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Bio-Bricks to Bio-Businesses: Building Synthetic Biology Companies

INNOVATION SEMINAR SERIES 2nd Event

UNL alumnus Jay Keasling
Sept. 25, 10 a.m.
Nebraska Union auditorium

1 p.m.
Hardin Hall auditorium

Dr. Jay Keasling, Hubbard Howe Distinguished Professor at University of California, Berkeley will outline how to move research from the lab to the marketplace during a September 25th seminar. All UNL faculty, staff and students are invited to this free NUtech Ventures seminar.

Dr. Jay Keasling received his B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Nebraska in 1986; his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991; and did post-doctoral work in Biochemistry at Stanford University from 1991-1992. Dr. Keasling joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley as an assistant professor in 1992, where he is currently the Hubbard Howe Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering. Dr. Keasling is also a professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Berkeley, a Sr. Faculty Scientist and Acting Deputy Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint BioEnergy Institute.

Dr. Keasling’s research focuses on engineering microorganisms for environmentally friendly synthesis of small molecules or degradation of environmental contaminants. Dr. Keasling’s laboratory has engineered bacteria and yeast to produce polymers, a precursor to the anti-malarial drug artemisinin, and advanced biofuels and soil microorganisms to accumulate uranium and to degrade nerve agents.

After his presentation, those attending the seminar will have the opportunity to ask Dr. Keasling questions. This seminar series is organized and sponsored by NUtech Ventures.

NUtech Ventures is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to linking companies, entrepreneurs and investors with University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers who are driven to develop commercial products or service based on their leading edge research.

For more information please visit http://scarlet.unl.edu/?p=3603

View a video of the lecture here

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