Wayne Curtis

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Wayne Curtis

Research Summary

Regulation and signal transduction in plant secondary metabolism. Phytoremediation of hydrocarbons. Commercial chemical production in plants and plant tissue culture.

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Proteins Hydrocarbons Bioreactors Metabolic Engineering Hydrogen Oils Protein Viruses Dna Triterpenes Tomatoes Drought Nitrogen Proteomics Ethanol Recovery Aquaporins Cellulose Bacteria Dilution Photobioreactors Carbohydrates Growth Productivity Water

Most Recent Publications

Editorial Expression of Concern: Inducible somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao achieved using the DEX-activatable transcription factor-glucocorticoid receptor fusion

Morgan E. Shires, Sergio L. Florez, Tina S. Lai, Wayne R. Curtis, 2023, Biotechnology Letters on p. 1393

In planta Female Flower Agroinfiltration Alters the Cannabinoid Composition in Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)

Michihito Deguchi, Seema Dhir, Shobha Potlakayala, Sarwan Dhir, Wayne R. Curtis, Sairam Rudrabhatla, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science

Establishing an inexpensive, space efficient colony of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 utilizing modelling and feedback control principles

Natalie M. Thompson, Nadia Waterton, Antonios Armaou, Jane E. Polston, Wayne R. Curtis, 2022, Journal of Applied Entomology on p. 648-658

CO<sub>2</sub> supplementation eliminates sugar-rich media requirement for plant propagation using a simple inexpensive temporary immersion photobioreactor

Marena Trauger, April Hile, Krishnan Sreenivas, Eva Mei Shouse, Jishnu Bhatt, Tina Lai, Ramya Mohandass, Leena Tripathi, Aaron J. Ogden, Wayne R. Curtis, 2022, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture on p. 57-71

CO2 supplementation eliminates sugar-rich media requirement for plant propagation using a simple inexpensive temporary immersion photobioreactor, Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture

Marena Trauger, April Hile, Krishnan Sreenivas, Eva Shouse, Jishnu Bhatt, Tina Lai, Ramya Mohandass, Leena Tripathi, Aaron Ogden, Wayne Curtis, 2022, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) on p. 57–71

Genome analysis of alginate synthesizing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain SW1 isolated from degraded seaweeds

Rajathirajan Siva Dharshini, Ranjani Manickam, Wayne R. Curtis, Pasupathi Rathinasabapathi, Mohandass Ramya, 2021, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek on p. 2205-2217

Preserved and variable spatial-chemical changes of lipids across tomato leaves in response to central vein wounding reveals potential origin of linolenic acid in signal transduction cascade

Dušan Veličković, Rosalie K. Chu, Corinna Henkel, Annika Nyhuis, Nannan Tao, Jennifer E. Kyle, Joshua N. Adkins, Christopher R. Anderton, Vanessa Paurus, Kent Bloodsworth, Lisa M. Bramer, Dale S. Cornett, Wayne R. Curtis, Kristin E. Burnum-Johnson, 2021, Plant-Environment Interactions on p. 28-35

Metabolic Engineering Strategies of Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.): A Brief Review of the Advances and Challenges

Michihito Deguchi, Shriya Kane, Shobha Potlakayala, Hannah George, Renata Proano, Vijay Sheri, Wayne R. Curtis, Sairam Rudrabhatla, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science on p. 11

Characterization of local and systemic impact of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) feeding and whiteflytransmitted tomato mottle virus infection on tomato leaves by comprehensive proteomics

Aaron J. Ogden, Wardatou Boukari, Alba Nava, Natalia Lucinda, Garry Sunter, Wayne R. Curtis, Joshua N. Adkins, Jane E. Polston, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences on p. 1-24

Phloem exudate protein profiles during drought and recovery reveal abiotic stress responses in tomato vasculature

Aaron J. Ogden, Jishnu J. Bhatt, Heather M. Brewer, Jack Kintigh, Samwel M. Kariuki, Sairam Rudrabhatla, Joshua N. Adkins, Wayne R. Curtis, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences on p. 1-20

Most-Cited Papers

Consortia-mediated bioprocessing of cellulose to ethanol with a symbiotic Clostridium phytofermentans/yeast co-culture

Trevor R. Zuroff, Salvador Barri Xiques, Wayne R. Curtis, 2013, Biotechnology for Biofuels

Enhanced somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao using the homologous BABY BOOM transcription factor

Sergio L. Florez, Rachel L. Erwin, Siela N. Maximova, Mark J. Guiltinan, Wayne R. Curtis, 2015, BMC Plant Biology

Achieving pH control in microalgal cultures through fed-batch addition of stoichiometrically-balanced growth media

Megerle L. Scherholz, Wayne R. Curtis, 2013, BMC Biotechnology

Metabolic engineering in chemolithoautotrophic hosts for the production of fuels and chemicals

S. Eric Nybo, Nymul E. Khan, Benjamin M. Woolston, Wayne R. Curtis, 2015, Metabolic Engineering on p. 105-120

A rapid and economical method for efficient DNA extraction from diverse soils suitable for metagenomic applications

Selvaraju Gayathri Devi, Anwar Aliya Fathima, Sudhakar Radha, Rex Arunraj, Wayne R. Curtis, Mohandass Ramya, 2015, PLoS One

Materials fabrication from native and recombinant thermoplastic squid proteins

A Pena-Francesch, Sergio Florez, Huihun Jung, Aswathy Sebastian, Istvan Albert, Wayne Curtis, H Gao, Melik Demirel, 2014, Advanced Functional Materials on p. 7401-7409

Hydrocarbon production in high density Botryococcus braunii race B continuous culture

Waqas Khatri, Robert Hendrix, Tom Niehaus, Joe Chappell, Wayne R. Curtis, 2014, Biotechnology and Bioengineering on p. 493-503

Proton stoichiometric imbalance during algae photosynthetic growth on various nitrogen sources: toward metabolic pH control

Jun Wang, Wayne R. Curtis, 2016, Journal of Applied Phycology on p. 43-52

Triterpene hydrocarbon production engineered into a metabolically versatile host-Rhodobacter capsulatus

Nymul E. Khan, S. Eric Nybo, Joe Chappell, Wayne R. Curtis, 2015, Biotechnology and Bioengineering on p. 1523-1532

Molecular cloning, overexpression and characterization of a novel water channel protein from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Mustafa Erbakan, Yue Xiao Shen, Mariusz Grzelakowski, Peter J. Butler, Manish Kumar, Wayne R. Curtis, 2014, PLoS One on p. e86830