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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span class="markxdywov0hp"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F4E79">CMDB</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1F4E79">/GGB/MCBL
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#BF9000">Winter 2022</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5597">Dr. Kevin V. Solomon</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#201F1E">University of Delaware</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">|</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">"Domesticating anaerobic fungi for direct biomanufacturing from renewable plant biomass</span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#201F1E">”</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#C55A11">Wednesday, January 19th, 2022</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> Time:</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> 12:00 – 12:50 p.m.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Presented via Zoom</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/94383581111?pwd=MDdEMzBLQzNHM2xOMmdFaHNIR0F5Zz09" target="_blank">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/94383581111?pwd=MDdEMzBLQzNHM2xOMmdFaHNIR0F5Zz09</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Meeting ID:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> 943 8358 1111</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Passcode:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> 130476</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">UCR <span class="marki2je60scg">Faculty</span> Host:</span></b> Dr. <span style="color:#201F1E">Ian Wheeldon</span><span style="color:black"> (</span><span style="color:#2F5597">ian.wheeldon@ucr.edu</span><span style="color:#201F1E">)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#201F1E">Abstract: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#201F1E">Microbial chemical factories are sustainable biomanufacturing platforms that complement traditional petrochemical industries
by using renewable feedstocks. However, there are few economical methods to convert plant biomass into sugars that can be more readily used by existing microbial platforms without the production of toxic byproducts. An alternative strategy is the use of non-model
microbes that are adapted to the direct use of crude, untreated biomass and engineer these microbes for biomanufacturing. In my lab, we focus on one such class of organisms, early-diverging anaerobic fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota), due to their robust
degradation of untreated plant feedstocks in the herbivore digestive tract and their novel biosynthetic capabilities. In my talk, I highlight progress towards genetic and epigenetic tools for control and optimization of anaerobic fungal function and describe
approaches to deploy anaerobic fungi today for direct production of fragrances and solvents from untreated feedstocks. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#111111">Dr. Kevin Solomon is an Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
from McMaster University (Canada), an MS in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. His work focuses on identifying and developing environmental microbes, microbiomes and that are well-adapted for applications in
sustainability, materials, and health. He has received several research, teaching, and service awards including a US Department of Energy Early Career Award in 2019, an NSF CAREER Award in 2022, and an Outstanding Faculty Award from Purdue Residences in 2018.
He has provided expert testimony before the 116<sup>th</sup> US House of Representatives on the convergence of engineering and biology and has coauthored technology roadmaps for engineering biology. He has also been featured in Forbes magazine. Dr. Solomon’s
work is supported by the NSF, DOE, NIH, private trusts and industry.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#111111"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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