
Hydrodeoxygenation of Pinyon-Juniper Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil Using Red Mud-Supported Nickel Catalysts, Hossein Jahromi and Foster Agblevor; Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Hydrotreating of Guaiacol: A Comparative Study of Red Mud-Supported Nickel and Commercial Ni/SiO2-Al2O3 Catalysts, Hossein Jahromi and Foster Agblevor; Applied Catalysis A: General
Hydrodeoxygenation of Aqueous Phase Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil to Liquid Hydrocarbons Using Multi-Functional Nickel Catalyst, Hossein Jahromi and Foster A. Agblevor; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
3D Tissue Engineering, an Emerging Technique for Pharmaceutical Research, Gregory Jensen, Christian Morrill, and Yu Huang; Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Investigations of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Secretion and Production Using Sustainable Carbon Sources, Chad L. Nielsen
Development and Optimization of a Produced Water, Biofilm Based Microalgae Cultivation System for Biocrude Conversion with Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Benjamin L. Peterson
An Efficient Process for Co-Production of γ-Aminobutyric Acid and Probiotic Bacillus subtilis Cells, Hongbo Wang, Jinge Huang, Lei Sun, Fuchao Xu, Wei Zhang, and Jixun Zhan; Food Science and Biotechnology
Biomass and Phycocyanin from Oil and Natural Gas Extraction Produced Water Utilizing a Cyanobacteria Dominated Rotating Algal Biofilm Reactor (RABR), Jonathan L. Wood
Identification and Engineering of Nonribosomal Peptide Biosynthetic Systems, Fuchao Xu
Identification and Heterologous Reconstitution of a 5-Alk(en)ylresorcinol Synthase from Endophytic Fungus Shiraia sp. Slf14, Huiwen Yan, Lei Sun, Jinge Huang, Yixing Qiu, Fuchao Xu, Riming Yan, Du Zhu, Wei Wang, and Jixun Zhan; Journal of Microbiology
Microfluidic Chip for Non-Invasive Analysis of Tumor Cells Interaction with Anti-Cancer Drug Doxorubicin by AFM and Raman Spectroscopy, Han Zhang, Lifu Xiao, Qifei Li, Xiaojun Qi, and Anhong Zhou; Biomicrofluidics
2017
Production of Phenol-Formaldehyde Adhesives from Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil, Angela M. Akude
Modeling De Novo Granulation of Anaerobic Sludge, Anna Doloman, Honey Varghese, Charles D. Miller, and Nicholas Flann; BMC Systems Biology
Physical Disruption of Cell-Cell Contact Induces VEGF Expression in RPE Cells, Fahrad Farjood and Elizabeth Vargis; Molecular Vision
Algae-Based Biofilm Productivity and Treatment of Dairy Wastewater: Effects of Temperature and Organic Carbon Concentration, Zachary T. Fica
Alternative Treatment Technologies for Low-Cost Industrial and Municipal Wastewater Management, Alan J. Hodges
Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater: Effects of Inoculants and Nutrient Management on Biomethane Production and Treatment, Jason Peterson
Investigation and Engineering of Polyketide Biosynthetic Pathways, Lei Sun
2016
Production of Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers, Cameron G. Copeland
Investigating Biosynthetic Steps of an Angucycline Antifungal, S. Gabrielle Gladstone
Investigation of the Tailoring Steps in Pradimicin Biosynthesis, Kandy L. Napan
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Poly Vinyl Chloride as a Viable Way of Waste Management, Randy Santos and Foster A. Agblevor
Engineering of Polyketide Biosynthetic Pathways for Bioactive Molecules, Siyuan Wang
2015
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Olive Mill Wastewater Sludge, Hamza Abdellaoui
Microfabrication of Bio-Analytical Devices: Microelectrode Array and Traveling-Wave Electrophoresis, Neil Draper
Methods for Growing Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells: Current Protocols and Future Recommendations, Aaron H. Fronk
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Based Biomarker Detection for B-Cell Malignancies, Nathan Israelsen
Characterization and Performance of Algal Biofilms for Wastewater Treatment and Industrial Applications, Maureen Kesaano