VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute
Virginia Commonwealth University

Joe Alvin

  Home Institution
  St. Lawrence University   (Canton,NY)
  E-mail: jwalvi07(at)stlawu.edu

  Home mentor
  Dr. Ana Estevez
  E-mail: aestevez(at)stlawu.edu
  Affiliation: Department of Biology
  Interests: Calcium signaling in TRP-channels and
  the neuroprotective/neurodegenerative properties of Caenorhabditis elegans

  Dr. Lorraine Olendzenski
  E-mail: lolendzenski(at)stlawu.edu
  Affiliation: Department of Biology
  Interests: Genetic processes contributing to cell evolution including
  horizontal gene transfer and symbiosis in the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
 

VCU Lab
Evolutionary Engineering Laboratory
Engineering Building West
Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Tel: 80-4828-3846

VCU mentor
Dr. Stephen Fong
E-mail: sfong(at)VCU.edu
 

Summer 2008
Research Proposal

Biofuel Production Through the Metabolic Modeling of Thermobifida fusca
Research article, presented (6/17/08)
Systems Approach to Refining Genome Annotation
Research presentation (5 August 2008)
6th Annual VCU-BBSI Closing Symposium
Investigation of Thermobifida fusca as a Novel Biofuel Agent

Academic Year 2008-2009
Research Proposal

Investigation of Thermobifida fusca as a Novel Biofuel Agent

Summer 2009
Research Proposal

Integration of Clostridium acetobutylicum n-Butanol Synthetic Enzymes into the Genome of Thermobifida fusca
Research article, presented ([date goes here])
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Research presentation (August 2009)
7th Annual VCU-BBSI Closing Symposium
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Final Research Proposal
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Prior research

  • Metabolic engineering of Thermoanerobacter sacrolyticum
  • Metabolic Flux-Balance Analysis Model Creation to Maximize Biomass and Desired Product Secretion
  • Modeling of corneal tissue for development of microwave-assisted corrective eye surgery
  • Enhancement of Ethanol Production in Thermanaerobacter saccharolyticum via Hydrogenase Knockouts


Characteristic interests and activities

Pertinent Research Articles (Annotated)
Articles and abstracts

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