报告题目一： Innovative Microbial Biotechnology for Bio-industry

报告人： Dr. Jian-Jiang Zhong  Professor

报告摘要：

Microbial biotechnology has given significant impacts on the health and economy of our human society. Here, a couple of innovative microbial technologies, such as the improvement of a famous higher fungus (Ganoderma lucidum) for producing anticancer ganoderic acids (lanostane-type triterpenoids) and manipulation of streptomycetes for producing transglutaminase (food additive), ansamitocin P-3 (anti-tumor maytansinoid) and validamycin A (the most widely-used agricultural antibiotic), will be shared with the audience. Furthermore, the rapid advancement of synthetic biology has given a strong impetus to microbial technology for bio-manufacturing. An example of using a synthetic biology chassis cell - Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce ganoderic acids will also be illustrated in this presentation.

报告题目二： Exploiting Underutilised Regions of The Solar Spectrum

报告人： Dr. Daniel Canniffe  Principal Investigator

报告摘要：

Photosynthetic organisms have evolved to capture wavelengths of light that are abundant in their ecological niches, but the light-harvesting systems they employ are wasteful when the entire solar spectrum is considered. My group seeks to synthesise non-native and novel pigments with unique absorption properties in photosynthetic bacteria, and to modify the protein scaffolds that bind them, to access unused regions of the spectrum in the far-red and near-infrared, with the long-term aims of generating more efficient light-powered organisms for biotechnological exploitation, and the incorporating of long wavelength-capturing systems into crops to meet future food and energy demands.

主持人：陈光玉 长聘教轨副教授

时    间: 2023年10月24日(周二)  10:00-11:10

地    点: 闵行校区生命药学楼一楼树华厅