BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//142.1.176.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Chemical Engineering &\; Applied Chemistry X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://chem-eng.utoronto.ca X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23806@chem-eng.utoronto.ca DTSTAMP:20240328T231018Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Edwards\, University of Toronto\nHost: Prof. Ramin Fa rnood\nThese are very exciting times in fundamental and applied environmen tal microbiology owing to significant advances in analytical tools and tec hniques to interrogate complex biological systems. These tools include aff ordable large-scale sequencing\, quantitative DNA and RNA extraction and a mplification tools\, powerful microscopy\, and proteomic analyses applicab le to complex mixtures and small sample sizes. These techniques are enabli ng novel approaches and improved modelling to uncover fundamental metaboli sm\, regulation\, genetics\, and interspecies metabolite transfer in compl ex microbial ecosystems. Specific applications related to my own research include biomethane production\, wastewater treatment and surveillance\, an d soil and groundwater bioremediation. These processes rely on complex mic robial communities that have defied traditional reductionist microbiologic al approaches. In this talk\, I will discuss how combinations of modern ge nome-enabled tools have been used to monitor microbial communities and to decipher beneficial interactions in complex microbial consortia\, whose ac tivity is greater than the sum of their individual parts.\n_____\nDr. Eliz abeth Edwards holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineerin g from McGill University\, Montreal\, and a PhD degree (1993) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. She is international ly known for her work on anaerobic bioremediation\, the application of mol ecular biology and metagenomics to uncover novel microbial processes\, and the transition of laboratory research into commercial practice to develop bioremediation and bioaugmentation strategies for groundwater pollutants. Dr. Edwards and her team were recognized with the 2009 NSERC Synergy Awar d for her highly successful partnership with Geosyntec\, an international environmental consulting firm with whom she developed a microbial consorti um called KB-1®. This commercially successful bioproduct marketed by SiREM labs in Guelph\, ON\, biodegrades two of the world’s most common and pers istent groundwater pollutants\, PCE (a common dry-cleaning agent) and TCE (a degreasing solvent)\, more quickly and at a lower cost than conventiona l methods. It has been used at over 700 sites around the world.\nShe is al so the founding director of BioZone\, a Centre for Applied Bioscience and Bioengineering Research at the University of Toronto and a Tier 1 Canada R esearch Chair in Anaerobic Biotechnology. In 2016\, she was awarded the C anada Council of the Arts Killam Prize in recognition of her outstanding c areer achievements and was appointed an Officer in the Order of Canada (Ca nada’s highest civilian honour) by the Canadian Governor General in 2020. \n \nView the complete 2022-23 LLE schedule\nQuestions? Please contact Pro fessor Jay Werber (jay.werber@utoronto.ca) or Sophia Lu (soph.lu@mail.utor onto.ca). DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T130000 LOCATION:WB116 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:LLE: Application of Genome-enabled Tools to Groundwater and Wastewa ter Samples. What Can We Learn? (Elizabeth Edwards\, UofT) URL:https://chem-eng.utoronto.ca/event/lle-elizabeth-edwards/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
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\nThese are very exciting times in fundamental and applied environm ental microbiology owing to significant advances in analytical tools and t echniques to interrogate complex biological systems. These tools include a ffordable large-scale sequencing\, quantitative DNA and RNA extraction and amplification tools\, powerful microscopy\, and proteomic analyses applic able to complex mixtures and small sample sizes. These techniques are enab ling novel approaches and improved modelling to uncover fundamental metabo lism\, regulation\, genetics\, and interspecies metabolite transfer in com plex microbial ecosystems. Specific applications related to my own researc h include biomethane production\, wastewater treatment and surveillance\, and soil and groundwater bioremediation. These processes rely on complex m icrobial communities that have defied traditional reductionist microbiolog ical approaches. In this talk\, I will discuss how combinations of modern genome-enabled tools have been used to monitor microbial communities and t o decipher beneficial interactions in complex microbial consortia\, whose activity is greater than the sum of their individual parts.
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Dr. Elizabeth Edwards holds Bachelor’s and Master ’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from McGill University\, Montreal\, and a PhD degree (1993) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. She is internationally known for her work on anaerobic biorem ediation\, the application of molecular biology and metagenomics to uncove r novel microbial processes\, and the transition of laboratory research in to commercial practice to develop bioremediation and bioaugmentation strat egies for groundwater pollutants. Dr. Edwards and her team were recognized with the 2009 NSERC Synergy Award for her highly successful partnership w ith Geosyntec\, an international environmental consulting firm with whom s he developed a microbial consortium called KB-1®. This commercially succes sful bioproduct marketed by SiREM labs in Guelph\, ON\, biodegrades two of the world’s most common and persistent groundwater pollutants\, PCE (a co mmon dry-cleaning agent) and TCE (a degreasing solvent)\, more quickly and at a lower cost than conventional methods. It has been used at over 700 s ites around the world.
\nShe is also the founding director of BioZon e\, a Centre for Applied Bioscience and Bioengineering Research at the Uni versity of Toronto and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Anaerobic Biotech nology. In 2016\, she was awarded the Canada Council of the Arts Killam P rize in recognition of her outstanding career achievements and was appoint ed an Officer in the Order of Canada (Canada’s highest civilian honour) by the Canadian Governor General in 2020.
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\nQuestions? Plea se contact Professor Jay Werber (jay.werber@utoronto.ca) or Sophia Lu (soph.lu@mail.utoronto.ca).< /em>
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