Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Center for (C&BP)

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• 40 Finished

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  The Type I Homodimeric Reaction Center in Heliobacterium modesticaldum

  Redding, K. & Fromme, R.

  DOE: Office of Science (OS)

  9/1/19 → 9/2/19

  Project: Research project

  • Bacteriochlorophyll 100%
  • Ferredoxin 98%
  • Quinone 75%
  • X-Ray Crystallography 65%
  • Site-Directed Mutagenesis 54%

• Multi-pronged Approach to Improving Carbon Utilization by Cyanobacterial Cultures

  Vermaas, W., McGowen, J., Nielsen, D., Wang, X. & Weiss, T.

  DOE: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

  10/1/18 → 3/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Biofuels 100%
  • Carbon 78%
  • Gases 59%
  • Bioethanol 40%
  • Liquids 39%

• Biological Electron Transfer & Catalysis (BETCy) Energy Frontier Research Center

  Jones, A.

  DOE: Office of Science (OS)

  8/1/18 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Electron-Transfer Catalysis 100%
  • Energy 26%
  • Electron Transfer 13%
  • Catalysis 12%

• Joint conference support (ISPP and ICMP)

  Redding, K.

  DOE: Office of Science (OS)

  8/1/18 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • prokaryote 100%
  • photosynthesis 80%
  • student 41%
  • travel cost 23%
  • appeal 19%

• Supplement: MURI: Translating Biochemical Pathways to Non-Cellular Environment

  Yan, H., Woodbury, N. & Seo, D.

  DOD-ARMY-ARL: Army Research Office (ARO)

  1/1/18 → 8/19/19

  Project: Research project

  • Tin Oxide 100%
  • Environment 53%
  • Cytochrome 44%
  • Nanomaterial 32%
  • Ubiquinone 29%

• SusChEM - Biological Auto-Enhancement of CO2 Absorption for Improved Cyanobacterial Growth and Biofuel Production

  Nielsen, D. & Vermaas, W.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  7/1/17 → 4/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • biofuel production 100%
  • biosynthesis 40%
  • amine 37%
  • student 30%
  • cyanobacterium 26%

• Overcoming the Major Challenges to Algal Biohydrogen Production

  Redding, K.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  6/15/17 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Hydrogen production 100%
  • Photosynthesis 97%
  • Electrons 64%
  • Proteins 58%
  • Sustainable development 45%

• CAREER: SUNCROPS Solar-Fuels Using Nanoscale Catalysts Reacting on Polymer-modified Surfaces

  Moore, G.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  1/1/17 → 12/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • energy 100%
  • minority 99%
  • graduate 93%
  • academy 86%
  • student 83%

• Direct Photosynthetic Production of Biodiesel by Growth-Decoupled Cyanobacteria

  Vermaas, W., Nielsen, D. & Wang, X.

  DOE: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

  9/1/16 → 12/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • biofuel 100%
  • cyanobacterium 89%
  • biofuel production 51%
  • fatty acid 49%
  • ester 41%

• Femtosecond nano-crystallography of membrane proteins

  Fromme, P., Schmidt, K., Weierstall, U. & Ros, A.

  HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

  6/1/15 → 2/29/20

  Project: Research project

  • crystallography 100%
  • proteins 70%
  • membranes 64%
  • x rays 39%
  • free electron lasers 33%

• Center for Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy)

  Jones, A.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  8/1/14 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Electron Transfer 100%
  • Catalysis 92%
  • Redox Reactions 80%
  • Electron Particle 77%
  • Energy Conservation 60%

• Conference Support 23rd Western Photosynthesis Conference 2014

  Wachter, R.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  1/1/14 → 9/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • photosynthesis 100%
  • student 40%
  • plant biology 26%
  • lodging 24%
  • thiol 20%

• Managing the Microbial Ecology of a Cyanobacteria-Based Photosynthetic Factory Direct

  Rittmann, B., Vermaas, W., Torres, C., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Nielsen, D. & Thomas, M. L.

