Selected Presentations
National and International Conference Presentations.
 

Presentations
(* indicates poster only)

M.A.G. Koffas, "Optimization strategies for plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis in microorganisms", 3rd Panhellenic Scientific  Congress on Biotechnology and Food Technology, March 2007, Athens, Greece.

E. Leonard and M.A.G. Koffas, "Engineering of Synthetic Cytochrome P450s for Plant Estrogen Isoflavone Biosynthesis from Escherichia coli", Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, November 2006, San Francisco, CA.

E. Leonard, J. Chemler, L.T. Lock, M.A.G. Koffas and E.M. Tzanakakis, "Natural and Unnatural Flavonoid Biosynthesis and Their Insulinotropic Properties in Pancreatic Beta Cells", Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, November 2006, San Francisco, CA.

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis in microorganisms” American Chemical Society annual meeting, September 2006, San Francisco, CA.

M.A.G. Koffas, "Metabolic engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis in microorganisms" Society for Biological Engineering Second International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, September 2006, Santa Barbara CA
 

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic Engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis in microorganisms”, XXIII International Conference on Polyphenols, August 2006, Winnipeg, Canada.

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic Engineering of plant polyphenols in microorganisms”, Society for Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting, July/August 2006, Baltimore MD.

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic Engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis from microorganisms”, Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting, June 2006, Orlando, FL.

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic Engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis in microorganisms”, Natural Products Discovery and Production: New Challenges, New Opportunities,  June 2006, Santa Fe, NM.*

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis in microorganisms”, American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting, May 2006, Orlando, FL*

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic Engineering of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in microorganisms”, DuPont Central Research and Development, May 2006, Wilmington, DE.

M.A.G. Koffas, “Metabolic Engineering of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in microorganisms”, 4^th International Workshop on Anthocyanins, February 2006, Rotorua, New Zealand.

M.A.G. Koffas, “Engineering microorganisms for plant estrogen production”, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, section for Protein Engineering, November 2005, Cincinnati, OH.

M.A.G. Koffas, “Biosynthesis of Plant-Specific Flavanols and Anthocyanins in Escherichia coli”, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, section for Advances in Metabolic Engineering and Bioinformatics: From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotes, November 2005, Cincinnati, OH.

E. Leonard and M.A.G. Koffas, "Engineering Flavonol and Flavone Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli", Gordon Research Conference on Plant Metabolic Engineering, July 2005, Tilton, NH.*

Y. Yan and M.A.G. Koffas, "Engineering Isoflavone and Flavanone Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2005, New London, CT.*

J. Chemler and M.A.G. Koffas, "Engineering Anthocyanin and Flavan-3-ol Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli", Gordon research Conference on Natural Products, Gordon Research Conference on Natural Products, July 2005, Tilton, NH.*

M.A.G. Koffas, "Metabolic Engineering of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli", The World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, April 2005, Orlando, FL.

M.A.G. Koffas, "Engineering the Flavonoid Biosynthetic Network in Escherichia coli", American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, section for Metabolic Engineering, March 2005, San Diego, CA.

M.A.G. Koffas, "Production of anthocyanins from Escherichia coli containing an artificial gene cluster", American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, section for Protein Engineering, November 2004, Austin, TX.

M.A.G. Koffas, "Biochemical Characterization of dihydroflavonol 4-Reductase from plant and microbial species", American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, section for Protein Engineering, November 2004, Austin TX.

M.A.G. Koffas, "Metabolic engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli", Metabolic Engineering V: Genome to product, September 2004, Lake Tahoe, CA.*

M.A.G. Koffas, "Biochemical characterization of dihydroflavonol 4-reductase from plant and microbial species", Metabolic Engineering V: Genome to product, September 2004, Lake Tahoe, CA.*

Stefan Martens and M.A.G. Koffas, "Biochemical characterization of dihydroflavonol 4-reductase from plant and microbial species", XXII International Conference on Polyphenols, August 2004, Helsinki, Finland.*

Y. Yan and M.A.G. Koffas, "Metabolic Engineering of Anthocyanin biosynthesis in Escherichia coli", Gordon Research Conference on Biocatalysis, July 2004, Meiden, NH.*

M.A.G. Koffas, "Resolution of multiple formeldehyde assimilatory networks encoded in the genome of the obligate methanotroph Methylomonas sp. 16a", Society for Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting, August 2003, Minneapolis, MN.

M.A.G. Koffas, "Elucidation of the Central Carbon Metabolism of strain Methylomonas 16a", Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, November 2002, Indianapolis, IN.

J.M. Odom, M.A.G. Koffas, E. Miller, E. Nagel, P. Sharpe, J. Wilscek and R. Ye, "Genomic Analysis of Central Carbon Metabolism in the obligate Methanotroph Methylomonas 16a", Second ASM and TIGR Conference on Microbial Genomes, February 2002, Las Vegas, NV.

M.A.G. Koffas, G.Y. Jung and G. Stephanopoulos, "Metabolic Engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for amino acid production improvement", Metabolic Engineering III, October 2000, Colorado Springs, CO.

M.A.G. Koffas, J.C. Aon and G. Stephanopoulos, "Expression of Anaplerotic pathways in Corynebacterium glutamicum for aminoacid production", Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, October 1999, Dallas, TX.

M.A.G. Koffas, J.C. Aon and G. Stephanopoulos, "Investigation of the role of biotin in aminoacid production", Gordon Research Conference: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 1999, New London, CT.

M.A.G. Koffas and G. Stephanopoulos, "Investigation of the role of biotin in aminoacid production", Annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, November 1997, Los Angeles, CA.

Lectures

 “Optimization strategies for plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis in microorganisms” California Institute of Technology Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pasadena, CA, March 2007.

 “Pathway Optimization Strategies for Secondary Metabolites in Unicellular Organisms” Department of Chemistry Organic Chemistry series, University at Buffalo, January 2007.

 “Metabolic Engineering: a holistic approach to biocatalysis and industrial microbiology”. University at Buffalo, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, May 2003.