Wayne Curtis
Professor of Chemical Engineering
- 409 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University Park, PA - wrc2@psu.edu
- 814-863-4805
Research Summary
Regulation and signal transduction in plant secondary metabolism. Phytoremediation of hydrocarbons. Commercial chemical production in plants and plant tissue culture.
Huck Institutes Affiliations
Publication Tags
Hydrocarbons Proteins Dna Bioreactors Soil Economics Oils Growth Aquaporins Nitrogen Biofuels Cellulose Enzymes Ethanol Productivity Tobacco Triterpenes Metagenomics Rhodobacter Sphaeroides Transcription Factors Fabrication Water Dilution Peptide Hydrolases OxygenMost Recent Papers
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, 2017, Biotechnology Letters on p. 1747-1755
Expression and characterization of alkaline protease from the metagenomic library of tannery activated sludge
Selvaraju Gayathri Devi, Anwar Aliya Fathima, Mary Sanitha, Sellamuthu Iyappan, Wayne R. Curtis, Mohandass Ramya, 2016, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering on p. 694-700
A preliminary implementation of metabolic-based pH control to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> usage in outdoor flat-panel photobioreactor cultivation of Nannochloropsis oceanica microalgae
Jun Wang, Theresa Rosov, Pierre Wensel, John McGowen, Wayne R. Curtis, 2016, Algal Research on p. 288-295
A temporary immersion plant propagation bioreactor with decoupled gas and liquid flows for enhanced control of gas phase
Sergio L. Florez, Matthew S. Curtis, Sydney E. Shaw, Nathaniel K. Hamaker, Jeffrey S. Larsen, Wayne R. Curtis, 2016, Biotechnology Progress on p. 337-345
Proton stoichiometric imbalance during algae photosynthetic growth on various nitrogen sources
Jun Wang, Wayne R. Curtis, 2016, Journal of Applied Phycology on p. 43-52
Advancing Rhodobacter sphaeroides as a platform for expression of functional membrane proteins
Mustafa Erbakan, Brandon S. Curtis, B. Tracy Nixon, Manish Kumar, Wayne R. Curtis, 2015, Protein Expression and Purification on p. 109-117
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
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
Scale-up of transgenic tobacco cells that express intimin of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 for use as a transitional platform for an oral cattle vaccine
Kristin M. O’Neill, Anne M. Schilthuis, Calvin A. Leiter, Kurt M. Neihaus, Nicole A. Judge, Edda Twiddy, Alison D. O’Brien, Wayne R. Curtis, 2015, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant on p. 315-323
Enhanced somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao using the homologous BABY BOOM transcription factor
Sergio L. Florez, Rachel L. Erwin, Siela Maximova, Mark Guiltinan, Wayne R. Curtis, 2015, BMC Plant Biology
High-Impact Papers
Developing symbiotic consortia for lignocellulosic biofuel production
Trevor R. Zuroff, Wayne R. Curtis, 2012, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology on p. 1423-1435
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 Maximova, Mark 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
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
Materials fabrication from native and recombinant thermoplastic squid proteins
Abdon Pena-Francesch, Sergio Florez, Huihun Jung, Aswathy Sebastian, Istvan Albert, Wayne R. Curtis, Melik C. Demirel, 2014, Advanced Functional Materials on p. 7401-7409
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
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
RNA viral vectors for improved Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression of heterologous proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana cell suspensions and hairy roots
Jeffrey S. Larsen, Wayne R. Curtis, 2012, BMC Biotechnology
A process economic assessment of hydrocarbon biofuels production using chemoautotrophic organisms
Nymul E. Khan, John A. Myers, Amalie L. Tuerk, Wayne R. Curtis, 2014, Bioresource Technology on p. 201-211