2024 CARE Workshop
Abstracts Under Review
(26 Abstracts, 9/7/2024)
Abstract 1
Evaluation of synergistic environmental and biological strategies that control microcystin production by blue-green algae
Hakyung Lee and Yinjie J. Tang* (WUSTL)
Abstract 2
Phosphoketolase and KDPG Aldolase Modulate Photosynthetic Carbon Yield in Cyanobacteria
Ningdong Xie, Chetna Sharma, Katherine Rusche, and Xin Wang* (Postdoc, University of Florida)
Abstract 3
A review of the algal turf scrubber as an ecotechnology for aquatic nutrient recovery and remediation.
David Blersch* (Auburn University)
Abstract 4
Structure-Function Studies of the O2-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Gary W. Brudvig*, David A. Flesher, Jinchan Liu, Christopher J. Gisriel, Jimin Wang, Victor S. Batista, and Richard J. Debus (Yale University, University of California at Riverside)
Abstract 5
B-SURE: Engineering Bioproduction in a Cyanobacteria-bacteria Coculture System Using Alternative Feedstocks
Kok Zhi Lee, Hakyung Lee, Anindita Barnejee, Wentao Yang, Ruixue Zhang, Himadri B Pakrasi, Yinjie Tang, and Fuzhong Zhang* (Postdoc, WUSTL)
Abstract 6
HPLC analysis of cyanobacterial metabolite overflow for energy management
Arielle Lee, Jacob Sebesta, Ibrahim Alamin, Vida A Dennis, Jianping Yu*, and Harvey J.M. Hou* (Undergraduate, ASU, NREL)
Abstract 7
FTIR analysis of cyanobacterial metabolite overflow for energy management
Ibrahim Alamin, Arielle Lee, Eryn Grinffin, Vida A Dennis, Himadri Pakrasi, Jianping Yu*, and Harvey J.M. Hou* (Graduate, ASU, NREL, WUSTL)
Abstract 8
Isolation of N-fixing microalgae and cyanobacteria from soil in Missouri
Khadijah Taite, Victory Obele, Anindita Bandyopadhyay, Michelle Liberton, Harvey J. M. Hou*, and Himadri B. Pakrasi* (Undergraduate, ASU, WUSTL)
Abstract 9
Isolation and identification of microalgae and cyanobacteria in Colorado for N-based fertilizer production
Lydia DavieBalogun, Eric Schaedig, Jacob Sebesta, Harvey J.M. Hou*, and Jianping Yu* (Undergraduate, ASU, NREL)
Abstract 10
Spectroscopic characterization of N-fixing microalgae and cyanobacteria from soil in Missouri
Victory Obele, Khadijah Taite, Michelle Liberton, Anindita Bandyopadhyay, Harvey J. M. Hou*, and Himadri B. Pakrasi* (Undergraduate, ASU, WUSTL)
Abstract 11
Live Growth Microscopy and Raman Microscopy of Microbiologically Induced Calcite Precipitation by a Nitrogen Fixing Cyanobacteria
Chris M. Brininger and Jeffrey C. Cameron* (Postdoc, University of Colorado, University of Wisconsin- Madison)
Abstract 12
Exceptional quantum efficiency powers biomass production in halotolerant algae Picochlorum sp.
Colin Gates*, Fatima Foflonker, Gennady Ananyev, Debashish Bhattachary, and G. Charles Dismukes (Loyola University Chicago, Rutgers)
Abstract 13
Algal Turf Scrubber Community: A Growth Model
Ana Gabriela Itokazu and David Blersch* (Graduate, Auburn University)
Abstract 14
Enhancing Wastewater Treatment and Sustainability with Filamentous Algae in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Shokouh Mousavi and David Blersch* (Graduate, Auburn University)
Abstract 15
Isolation & bioprospecting of wild microalgae for biotechnology applications
Eric Schaedig, Michael Cantrell, Chris Urban, Jacob Sebesta, Katherine J. Chou, and Jianping Yu* (NREL)
Abstract 16
DOWNSTREAM ELECTRON TRANSFER EFFECTS OF PHOTOSYSTEM II CYCLIC ELECTRON FLOW IN CHLORELLA
Grant Steiner, Arivu Kapoor, Devin Saini, and Colin Gates* (Graduate, Loyola University Chicago)
Abstract 17
Expanding the roles of the accessory TPR protein PratA in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Himanshu Mehra and David Vinyard* (Postdoc, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Louisiana State University)
Abstract 18
Structure of a mutated photosystem II complex reveals changes to the hydrogen-bonding network that affect proton egress during O–O bond formation
David A. Flesher and Gary W. Brudvig* (Graduate, Yale University)
Abstract 19
From the lab to the field: long-term research on psychrophilic algae from ice-covered Antarctic lakes
Rachael Morgan-Kiss* (Miami University)
Abstract 20
LC-MS analysis of cyanobacterial metabolite overflow for energy management
Eryn Griffin, Jacob Sebesta, Arnav Deshpande, Ibrahim Alamin, Vida A Dennis, Lieve Laurens, Jianping Yu*, and Harvey J.M. Hou* (Undergraduate, ASU, NREL)
Abstract 21
Development of a Novel Bead Reactor for Nutrient Remediation of Wastewater
Lauren Fort and David Blersch* (Undergraduate, Auburn University)
Abstract 22
The effect of interstitial surface spacing on algal biomass accumulation in floway systems
Gabirel Proano and David Blersch* (Postdoc, Auburn University)
Abstract 23
Elucidating light-induced changes in excitation energy transfer of photosystem I and II via time-resolved fluorescence imaging of whole cells in two model cyanobacteria
Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki*, Sandeep Biswas, and Himadri B. Pakrasi* (WUSTL)
Abstract 24
Infrared Difference Spectroscopy for Probing Bacterial Cell Growth
Gary Hastings*, Michael Nelson, Caroline Cameron Taylor, Alex Marchesani, and Eric Gilbert (Georgia State University)
Abstract 25
The MenB Variant of Photosystem I in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
K. V. Lakshmi*, Vasily Kurashov, Chris Gisriel, Brandon P. Russell, David Iwig, Megan Schlogl, Patrick Landry, Gary Brudvig
Wade Johnson, Art van der Est, David Vinyard, and John Golbeck (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, Yale University; Louisiana State University, Susquehanna University, Brock University)
Abstract 26
SIGNIFICANCE OF HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS ON THE PRIMARY DONOR, P700, OF PHOTOSYSTEM I IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803
Michael Gorka, Patrick Landry, John H. Golbeck, and K. V. Lakshmi* (Postdoc, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Pennsylvania State University)
Abstract 27
ACCESSing the Carbon Uptake Dynamics of Cyanobacteria
Christopher M. Jones and Himadri B. Pakrasi* (Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri)