Organization profile

The BioTechnology Institute (BTI) provides advanced research, training, and university-industry interaction in biological process technology, a major area of biotechnology research. The Institute is the central University of Minnesota vehicle for coordinated research in the biological, chemical, and engineering aspects of biotechnology.

BTI faculty perform basic research in biocatalysis, microbial physiology and the production of biofuels and other products made from renewable resources. Faculty educate graduate students and postdoctorals, and consult and collaborate with industrial scientists.

In addition to the faculty laboratories, the Institute has established the Biotechnology Resource Center (BRC), a process scale pilot plant unique in the state, which is accessible to industrial and academic scientists for collaborative and contract research. The BioTechnology Institute also coordinates an active industrial outreach program which sponsors short courses and mini-symposia.

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Microbiota Medicine & Life Sciences

Shewanella Medicine & Life Sciences

Escherichia coli Medicine & Life Sciences

Enzymes Medicine & Life Sciences

Bacteria Medicine & Life Sciences

Genes Medicine & Life Sciences

Electrons Medicine & Life Sciences

Proteins Medicine & Life Sciences

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Profiles

Reda Aboushanab

Biotechnology Institute - Researcher

Person: Researcher

Kelly G Aukema

Biotechnology Institute - Researcher

Person: Researcher

Daniel R Bond

Person: Faculty

Projects 2001 2023

18 Active
56 Finished

SusChEM: Collaborative proposal: Engineering increased activity of cutinase toward poly(ethyleneterephthalate) for recycling of plastic

Kazlauskas, R. J.

National Science Foundation

9/15/19 → 8/31/22

Project: Research project

Recycling

Plastics

cutinase

Electron Transport in Polymerized Cytochrome Appendages

Bond, D. R.

United States Department of Energy

9/1/19 → 8/31/22

Project: Research project

cytochromes

appendages

electron transfer

Transformation of Plastic Waste into a Valued Resource

Barney, B. M., Gralnick, J. A. & Hu, B.

LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES

7/1/19 → 6/30/22

Project: Research project

plastic waste

resource

Research Output 1974 2019

Adaptive Landscapes in the Age of Synthetic Biology

Yi, X. & Dean, A. M., May 1 2019, In : Molecular biology and evolution. 36, 5, p. 890-907 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Synthetic Biology

synthetic biology

Metaphor

Biological Phenomena

epistasis

Algae as a green technology for heavy metals removal from various wastewater

Salama, E. S., Roh, H. S., Dev, S., Khan, M. A., Aboushanab, R., Chang, S. W. & Jeon, B. H., May 1 2019, In : World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35, 5, 75.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Waste Water

Heavy Metals

Technology

Chemical Precipitation

Urbanization

A microfluidic platform for the simultaneous quantification of methanogen populations in anaerobic digestion processes

Mathai, P. P., Dunn, H. M., Venkiteshwaran, K., Zitomer, D. H., Maki, J. S., Ishii, S. & Sadowsky, M. J., May 1 2019, In : Environmental microbiology. 21, 5, p. 1798-1808 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

methanogens

Microfluidics

anaerobic digestion

anaerobic digesters

Digestion