Instructors: Richard Burgess(Oncology), Sandra Austin-Phillips (UW Biotech Center)
Time: 12:05-12:55 P.M. Mondays
Place: Auditorium, Genetics/Biotechnology Center Building
Co-sponsors: UW Biotechnology Center, Bacteriology Dept., and Oncology Dept.
Lectures on current topics in environmental biotechnology by invited speakers who are leaders in their field. A previous course in biological sciences or consent of instructor is required. This course is generally taken by senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students. For more information, contact Dick Burgess at 263-2635 or by email at burgess@oncology.wisc.edu. The public is welcome to attend.
| Lect# | Date | Title/Speaker |
| 1 | Jan. 28 | Course Introduction; Overview of Environmental Biotechnology |
| | Richard Burgess, Prof. of Oncology |
| 2 | Feb. 4 | Plant Molecular Farming to Produce Enzymes for Environmentally Sustainable Practices |
| | Sandra Austin-Phillips, UW Biotechnology Center |
| 3 | Feb. 11 | Assessing Environmental Risks of Genetically Engineered Plants |
| | Brent McCown, Prof. of Horticulture/Institute for Environmental Studies |
| 4 | Feb. 18 | Overview of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Program |
| | Tim Donohue, Prof. of Bacteriology, Director GLBRC |
| 5 | Feb. 25 | Liquid-Fuel Generation from Biomass-Derived Feedstocks utilizing Aqueous-Phase Reforming |
| | Randy Cortright, Chief Technology Officer, Virent, Madison WI |
| 6 | Mar. 3 | Mining Thermophilic Metagenomes for Polymerases and Cellulases |
| | David Mead, President, Lucigen, Co-founder, C5.6, Madison WI |
| 7 | Mar. 10 | Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment |
| | Dan Noguera, Prof. of Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| 7 | Mar. 17 | No lecture - Spring Break |
| 7 | Mar. 24 | Biopulping and Oxalic acid Pulping: Green Alternatives to Traditional Chemical Pulp Manufacture |
| | Masood Akhtar, CEO, Biopulping International, Madison WI |
| 7 | Mar. 31 | Biocontrol of Insects in Agriculture and Forestry |
| | Jo Handelsman, Prof. and Chair, Bacteriology |
| 7 | Apr. 7 | Toxocogenomics-Detecting Poisons by Informatics & Microarrays |
| | Chris Bradfield, Prof. of Oncology |
| 7 | Apr. 14 | Fate of Prions in the Environment |
| | Joel Pedersen, Prof. of Soil Science |
| 7 | Apr. 21 | Dioxin and Reproductive Failure in Lake Trout |
| | Dick Peterson, Prof., School of Pharmacy |
| 7 | Apr. 28 | PCB Bioremediation: Molecular Scale Approaches to Industrial Scale Problems |
| | Bill Hickey, Prof. of Soil Science |
| 7 | May 5 | Using Liquid Crystals and Nanostructured Surfaces for Environmental Monitoring |
| | Nick Abbott, Prof., Chemical & Biological Engineering; Chairman, Platypus |