Birgitte Ahring

Development of Live and LC-NMR Microbial Metabolomics Methods for Systems Biology Studies: A Test Case Relevant to BioFuels Production

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Nancy Isern

We are requesting access time for two EMSL resources, the Varian 600 MHz metabolomics NMR system and the Bruker Avance 500 MHz MRI system, to perform work for a newly funded EMSL Capability…

Making Isoprene from Biomass Material using Bacillus Species

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

Birgitte Ahring

Project type

Limited Scope

Isoprene, also known as 2-methyl-1, 3-butadiene, is a volatile, five-carbon, pure hydrocarbon. Isoprene is derived from biomass through a biochemical process and can be utilized as a fossil fuel…

Isoprene Research Campaign: Making Isoprene from Biomass Material using Bacillus Species

Lead Institution

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Principal Investigator

Birgitte Ahring

Project type

Research Campaign

The overarching goal of this project is to understand the pathway of isoprene production in Bacillus subtilis, to serve as the basis for genetically modifying the pathway to substantially increase…

Developing efficient fungal biocatalysts for on-site enzyme production and for production of chemical building blocks in biorefineries using metabolomic and secretomic profiling

Lead Institution

Aalborg University

Principal Investigator

Mette Lubeck

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Development of biocatalysts for sustainable production of bioactive molecules from lignocellulosic plant biomass in biorefineries is a rapid growing research area. One of the most important and…

Proteomics Measurements of Functional Redundancy and Stability Testing of Cellulose Degrading Anaerobic Microbial Communities within Engineered Bioreactors

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Stephen Callister

An understanding of the role of functional redundancy within a microbial community is fundamental to predicting the stability associated with key services provided by that community. One provided…

Construction of Plug-and-Play Modules Designed using an Integrated Metabolic and Regulatory Model of B. subtilis for Production of High Value Bioproducts Including Isoprene

Lead Institution

Argonne National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Christopher Henry

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Rising concerns about fossil fuel shortage and climate change have evoked increasing interest in renewable bioproducts including biofuels. While microbial metabolism can be reengineered for the…

EMSL Science Overview

Birgitte Ahring

Projects

Development of Live and LC-NMR Microbial Metabolomics Methods for Systems Biology Studies: A Test Case Relevant to BioFuels Production

Making Isoprene from Biomass Material using Bacillus Species

Isoprene Research Campaign: Making Isoprene from Biomass Material using Bacillus Species

Developing efficient fungal biocatalysts for on-site enzyme production and for production of chemical building blocks in biorefineries using metabolomic and secretomic profiling

Proteomics Measurements of Functional Redundancy and Stability Testing of Cellulose Degrading Anaerobic Microbial Communities within Engineered Bioreactors

Construction of Plug-and-Play Modules Designed using an Integrated Metabolic and Regulatory Model of B. subtilis for Production of High Value Bioproducts Including Isoprene