Bioconversion of Single-­Carbon Effluents into Biofuels and Biofuel Precursors

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Biomass is a complex class of material with great potential as feedstock for the production of a wide variety of compounds, including biofuels. Its complexity, based on the variety and composition of the materials making up biomass depending on origin or source, means that a large variety of approaches must be used, ideally in an integrated manner, to fully realize this potential.


Methane and methanol are common by-products of many industrial sectors, including energy, agriculture and forestry. In fact, they are often found in waste effluents of many biomass conversion processes, be it from chemical (e.g. methanol from pulping), biological (e.g. methane from anaerobic digestion) or thermal (e.g. methane from pyrolysis) processing.


Rather than be disposed of as waste or used in marginally economically viable strategies, these single-carbon compounds (C1) can be used as low-cost feedstocks for the production of valuable bioproducts, such as biofuels and biofuel precursors, through bioconversion by methylotrophic bacteria – bacteria that can use C1 compounds as sole carbon source. This approach can be advantageous on many fronts.


- Most importantly methylotrophs convert methane and methanol to higher value products, such as designer fuel or isoprenoids for jet fuel. This, also considering that C1 compounds must often be disposed of at a cost, provides an economically viable alternative to by-product management.


- Because methylotrophic bacteria are generally robust and versatile, little or no pretreatment is required before sending C1 effluent streams for bioconversion, further improving the cost-effectiveness and economic prospects of the biofuels produced.


- Climate change creates a strong motivation to reduce industrial emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). Methane is a common low-value industrial by-product with a global warming potential 28-36 times greater than CO2 based on a 100-year period. It is sometimes recovered for energy production or simply flared, releasing CO2. Hence, the conversion of methane effluents to valuable products can greatly reduce GHG emissions and the carbon footprint of methane-emitting processes.


- Finally, the possibility of converting methane and methanol, rather than sugars, to biofuels means there is no impact on the food chain.


The aim of this project is to develop a platform technology for the bioconversion of C1 compounds resulting from forestry activities (fermentation, thermal processing, anaerobic digestion) into biofuels (alcohols, lipids) and biofuel precursors (e.g. isoprenoids). This platform will be integrated in the greater context of biomass conversion by, for example, using by-product streams from other bioconversion activities (e.g. anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis) as feedstock.


The collaboration between the Sauvageau (Engineering) and Stein (Science) labs will create a unique setting for the development and industrialization of methylotrophic bacteria. The main areas explored will be:



  • the identification of biofuels and biofuel precursors naturally produced by methylotrophic bacteria

  • the mapping of relevant metabolic pathways

  • the implementation of advanced bioprocessing strategies to methylotrophic cultures for improved productivity

  • the development and adaptation of a methanotrophic bacteria chassis for industrial applications

  • the production of high value biofuels and biofuel precursors from methylotrophic bacteria

  • the development of efficient cell lysis and product recovery strategies

  • scale up and integration with point source industrial emitters of methane


This project will impact the energetic, economic, environmental and social aspects of biomass as a source of energy. The platform technology develop will be implementable in a variety of sectors, from energy to forestry, agriculture to waste treatment.

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3-Minute Thesis Presentation (1st place)

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Marina Lazic

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Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)

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Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - NSERC CGS-M

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Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral

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Faculty of Engineering Dean's Research Award

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Shibashis Das

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J Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award

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Kay Ball Memorial Graduate Student Research Travel Award

Shibashis Das

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Leonard E. Gads Teaching Assistant Award

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Leonard E. Gads Teaching Assistant Award

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Letter of Commendation for Excellence in Teaching

Catherine Tays

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MITACS Globalink Research Internship

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Shibashis Das

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Outstanding Mentorship Award in Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Cerrise Weiblen

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Paranchych Graduate Fund in Microbiology

Catherine Tays

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President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction

Hem Sharma

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Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral level

Catherine Tays

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Miranda Darlene Stahn

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Second Place Best Poster

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David Boon

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Mariah Kristen Hermary

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David Boon

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University of Alberta Research Experience (UARE) award

Shelen Ponchielli Thomaz

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Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship

Kieran McDonald

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Westmoreland Coal Company Graduate Scholarship in Environmental Engineering

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Women in STEM Scholarship

Mariah Kristen Hermary

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The long-term relationship between microbial metabolism and greenhouse gases

Lisa Stein

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"Investigating the solubility of isoprenoids in switchable solvents "

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Hem Sharma

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Dominic Sauvageau

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A multi-level “-omics” approach to the study of the growth regulation of methanotrophs

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Melissa Lynn Harrison, Phillip Keith Sun, Catherine Tays, Fabini Orata

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A multi-level “-omics” approach to the study of the growth regulation of methanotrophs. Future Energy Systems Research Symposium.

