Research Activities

The objective of the PhytoMetaSyn Project is to determine the metabolic pathways of selected plants by which the plants produce high value added metabolites and reproduce these pathways in the common yeast cell such that the yeast cells produce the same compounds.

www.phytometasyn.ca

The NSERC Bioconversion Network is a leading Canadian R&D Network in lignocellulosic biomass conversion to fuel ethanol and valuable industrial chemicals.

www.nsercbioconversion.net

Concordia University is participating in iGEM: the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition.

http://igemconcordia.webs.com/projects

Nawwaf Kharma*, Luc Varin**, Ming Y. Sun**
*Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, **Biology Department, Concordia University

The objective of this project is to realize a programmable logic device (or PLD) in E. coli. In abstract terms, a PLD is a computing machine that is capable of implementing any one of a number of logical functionalities. As a first step, our cell will have the ability to execute any one of 16 different combinatorial logic functions, having two inputs.

Nawwaf Kharma*, Luc Varin**, Imad Hoteit*
*Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, **Biology Department, Concordia University

The objective of this project is to design and simulate novel sequential computing devices, made of networks of genes. The purpose of the simulation is to provide evidence that the devices will perform as expected if they are made of the particular genes described. We have, in fact, concluded the simulation and furthermore, identified limits on the type of genes (and gene parts) that could be used in implementing our proposed devices.