Stephanopoulos:Projects
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Our research is focused on Metabolic Engineering - the improvement of cellular properties, using modern genetic tools. This field encompasses two important components: <b>a)</b> the modification of biochemical pathways inside cells and <b>b)</b> the rigorous evaluation of the resulting cellular phenotypes. In recent years our group has investigated the following topics:
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<li><b><a href="Coryne.shtml">Aminoacid biosynthesis in
<i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i>.</b></a>
<li><b><a href="Rhodo.shtml">Indene bioconversion in <i>Rhodococcus </i>Sp.</b></a>
<li><b><a href="Synecho.shtml">CO<sub>2</sub> fixation and product synthesis by the cyanobacterium <i>Synechocystis</i> Sp.</b></a>
<li><b><a href="Diabetes.shtml">Elucidating type II diabetes by linking the expression and metabolic phenotypes of hepatoma and hepatocyte cells.</b></a> </ul> To accomplish the above goals we make use of a diverse array of scientific tools and
methods, many of which have also become areas of research for our group:
<ul> <p> <li> <b><a href="Bioinfo.shtml">Bioinformatics and Systems Biology</a></b> - Our group was
one of the first to realize the importance of computational tools for handling the large volume of data generated by microarrays and other technologies.
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<b><a href="Fluxes.shtml">Methods for intracellular flux determination</a></b>
- Fluxes are determined by material balancing, NMR fine spectra analysis and
GC-MS measurements.
<li> <b><a href="Microarray.shtml">DNA microarrays</a></b> - We have developed full
genome microarrays for <i>Synechocystis</i> Sp., and partial microarrays for
<i>C. glutamicum</i>, <i>E. coli</i>, and the mouse genomes. <li> <b><a href="BioReactor.shtml">Bioreaction network analysis.</a></b>
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