Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Author "Westbrook, Adam"
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A comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 toolkit for Bacillus subtilis: development for biomanufacturing applications
Westbrook, Adam (University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Bacillus subtilis is a model Gram-positive GRAS organism sought after for its robust growth characteristics in inexpensive media, genetic tractability, and ability to secrete products into the extracellular environment. ... -
Disposable rocking bioreactors for recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli: Physical characterization and assessment of therapeutic protein expression
Westbrook, Adam (University of Waterloo, 2013-09-26)Disposable technology has gained increasing acceptance in the biopharmaceutical industry over the last decade, and provides many advantages over conventional stainless steel equipment. Disposable rocking bioreactors (RBs) ... -
Manipulating the sleeping beauty mutase operon for the production of 1-propanol in engineered Escherichia coli
Srirangan, Kajan; Akawi, Lamees; Liu, Xuejia; Westbrook, Adam; Blondeel, Eric J. M.; Aucoin, Marc; Moo-Young, Murray; Chou, C. Perry (BioMed Central, 2013-09-28)Background: While most resources in biofuels were directed towards implementing bioethanol programs, 1-propanol has recently received attention as a promising alternative biofuel. Nevertheless, no microorganism has been ...