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Adaptation of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 to growth at low pH

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Shelen Ponchielli Thomaz

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Adaptation of Methylomicrobium album BG8 to growth at low pH

Kieran McDonald

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Adaptive Evolution of Methylomicrobium album BG8 on a low pH medium

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Kieran McDonald

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Advanced bioreactor operation improve methanol bioconversion in Methylotuvimicrobium buryatense 5GB1C

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Yusheng Tan

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An overlooked influence of reactive oxygen species on ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities in redox-fluctuating aquifers

Lisa Stein

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Bacteriohemerythrin at the Crossroads; Hemerythrin from Methylomonas denitrificans FJG1 sets methanotrophs apart

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Cerrise Weiblen

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Bacteriophages as a sustainable and reliable means of product recovery

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Bioconversion of Methane to Biodegradable Plastic

Marina Lazic

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Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Hem Sharma

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Bioconversion of methane emissions into biofuels and biofuel precursors

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Catherine Tays

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Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Marina Lazic

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Bioconversion of methane to biodegradable plastic: Metabolic route from greenhouse gas to green product

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Hem Sharma, Marina Lazic

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Bioconversion of single-carbon substrates in fed-batch cultures.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Bioconversion of waste methane emissions to value-added biofuels and biomaterials

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein

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Biomass production of Methylotuvimicrobium buryatense 5GB1C using two types of advanced bioreactor operations

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Yusheng Tan

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Lisa Stein

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Biotechnology to bioconvert cheap compounds into valuable products

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Marina Lazic

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Breaking the walls of climate change

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Can Pink Bacteria Help Mitigate Methane Emissions

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Cerrise Weiblen

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Can pink bacteria help mitigate methane emissions?

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Cerrise Weiblen

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Cell lysis and enhanced product recovery from methanotrophic bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Miranda Darlene Stahn, Mark Douglas Lawley

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Cell lysis and enhanced product recovery from methanotrophic bacteria. Future Energy Systems Research Symposium.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Miranda Darlene Stahn, Mark Douglas Lawley

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Lisa Stein

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Characterizing Outer Membrane Vesicles in Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Phillip Keith Sun, Mariah Kristen Hermary

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Characterizing Outer Membrane Vesicles in the Methanotroph Methylomicrobium album BG8

Mariah Kristen Hermary

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Lisa Stein

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Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Agriculture: what can biotechnology do?

Lisa Stein

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Collaborative Appointment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department of Energy

Cerrise Weiblen

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Combined effects of carbon and nitrogen source to optimize growth of proteobacterial methanotrophs
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Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Catherine Tays

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Complete genome sequence of Methylomonas denitrificans strain FJG1, an obligate aerobic methanotroph that can couple methane oxidation to denitrification

Lisa Stein, Fabini Orata

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Converting Fugitive Methane Emissions into Value-Added Products

Lisa Stein

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Development of a Methanotroph Chassis: Genetic engineering of Methylomicrobium album BG8 for production of isoprenoids from C1 compounds

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Shibashis Das

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Development of a methanotroph chassis: genetic engineering of Methylomicrobium album BG8 for production of value-added products.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Marc Waddingham, Shibashis Das

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Development of a nutrient supply-based process for industrial-scale mitigation of methane emissions by bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Development of a plasmid-based gene expression system for methanotrophs

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Shibashis Das

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Development of processing strategies to enhance the efficiency of the growth of the gammaproteobacterial methanotroph Methylomicrobium album BG8

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Don’t underrate undergraduate research

Mariah Kristen Hermary

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Dynamic DNA

Miranda Darlene Stahn, Beatriz Iara Cabral e Pacheco

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EDI survey and annual report for the Biology Graduate Students’ Association

Cerrise Weiblen

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Effect of copper on the growth of methanotrophic bacteria in a fed-batch process

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Effect of isoprenoids on the growth of industrially relevant methanotrophs

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Shibashis Das

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Energy Solutions

Lisa Stein

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Environmentally friendly polymer detection using fluorescent proteins

Marina Lazic

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Enzyme Activity and Drug Design

