As our concerns on environmental problems are increasing, there has been much interest in developing sustainable system for the production of chemicals, fuels, and materials from renewable resources. Many microorganisms are capable of producing polyesters known as polyhydroxyalkanoates. However, microorganisms isolated from nature are often inefficient in performing the desired task. Thus, metabolic engineering has been employed for the improvement of microbial performance. In this lecture, I will describe the past, present, and the future of microbial polyesters, which will also cover design and production of natural polyesters to unnatural polyesters. Professor Ho Nam Chang’s great contribution to the field will also be described. [This work was supported by the Korean Systems Biology Research Grant from the MEST. Further supports by LG Chem Chair Professorship, BK21 program, and WCU program of the MEST are appreciated.]
저자
Sang Yup Lee [ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Bioinformatics Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Institute for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Korea ]
한국생물공학회 [The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering]
설립연도
1984
분야
공학>생물공학
소개
이 법인은 생물 공학의 발전과 보급에 이바지하고, 회원 상호 간의 연구 협력과 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다
1. 생물공학 분야의 발전을 위한 연구 협력
2. 생물공학의 실용화를 촉진시키기 위한 산학 협동
3. 학술연구 발표회, 강연회, 연수회 등 학술활동의 개최
4. 국,영문 학술지,소식지,학술회의 Proceedings 및 학술도서의 발간
5. 생물공학 발전을 위한 정책 건의
6. 기타 국제 교류 등 본 학회의 목적 달성을 위한 제반 활동