UCSF → School of Pharmacy → Information for Current Students → Calendars → Calendars for 2011-2012 → Pathway Declaration Calendar 2011-2012This calendar applies to the 2nd-year pathway declaration process.
Declarations Due |
January 9, Monday |
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Interview Sign-ups |
January 11 to 12, Wednesday to Thursday |
Interviews |
January 24 to 27, Tuesday to Friday |
Decisions Announced |
February 3, Friday |
Appeal Deadline |
February 10, Friday |
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Genetically engineered yeast grow in the lab of UCSF School of Pharmacy synthetic biologist Christopher Voigt, PhD
Using tools from synthetic biology, Voigt's lab group programmed the DNA of yeast to produce a chemical precursor molecule of gasoline from biomass and salt. The precursor is methyl halide, and the gasoline derived from it through catalytic conversion is chemically indistinguishable from that produced from petroleum. Methyl halides have been extensively explored as intermediates for the conversion of natural gas to gasoline, but until Voigt's research, they had been completely overlooked as potential building blocks from biomass.
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