This paper compares three possible strategies for enhanced lipid overproduction in microalgae: the biochemical engineering (BE) approaches, the genetic engineering (GE) approaches, and the transcription factor engineering (TFE) approaches. The BE strategy relies on creating a physiological stress such as nutrient-starvation or high salinity to channel metabolic fluxes to lipid accumulation. The...

The transcription factor NFk B is sequestered in the cytoplasm by the inhibitor proteins of the I k B family. Each member of the I k B exhibits structural and biochemical similarities as well as differences. In an effort to address the functional redundancy of two closely related I k B molecules, I k B a and I k B b , we generated knock-in mice by replacing the I k B a gene with the I k B b gen...

Worldwide demand for energy has been the impetus for research to produce alcohol biofuels from renewable resources. This review focuses on the biosynthesis of butanol, which is regarded to be superior to ethanol as a fuel. Although acetone/butanol fermentation is one of the oldest large-scale fermentation processes, butanol yield by anaerobic fermentation remains sub-optimal. Metabolic engineer...

Proteins are intrinsically flexible molecules. The role of internal motions in a protein's designated function is widely debated. The role of protein structure in enzyme catalysis is well established, and conservation of structural features provides vital clues to their role in function. Recently, it has been proposed that the protein function may involve multiple conformations: the observed de...

Emergence in distributed autonomous robotic systems towards symbiosis engineering by using ubiquitous devices Hajime Asama,∗1 Daisuke Kurabayashi,∗1,†1 Kuniaki Kawabata,∗1 Teruo Fujii,∗2,∗3 Hayato Kaetsu,∗3 Isao Endo,∗3 Moriaki Kusakabe,∗4,†2 Atsushi Yoshiki,∗4 Toshikazu Ebisuzaki,∗5 and Hideo Tashiro∗1 ∗1 Advanced Engineering Center, RIKEN ∗2 Institute of Industrial Science, University of Toky...

Characterization and Performance of LiFePO4 Thin-Film Cathodes Prepared with Radio-Frequency Magnetron-Sputter Deposition Jian Hong,* Chunsheng Wang,** Nancy J. Dudney,** and Michael J. Lance Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 2...

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22033, Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22033, Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards an...

Alejandra Rodriguez-Contreras1, Martin Koller2, Miguel Miranda de Sousa Dias2, Margarita Calafell3, Gerhart Braunegg2 and María Soledad Marqués-Calvo1* Department of Optics and Optometry, Technical University of Catalonia, Sant Nebridi 22, ES-08222 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain Institut of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, AT-1-8010 Graz, Aus...

Nano-Science Center, UniVersity of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, Carmeda AB, SE-19461 Upplands Väsby, Sweden, Department of Chemistry, UniVersity of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3V6, Canada, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical UniVersity of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, Department of Microand Nanotechnology, Technical UniVersity of Denmark, Risø Camp...

ANCA MIHAELA MOCANU1*, CONSTANTIN LUCA1, ION SANDU2, SIMONA ISABELA DUNCA3 1 Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Department of Organic, Biochemical and Food Engineering, 71A D.Mangeron Blvd., 700050, Iasi, Romania. 2 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, ARHEOINVEST Interdisciplinary Platform, 22 Carol I Blvd., 700506, Ia...