Wednesday, 1 June 2022: 10:30
West Meeting Room 107/108 (Vancouver Convention Center)
Bioelectrocatalysis has been discussed for electrosynthesis over the last decade, as enzyme engineering and synthetic biology allow the ability to engineer the selectivity and complexity of the electrosynthesis. Enzymatic bioelectrocatalysis has been plagued with stability issues in many synthetic applications, where as microbial bioelectrocatalysis utilizes the ability of the cell to regenerate oxidoreductase catalysts during the growth and reproduction process. However, microbial bioelectrocatalysis has been plagued by slow extracellular electron transfer. This talk will discuss utilizing synthetic biology tools to add non-natural production synthesis pathways into micro-organisms, while also incorporating machinery for promoting facile and efficient extracellular electron transfer.