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Blaine Pfeifer |
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Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
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1997 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University
2002 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Stanford University |
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Molecular, Cellular, and Process Engineering
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| E-mail: |
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Blaine.Pfeifer@tufts.edu
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B. Pfeifer, J. A. Burdick, R. Langer. 'Formulation and Surface Modification of Poly(Ester-Anhydride) Micro- and Nanospheres.' Biomaterials 26(2):117 (2005).
B. Pfeifer, C.C. Wang, C. Walsh, C. Khosla. 'Biosynthesis of Yersiniabactin, a Complex Polyketide/Nonribosomal Peptide, Using Escherichia coli as a Heterologous Host.' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(11): 6698 (2003).
Z. Hu, B. Pfeifer, E. Chao, S. Murli, J. Kennedy, J. Carney, G. Ashley, C. Khosla, C.R. Hutchinson. 'A Specific Role of the Saccharopolyspora erythraea Thioesterase II Gene in the Function of Modular Polyketide Synthases.' Microbiology 149(8): 2213 (2003).
B. Pfeifer, Z. Hu, P. Licari, C. Khosla. 'Process and Metabolic Strategies for Improved Production of E. coli-Derived 6-Deoxyerythronolide B.' Appl. Env. Microb. 68(7): 3287 (2002).
L. Dayem, J. Carney, D. Santi, B. Pfeifer, C. Khosla, J. Kealey. 'Metabolic Engineering of a Methylmalonyl-CoA Mutase-Epimerase Pathway for Complex Polyketide Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli.' Biochemistry 41(16): 5193 (2002).
B. Pfeifer, S. Admiraal, H. Gramajo, D.E. Cane, C. Khosla. 'Biosynthesis of Complex Polyketides in a Metabolically Engineered Strain of E. coli.' Science 291: 1790 (2001)
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