Beatriz Iara Cabral e Pacheco

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Examining Protein Cargo and the Potential Physiological Mechanisms of Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) in Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mariah Kristen Hermary

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FES Student Profile article

Catherine Tays

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Falling Walls Lab 2019 impresses with breakthrough research

Marina Lazic

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Free Shipping? Exploring the Protein Cargo Content of Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) in Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mariah Kristen Hermary

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Genes = Tools

Cerrise Weiblen

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Genome Scale Metabolic Modelling of a Methanotroph for Sustainable Production of Biofuels and Bioplastics

Phillip Keith Sun

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Genomic taxonomy of the gamma methanotrophs

Fabini Orata

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Genomic taxonomy of the gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs (Methylococcales) calls for the reclassification of members within this order

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Fabini Orata

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Gold College --lab training for student

Lisa Stein

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Growth Characterization and Transcriptomics of Methanotrophic Bacteria as Effected by Carbon and Nitrogen Sources

Catherine Tays

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Harnessing the potential of methanotrophs: From understanding environmental strains to creating a bioconversion platform

Dominic Sauvageau

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How Can Agrigenomics Help to Address Climate Change?

Lisa Stein

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Identification and characterization of lysogenized phages in methanotrophic

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Miranda Darlene Stahn

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Identification and characterization of lysogenized phages in methanotrophic bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Miranda Darlene Stahn

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Impact of substrates on development of industrial processes for methylotrophs.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Catherine Tays

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Improving Extraction of Biodegradable Plastics from Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mark Douglas Lawley

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In vivo and in vitro quantification of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Marina Lazic

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In vivo and in vitro quantification of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Marina Lazic

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In vivo quantification of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB ) in the alphaproteobacterial methanotroph, Methylocystis sp. Rockwell

Dominic Sauvageau, Marina Lazic

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Integrative Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling Reveals Versatile Metabolic Strategies for Methane Utilization in Methylomicrobium album BG 8

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Interactions of PHB and switchable hydrophilicity solvents: A more sustainable approach to PHB recovery

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, David Boon, Mark Douglas Lawley

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Interactions of PHB and switchable hydrophilicity solvents: A more sustainable approach to PHB recovery

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, David Boon, Mark Douglas Lawley

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Introductory microbiology demonstration

Lisa Stein, Marc Waddingham, Phillip Keith Sun, Shibashis Das, Catherine Tays, Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Isolating Outer Membrane Vesicles from Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Kieran McDonald, Phillip Keith Sun, Mariah Kristen Hermary

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Life Lesson Learned from Microorganisms

Miranda Darlene Stahn

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Lysogenized phages of methanotrophic bacteria show a broad genetic diversity

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Miranda Darlene Stahn, Aurelija Grigonyte

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Mapping a Microbial Factory: How Nutrients Affect Gene Expression in Methane-Utilizing Bacteria

Phillip Keith Sun

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Metabolic mapping of Methylomicrobium album strain BG8

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Phillip Keith Sun

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Metabolome profiles of the alphaproteobacterial methanotroph Methylocystis sp. Rockwell in response to carbon and nitrogen source

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Marina Lazic

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Methane Bioconversions

Lisa Stein

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Methane transformation using bacteria: an innovative approach. 3-MT competition

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Methane-munching microbes and the carbon footprint of climate change

Lisa Stein

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Microbes & Climate Change

Lisa Stein

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Microbiome of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri shares compositional and functional similarities with marine sponges

Lisa Stein

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Optimization of Methane Feed and N:C Ratio for Biomass and Polyhydroxybutyrate Production by the Alphaproteobacterial Methanotroph Methylocystis sp. Rockwell

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Hem Sharma

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Optimization of bacterial growth and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) yield by Methylocystis sp. Rockwell

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein

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Optimization of growth and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from Methylocystis sp. strain Rockwell

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Marina Lazic

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Optimizing methanotroph bioproduction through growth strategies and strain adaptation

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Kieran McDonald, Phillip Keith Sun, Catherine Tays, Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Optimizing methanotroph biotechnology through growth strategies

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Optimizing methanotroph biotechnology through growth strategies and strain adaptation.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Kieran McDonald, Catherine Tays, Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Permafrost Dialogues

Lisa Stein

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Phages are Friends!

