Event: November Bay Area Bioinformatics Forum - Adam Meadows Presents "What’s the flux? Measuring and Modeling Microbial Metabolism"
Date: November 6, Sat 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: QB3 Garage, Byers Hall Room 212, 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA (UCSD Mission Bay Campus)
Link: http://www.baybifx.co...
Blogging: Permitted (see http://www.baybifx.co... )

Abstract:
Metabolism, the flow of mass and energy through the cellular reaction network, is of fundamental importance to all biologically produced compounds, and yet metabolic modeling and measurement techniques are generally applied as afterthoughts in many successful metabolic engineering projects. In my talk, I will discuss the challenges to “industrializing” the analysis of metabolic fluxes as well as the many opportunities in this field. I will give an overview of several competing modeling frameworks for describing metabolism and use a recently published case study of a current leading paradigm. The usefulness and limitations of “direct” metabolic measurements will also be described.

Bio:
Adam Meadows has been building computational models of cellular metabolism for the last decade or so. He is currently employed at Amyris where he was the founding member of the company’s Computational Biology department. Prior to joining Amyris, he completed a post-doc at Genentech where he explored the use of metabolic modeling tools for process and strain improvement. Adam holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California – Berkeley and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University.

Directions:

Enter the main entrance of Genentech Hall. The door will be locked but there is a call button to a security guy just inside that can buzz people in to sign in with him. This door is the black arrow on the north side of Genentech Hall in this map The black arrow pointing to the entrance directly into Byers Hall at the corner of 16th and 4th Streets is no longer a public entrance. We will be in Byers Hall Room 212.

Agenda:

4:00-4:15 - Networking
4:15-4:45 - Dr. Meadows presents "What’s the flux? Measuring and Modeling Microbial Metabolism"
4:45-5:15 - Break/Discussion
5:15-6:00 - Lightning talks

We will have lightning talks at this forum, so please bring a brief (10 minute) presentation on a topic that you want to share with the group. We should have time for as many as 4 talks, so let Doug know if you are planning on presenting one. Lightning talk slots will be given on a first requested basis. Powerpoint slides on a thumb drive to accompany your talk are optional.

Blogging is allowed at this event. Please see the BayBIFX blog policy for more details.

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Hope to see you all there!

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