Biocatalysis - Enzyme engineering and directed evolution

Thursday, August 16, 2012: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Meeting Room 11-12, Columbia Hall, Terrace level (Washington Hilton)
Convener:
Nobuhiko Tokuriki
Directed evolution has been applied to many enzymes and successful to engineer their properties. Recent theoretical and technological advances expand a potential to create novel enzymes for industrial applications. In this session, we will discuss a frontier in enzyme engineering and directed evolution.


2:00 PM
Novel tools for genome engineering
Huimin Zhao, Ning Sun, Jing Liang and Zhanar Abil, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Activity and selectivity enhancements of enzymes with restricted libraries
Andreas S. Bommarius, Michael J. Abrahamson, Janna K Blum, Andria L Deaguero and Eduardo Vazquez-Figueroa, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
4:00 PM
Combining computational protein design and directed evolution for generating novel biocatalysts and small molecule binders
Sagar Khare, Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and David Baker, University of Washington
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