User:Michael A. Speer

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Welcome to Mike Speer's User Page

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

My Golf-Disc Recycling Enterprise

Contact Information

• The best way to reach me is by email: mas853@psu.edu
• Phone (801) 471 - 4870.

Research Info

• 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
  • 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

General Information

• 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.
• My wife's name is Colleen and we have been married since 2006

Hobbies

1. hiking
2. Bicycles
3. metalurgy
4. Disc Sports
5. Art
6. Editing Protocols

Hobbies I used to do but can't because Pennsylvania is lame

1. Windsurfing
2. Skiing (on real mountains)

Useful Sites for Research

• Richard Lab
• The Parts Registry
• Tm Calculator
• RBS Calculator
• Reverse Complement Generator
• NCBI

Other Sites I think are Cool

• Backyard Metal Casting
• Prometheus' Encyclopedia of Divine Knowledge
• State College Disc Sports
• Librivox
• NPR
• Rio Vista Windsurfing Association