  DOE: Golden Field Office

  12/1/12 → 11/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • microbial ecology 100%
  • factories 77%
  • Cyanobacteria 70%
  • Synechocystis 39%
  • metabolic engineering 36%

• MURI: Translating Biochemical Pathways to Non-Cellular Environment

  Yan, H., Woodbury, N., Seo, D. & Liu, Y.

  DOD-NAVY: Office of Naval Research (ONR)

  8/20/12 → 8/19/18

  Project: Research project

  • Nanomaterial 100%
  • Ferredoxin 98%
  • Environment 90%
  • Electron Transfer 44%
  • Reduction 36%

• IGERT: Solar Utilization Network (SUN)

  Vermaas, W., Ganesh, T., Westerhoff, P., Phelan, P., Moore, A., Goodnick, S., Webber, A., Pasqualetti, M. J. (., Ghirlanda, G., Guston, D., Rittmann, B., Torres, C., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Fisher, E., Jones, A., Honsberg, C. & Wang, R.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  7/1/12 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • program 100%
  • student 99%
  • solar energy 89%
  • alternative energy 54%
  • energy 52%

• ARPA-E Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels

  Vermaas, W., Rittmann, B. & Nielsen, D.

  DOE: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

  3/1/12 → 6/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • biofuel 100%
  • cyanobacterium 89%
  • commercialization 48%
  • project 28%
  • decarboxylation 18%

• Biological Soil Crust Community Structures Associated with Shrub Desiccation

  Garcia-Pichel, F.

  United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

  10/1/11 → 9/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • soil crust 100%
  • desiccation 84%
  • shrub 68%
  • community structure 63%
  • land 41%

• Nanoassembly-based Metabolite Detection

  Frasch, W.

  INDUSTRY: Foreign Company

  8/1/11 → 2/15/12

  Project: Research project

  • Metabolites 100%

• Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID)

  Fromme, P., Allen, J., Woodbury, N., Mor, T., Hogue, B., Ghirlanda, G., Johnston, S., Ozkan, B. & LaBaer, J.

  HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

  7/1/11 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Communicable Diseases 100%
  • Membrane Proteins 96%
  • Viral Matrix Proteins 18%
  • Ion Channels 11%
  • Coronavirus 9%

• Fo Motor Mechanisms that Power FoF1 ATP Synthesis

  Frasch, W.

  HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

  4/1/11 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Adenosinetriphosphate 100%

• Light Protection Mechanisms for Soft Matter Components

  Moore, T. & Moore, A.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  1/11/11 → 9/30/12

  Project: Research project

• Structural Functional and Integration Studies of Biocatalysts for Development of Solar-Driven Bio-Hybrid H2-Production Systems

  Moore, T. & Moore, A.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  11/29/10 → 12/16/12

  Project: Research project

  • Biocatalysts 100%

• Femtosecond Nano-Crystallography of Membrane Proteins

  Fromme, P., Schmidt, K., Weierstall, U. & Ros, A.

  HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

  9/30/10 → 5/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • crystallography 100%
  • proteins 70%
  • membranes 64%
  • microcrystals 37%
  • x rays 27%

• YR 1: Center for Membrane Proteins in Infectious Diseases (MPID)

  Fromme, P., Allen, J., Woodbury, N., Mor, T., Hogue, B., Ghirlanda, G., Ozkan, B. & LaBaer, J.

  HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

  9/30/10 → 6/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • Protein 100%
  • Protein Structure 52%
  • Drug Target 15%
  • Crystallization 9%

• Dynamics of electron transfer-PSIFerredoxin

  Schmidt, K., Weierstall, U. & Fromme, P.

  NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

  9/1/10 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • electron transfer 100%
  • proteins 79%
  • coherent light 62%
  • light sources 44%
  • proposals 41%

• Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels

  Vermaas, W., Roberson, R., Rittmann, B., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. & Nielsen, D.

  DOE: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

  1/1/10 → 4/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • biofuel 100%
  • cyanobacterium 89%

• Supplement: F1-ATPase Chemical-Mechanical Coupling Mechanisms

  Frasch, W.

  HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

  12/28/09 → 11/30/10

  Project: Research project

  • Adenosine Triphosphatases 100%
  • Torque 43%
  • Salts 36%
  • Program processors 33%
  • Molecular dynamics 21%

• Fluctuation X-ray diffraction of membrane proteins in solution

  Fromme, P.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  9/1/09 → 8/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • X-Ray Diffraction 100%
  • Protein 83%

• Understanding supramolecular architectures in photosynthesis by space and time resolved spectroscopy

  Moore, T.

  OTHER: Foreign Other

  9/1/09 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • photosynthesis 100%
  • spectroscopy 86%
  • energy 37%
  • carbon dioxide 20%
  • oil supply 18%

• Adaptation and Self-Regulation in Multichromophoric Molecules

  Moore, T. & Moore, A.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  9/1/09 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Molecules 100%
  • Photochemical reactions 59%
  • National security 43%
  • Biological systems 39%
  • Nanotechnology 39%

• EFR Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production

  Redding, K., Allen, J., Moore, T., Moore, A., Seo, D., Fromme, P., Ghirlanda, G., Yan, H., Liu, Y. & Jones, A.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  8/1/09 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • peptide 100%
  • photosynthesis 94%
  • hydrogen 94%
  • catalyst 65%
  • DNA 60%

• Materials World Network: Study at the Nanoscale of Photovoltaic Materials

  Moore, A. & Moore, T.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  8/1/09 → 7/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • electron transfer 100%
  • molecules 60%
  • solar energy 47%
  • nanoparticles 47%
  • climate change 44%

• Feasibility Demonstration of an Artificial Electrolyte for Neuronal Observation Stimulation

  Diaz, R., Moore, T. & Yan, H.

  HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  7/1/08 → 6/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Photonics 100%
  • Electrolytes 84%
  • Demonstrations 71%
  • Energy transfer 66%
  • Antennas 56%

• Industry Partner: Cyanobacteria for Generating Solar-Powered, Carbon-Neural and Cost Effective Biodiesel

  Rittmann, B., Vermaas, W., Roberson, R., Westerhoff, P., Meldrum, D., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. & Garcia-Pichel, F.

  INDUSTRY: Foreign Company

  8/1/07 → 10/14/09

  Project: Research project

  • cyanobacterium 100%
  • industry 65%
  • carbon 61%
  • cost 55%

• SRG: Cyanobacteria for Generating Solar-Powered, Carbon-Neutral and Cost-Effective Biodiesel

  Rittmann, B., Vermaas, W., Roberson, R., Meldrum, D., Garcia-Pichel, F., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. & Westerhoff, P.

  Science Foundation of Arizona

  5/15/07 → 7/31/09

  Project: Research project

  • cyanobacterium 100%
  • carbon 61%
  • cost 55%

• Bacterial Reaction Centers With New Photochemical Properties

  Allen, J. & Williams, J.

  NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

  3/1/07 → 2/29/12

  Project: Research project

• F1-ATPase Chemical-Mechanical Coupling Mechanisms

  Frasch, W.

  HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

  12/8/05 → 11/30/10

  Project: Research project

  • Adenosine Triphosphatases 100%
  • Torque 43%
  • Salts 36%
  • Program processors 33%
  • Molecular dynamics 21%

• Integration of Minimized Hydrogenase Structures into Bio-inspired Systems

  Moore, T. & Moore, A.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  12/1/05 → 11/30/10

  Project: Research project

  • Biocatalysts 100%

• Construction of a DNA Computer to Solve the 20 City Traveling Salesman Problem with Scalable Architecture

  Frasch, W.

  DOD-USAF-AFRL: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

  6/1/05 → 11/30/07

  Project: Research project

  • Traveling salesman problem 100%
  • DNA 87%

• SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURES FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION

  Moore, T. & Moore, A.

  US Department of Energy (DOE)

  6/15/03 → 2/14/23

  Project: Research project

  • Supramolecular Structure 100%
  • Carotenoid 73%
  • Photosynthesis 64%
  • Fuel 46%
  • Energy 44%