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='''Welcome to Mike Speer's User Page'''=
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[[Image:hikingshasta.jpg|right|frame|alt=Small red sign with Burma Shave logo, near a fence in a field]]
[[Image:hikingshasta.jpg|thumb|right|Me hiking up Mt. Shasta.  6AM at tree-line.]]
[[Image:mikesorganick.jpg|200px|right|My Golf-Disc Recycling Enterprise]]  
[[Image:mikesorganick.jpg|thumb|right|My golf-disc recycling enterprise. Look for this stencil on the bottom of your discs.  If it's there, then the disc was once in my possession and before that it was probably at the bottom of a water hazard.]]
 
 
==Contact Information==
==Contact Information==
*The best way to reach me is by email: '''mas853'''at'''psu'''dot'''edu'''
*The best way to reach me is by email: '''mas853'''at'''psu'''dot'''edu'''
*Phone (801) 471 - 4870.
*Phone (641) 471 - 4870.


==Research Info==
==Research Info==
===In Progress===
 
I currently live in Iowa, where I work for Cargill doing fermentation research.
 
===Graduate Work===
*'''Development of a Silage Inoculant for Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass'''.
*'''Development of a Silage Inoculant for Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass'''.
**Production of heterologous proteins in ''Lactobacillus plantarum''.
**Production of heterologous proteins in ''Lactobacillus plantarum''.
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===General Information===
===General Information===
*I graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Biological Systems Engineering in 2007.
*I graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Biological Systems Engineering in 2007.
*I'm currently a PhD student at Penn State University in the [[Richard Lab]].
*I was a PhD student at Penn State University in the [[Richard Lab]].
*My wife's name is Colleen.
*I've got a wife and some kids.  They're all great.


===Hobbies===
===Hobbies===
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#Bicycles
#Bicycles
#Metalurgy
#Metalurgy
#Disc Sports
#Disc Sports (ultimate and frolf)
#Art
#Art
#Sailing
#Editing [[Richard_Lab:protocols | Protocols]]
#Editing [[Richard_Lab:protocols | Protocols]]
====Hobbies I used to have, but can't do anymore because I live in Pennsylvania====
====Hobbies I used to have, but can't do anymore because I live in Iowa====
#Windsurfing
#Windsurfing
#Skiing (on real mountains)
#Skiing (on real mountains)
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===Sites for Research===
===Sites for Research===
*[[Richard Lab]]
*[[Richard Lab]]
*[http://www.attotron.com/cybertory/analysis/seqMassager.htm The best sequence editing tool EVER!!!]
*[http://partsregistry.org/Main_Page The Parts Registry]
*[http://partsregistry.org/Main_Page The Parts Registry]
*[http://www.finnzymes.fi/tm_determination.html Tm Calculator]
*[http://www.finnzymes.fi/tm_determination.html Tm Calculator]
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*[http://www.npr.org/ NPR]
*[http://www.npr.org/ NPR]
*[http://rvwa.com/ Rio Vista Windsurfing Association]
*[http://rvwa.com/ Rio Vista Windsurfing Association]
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Revision as of 19:39, 8 September 2013

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Welcome to Mike Speer's User Page

Me hiking up Mt. Shasta. 6AM at tree-line.
My golf-disc recycling enterprise. Look for this stencil on the bottom of your discs. If it's there, then the disc was once in my possession and before that it was probably at the bottom of a water hazard.


Contact Information

  • The best way to reach me is by email: mas853atpsudotedu
  • Phone (641) 471 - 4870.

Research Info

I currently live in Iowa, where I work for Cargill doing fermentation research.

Graduate Work

  • Development of a Silage Inoculant for Biological Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass.
    • Production of heterologous proteins in Lactobacillus plantarum.
      • Xylanases
      • Ferulic Acid Esterases
      • Laccases
    • Determination of ideal enzyme secretion levels based on a balance between production and survival
      • Optimization of endogenous beneficial enzymes (not regulated under TSCA)
    • Development of conditionally active expression/secretion systems for lactobacillus
    • Determination of optimal inoculation ratios between two recombinant species
    • Development of Aerobic/Anaerobic storage pretreatment strategies

Please check out our Protocols page for more information on exactly what I do.

Publications

  • Expect great things Spring 2011

Teaching

  • Taught ASM 221 in Fall 2010
    • This is basically a broad engineering course for non-engineers
    • Topics included:
      • Circuits
      • Statics
      • Mechanics of Materials
      • Fluid Dynamics
      • Thermodynamics
    • It was a great time

Other Stuff

General Information

  • I graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Biological Systems Engineering in 2007.
  • I was a PhD student at Penn State University in the Richard Lab.
  • I've got a wife and some kids. They're all great.

Hobbies

  1. Hiking
  2. Bicycles
  3. Metalurgy
  4. Disc Sports (ultimate and frolf)
  5. Art
  6. Sailing
  7. Editing Protocols

Hobbies I used to have, but can't do anymore because I live in Iowa

  1. Windsurfing
  2. Skiing (on real mountains)

Useful Websites

Sites for Research

Other Sites I think are Cool

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