Miranda Darlene Stahn

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Phylogenomic analysis of the gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs (order Methylococcales) calls for the reclassification of members at the genus and species levels

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Fabini Orata

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

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Positron-emitting tracers spatially resolve unexpected biogeochemical relationships linked with methane oxidation in Arctic soils

Lisa Stein

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Presentation to UofA Senate Plenary Meeting

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Production and detection of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in the alphaproteobacterial methanotroph Methylocystis sp. Rockwell

Marina Lazic

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

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Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through the bioconversion of methane from Albertan industrial sectors.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein

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Revisiting Self-cycling Fermentation – New Characterization, Scheme, and Application

Yusheng Tan

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

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Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (RubisCO) Is Essential for Growth of the Methanotroph Methylococcus capsulatus Strain Bath

Fabini Orata

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Science for a Sustainable Planet

Lisa Stein

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Sea-ice algae are losing their homes and the ocean is at risk of starving

Lisa Stein

Article in popular media

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Semi-continuous saccharification-fermentation, a new strategy to process lignocellulosic biomass at high solid loadings

Dominic Sauvageau, Jorge Arturo Gonzalez Rios

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Spinning up electric buses

Catherine Tays

Article in popular media

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Substrate-dependent growth variability across model methanotrophic strains

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Catherine Tays

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Sustainable Solutions from the Smallest Organisms

Lisa Stein

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Switchable solvents for the reversible dissolution of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, David Boon, Mark Douglas Lawley

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Systematic Development of a Methanotroph Chassis for transforming wastewater methane emissions to value added products: Predictive modelling and genetic engineering of Methylomicrobium album BG8

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Phillip Keith Sun, Shibashis Das

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Systematic Development of a Methanotroph chassis for the production of value-added products from C1 waste of Agriculture and Forestry: Predictive modeling and genetic engineering of Methylomicrobium album BG8

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Phillip Keith Sun, Shibashis Das

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TWOSE Research Zone Science Communications Training Program

Cerrise Weiblen

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The Application of Switchable Solvents to the Extraction of Bioproducts from Methanotrophic Bacteria

Mark Douglas Lawley

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The Application of Switchable Solvents to the Extraction of Bioproducts from Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mark Douglas Lawley

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The Application of Switchable Solvents to the Extraction of Bioproducts from Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mark Douglas Lawley

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The Ins and Outs of OMVs; Examining the Contents and Causes of Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) in Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mariah Kristen Hermary

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

The Ins and Outs of OMVs; Examining the Contents and Causes of Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMVs) in Methanotrophic Bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mariah Kristen Hermary

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The application of a switchable solvent to the extraction of polyhydroxybutyrate from methanotrophic bacteria.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Mark Douglas Lawley

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

The combined effect of methane and methanol on growth and PHB production in the alphaproteobacterial methanotroph Methylocystis sp. Rockwell.

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Hem Sharma, Marina Lazic

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

The double life of Methanoperedens

Lisa Stein

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

The hunt for viruses that infect methane consuming bacteria

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Miranda Darlene Stahn

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

The influence of self-cycling fermentation long-and short-cycle schemes on Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Yusheng Tan

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

The semi-continuous saccharification-fermentation, a new strategy to process lignocellulosic biomass at high solid holdings.

Dominic Sauvageau, Jorge Arturo Gonzalez Rios

Conference Proceedings

Three-Minute Theses Workshop

Catherine Tays

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Transcriptomic Analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Undergoing Self-Cycling Fermentation

Dominic Sauvageau, Yusheng Tan

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Transcriptomic analysis of synchrony and productivity in self-cycling fermentation of engineered yeast producing shikimic acid

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Yusheng Tan

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Transcriptomic and metabolomic responses to carbon and nitrogen sources in Methylomicrobium album BG8

Dominic Sauvageau, Lisa Stein, Marina Lazic

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

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Turning Greenhouse Gases into Green Products

Catherine Tays

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Turning green house gases into green products - 3MT competition

Catherine Tays

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USchool Hands-on demonstration

Lisa Stein

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University of Alberta 3 minute thesis (3MT) competition

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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Uschool Hands-on demonstration

Lisa Stein

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Visit to US-DOE NREL

Shibashis Das

Visiting Researcher (outgoing)

WISEST Outreach Lead

Miranda Darlene Stahn

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WISEST Panelist STEM Careers

Miranda Darlene Stahn

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WISEST Panelist/Networking Mentor

Miranda Darlene Stahn

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WISEST Programming Committee Member

Miranda Darlene Stahn

Misc: Committee

Windsor Park School Science Blitz

Fatemeh Bakhtiari Ziabari

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