User:Giovanni Lostumbo

Welcome to my OpenWetware page.

I am interested in an OpenWetware project in bioenergy research, RepRap, and solar utilities, three projects which are not mutually exclusive.

My first project will document, using multimedia (high-resolution images, video tutorials, and protocols) on how to harvest melanin (and later, polyaniline+other organic conductors: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Image:Organic_batteries_w-annotations.pdf.pdf) from bacillus atropheus for use in capacitors, solar panels, batteries, and other electronics.

Links to papers: "Formation of melanin pigment by a mutant of Bacillus thuringiensis H-14" http://mic.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/139/10/2365.pdf (free)

"Isolation, purification and physicochemical characterization of water-soluble Bacillus thuringiensis melanin." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15760342

Texts: Metabolic Engineering of Bacillus: for Enhanced Product and Cellular Yield [Paperback] http://www.amazon.com/Metabolic-Engineering-Bacillus-Enhanced-Cellular/dp/3639172345/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1306085527&sr=8-20

Dissertation by Zhiwei Pan, PhD, on Metabollic engineering of Bacillus: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-05302007-093344/unrestricted/ZhiweiPan_ETD2007.pdf

Email address can be found at my Google Groups profile (I frequent OpenManufacturing and DIYBio): https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=UfVTNBsAAAAUop8qaq9-N_EijEqGqhzdvS6NllHqJt6FvmRxWW9AJg (the squiggly phrase has to be typed in the box to confirm you're hue-man. But if that's too tiring, interpreting the following sentence: first name (above) dot last name at gmail dot com.