DR. ARGYRIOS MARGARITIS RESEARCH GROUP (2003-2004)
NAME	DEGREE	PROJECT TITLE
POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS
DR. G.E. ROWE	Ph.D.	Production of Bioinsecticides from Bacillus Thuringiensis kurstaki.
DR. S. BARGHI	Ph.D.	Hydrodynamics of Slurry Bubble Column and Chaos Analysis of Pressure Signals.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
E. PETERSEN	Ph.D.	The Effect of Wort Composition on Brewer's Yeast Metabolites and Fermentation Performance in a Continuous Gas Lift Bioreactor System.
Y. DAHMAN	Ph.D. (with JEP)	Development of Novel Thymine Functionalized Polystyrene Microspheres for Biomedical Applications.
P. KILONZO	Ph.D.	Production of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) Using r-DNA Saccharomyces cerevisiae in an Immobilized Cell Bioreactor System.
A. RICHARD	Ph.D.	Production and Characterization of Polyglutamic Acid Biopolymer for Biomedical Applications.
B. JAJUEE	Ph.D. (with DK)	Biotreatment of Diesel-Contaminated Water Using a Novel Soil Immobilized Cell Air-lift Bioreactor System.
S. ZHANG	Ph.D.	Kinetics of Cell Growth of Bacillus Thuringiensis israelensis and Bioinsecticide Production.
N. WEI	M.E.Sc.	Bioinsecticides Production from Bacillus Thuringiensis israelensis.
A. KERMANSHAHIPOUR	M.E.Sc. (with DK)	Kinetics of Immobilized Soil Bioreactor for Treatment of Diesel-Contaminated Ground Water.
H. JONES	M.E.Sc.	Development of Novel Beer Maturation Method for Flavor Control.
M. LY	M.E.Sc.	Extraction Kinetics of Cyclosporin A from Mycelia of Tolypocladium inflatum.
J. PATEL	M.E.Sc. (with GN)	Biological Nutrient Removal from Waste Water using a Modified Membrane Bioreactor System.
Y. GAO	M.E.Sc. (with AB)	Expression of Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin on the surface of E. Coli Using r-DNA Plasmid Techniques.
A. ZAKY	M.Sc. (with AL/LK)	Development of Phylogenic Tree Algorithms for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yeast Strains.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
J. BARFETT	B.Sc., M.D.	Microencapsulation of Myoblast Cells in Alginate Mirospheres for Medicinal applications. 4th year design project.
S. DODDS	B.E.Sc., B.Sc.(Genetics)	Yeast Flocculation Characteristics Using Atomic Force Microscopy.
M. LaBRIE	B.E.Sc.	Kinetics of Glucose Fermentation by Yeast Brettamomyces bruxellensis. 4th year design project.
S. PATEL	B.E.Sc.	Continuous Polyglutamic Acid Production from Bacillus subtilis. 4th year design project.
L. BROWN	B.E.Sc., B.A.	Literature Review on Production of Biopharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals from Transgenic Plants.
WORK STUDY
P. LEE	B.E.Sc.	Research Assistant
F. HERNANDEZ	B.E.Sc.	Research Assistant
A. STEINHOFF	B.Sc.	Research Assistant
RESEARCH PROJECTS AVAILABLE
1. PRODUCTION OF IMMUNOSUPRESSANT DRUG CYCLOSPORIN A FROM TOLYPOLLADIUM INFLATUM
2. SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE EXTRACTION OF CYCLOSPORIN A FROM TOLYPOLLADIUM INFLATUM
3. EXTRACTION OF PHYTOPHARMACENUTICALS FROM TRANSGENIC PLANTS (TOBACCO, CORN)
4. MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PRODUCTION USING IMMOBILIZED MAMMALIAN CELLS
5. BIOINSECTICIDE PRODUCTION