Title: Renewed novel biotech ideas, with bioreactor bioengineering economic impact
Abstract:
While biofuels, biomass, renewable energy, climate change, and other related topics are popular these days, rarely realistic strategies have been proposed. The favorable economics of petroleum continues to drive global traditional industrial manufacturing and vehicle transportation operations, which drastically cause world environmental pollution health problems. Clearly, various major culture-transformations are required; hence, the ongoing societal enigma and dilemmas. Common communities are involved in a pervasive “throw-away” society; with government research organizations holding political agendas, and scientific researchers who are concerned less with practical applications. Here, with our own “two-cent” worth of contributions to the complex scenario, we are developing biotechnology innovations for the production of biofuels and bioproducts using waste-residues as feedstock, such as cellulosic (from agriculture and forestry operations), glycerol (byproduct of biodiesel production), Example inputs are our creation of genetically modified microbes and bioprocessing strategies to overcome the current low-yield limitations and the poor utilization of cheap feedstocks, in a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach. Another new idea: When petroleum oil is no longer used (to avoid climate-change tragedies), can the ingredient hydrocarbon be used for its carbon component be used as carbon substrates in novel fermentation processes in biomanufacturing for various products? In addition, how about logistical-vs-vertical bioreactor vessel designs? In this talk, we will examine the options and controversies about these renewed underutilized ideas so far, sadly.
