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| Contributor(s) | Doraiswami Ramkrishna Purdue University, West Lafayette |
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| Abstract | Modeling metabolism has been generally based on the numerous
cellular reactions to be in steady state with respect to the
external fluxes on the cell boundary. The essence of this
"steady state" approach is the identification of all the
reaction rates (fluxes), both external and internal to the cell,
that together constitute metabolism. The steady state is
expressed by homogeneous algebraic equations that must be solved
to obtain the reaction rates. There are many more reactions than
species in metabolic systems resulting in a gross imbalance
between the number of unknowns and the number of equations.
Flux balance approaches have dealt with this circumstance by seeking to identify fluxes that are experimentally accessible, a strategy that continues to grow in scope (such as by the systematic use of isotopic tracers), as a means to enable estimation of other fluxes that are not accessible. Resolution of the indeterminacy, however, has depended on fortification with additional conceptual tools such as maximizing the biomass yield. Regulatory processes, which are a vital component of metabolism in that they determine what reactions are in fact active in metabolism, are not an explicit aspect of flux balance approaches. A rational framework for modeling metabolism must accommodate the prediction of all fluxes and in particular the external fluxes which must reflect the consequences of metabolic regulation. Such a framework is therefore forced to address regulatory processes in a comprehensive way. In this regard, the cybernetic modeling concept[1] developed by our research group, that has been evolving since the early eighties, has progressively accommodated features of regulation that have not been within the scope of other modeling approaches. This seminar will focus on an exposition of this framework and its successes together with an assessment of its promise in large scale metabolic modeling and metabolic engineering. |
| Biography | Professor Ramkrishna has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Minnesota in 1965. Currently he is the Harry Creighton Peffer Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering. Professor Ramkrishna's research group is motivated by ideas in the application of mathematics to solving problems in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering. Their research ideas arise from linear (operator methods) and nonlinear analysis of ordinary and partial differential equations, stochastic processes, and population balance modeling involving integro-partial differential equations. Current research is on the development of a dynamic framework for metabolic engineering using cybernetic models with a view towards applications to the production of bio-fuels such as ethanol from biomass, development of population balance models for the evolution of crystal forms in crystallizers, and in modeling cancer therapy with specific focus on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He also has over 200 research paper publications and two books. |
| Credits | Funding support by the NSF GOALI program (BES-0000961) and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. |
| Sponsored by | Computer Research Institute (CRI) Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM) |
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| Date posted | 04 Jan, 2007 |
| Time | 04:00 PM, November 29, 2006 |
| Location | HASS 111 |
| Type | Online Presentations |
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