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Overview

Matthew C. Posewitz is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broad fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Key subfields they focus on include Oceanography, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of specialized topics such as Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Their publication record includes contributions to prominent venues, notably:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Algal Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Plant Cell

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Matthew C. Posewitz encompass the following works:

  • Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for algal strain improvement: methodologies and applications, 2020, Algal Research
  • Picochlorum celeri as a model system for robust outdoor algal growth in seawater, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Genome editing using Cas9-RNA ribonucleoprotein complexes in the high-productivity marine alga Picochlorum celeri, 2020, Algal Research
  • Pigment modulation in response to irradiance intensity in the fast-growing alga Picochlorum celeri, 2021, Algal Research
  • Chlamydomonas mutants lacking chloroplast TRIOSE PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER3 are metabolically compromised and light sensitive, 2023, The Plant Cell

Matthew C. Posewitz collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jesse Traller
  • Pavlo Bohutskyi
  • Alex Beliaev
  • Anagha Krishnan
  • Devin A.J. Karns

Best Publications

  • Microalgal triacylglycerols as feedstocks for biofuel production: perspectives and advances

    Qiang Hu;Milton R. Sommerfeld;Eric E. Jarvis;Maria L. Ghirardi

  • Genetic Engineering of Algae for Enhanced Biofuel Production

    Randor Radakovits;Robert E. Jinkerson;Al Darzins;Matthew C. Posewitz

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • Immobilized Gallium(III) Affinity Chromatography of Phosphopeptides

    Matthew C. Posewitz;Paul Tempst

  • Aquatic phototrophs: efficient alternatives to land-based crops for biofuels

    G Charles Dismukes;Damian Carrieri;Nicholas Bennette;Gennady M Ananyev

  • Engineering algae for biohydrogen and biofuel production

    Laura L Beer;Eric S Boyd;John W Peters;Matthew C Posewitz

  • Draft genome sequence and genetic transformation of the oleaginous alga Nannochloropis gaditana.

    Randor Radakovits;Robert E. Jinkerson;Susan I. Fuerstenberg;Hongseok Tae

  • Discovery of two novel radical S-adenosylmethionine proteins required for the assembly of an active [Fe] hydrogenase.

    Matthew C. Posewitz;Paul W. King;Sharon L. Smolinski;Liping Zhang

  • Hydrogenases and hydrogen photoproduction in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms.

    Maria L. Ghirardi;Matthew C. Posewitz;Pin-Ching Maness;Alexandra Dubini

  • Cyanophora paradoxa Genome Elucidates Origin of Photosynthesis in Algae and Plants

    Dana C. Price;Cheong Xin Chan;Hwan Su Yoon;Hwan Su Yoon;Eun Chan Yang

  • Increased Lipid Accumulation in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii sta7-10 Starchless Isoamylase Mutant and Increased Carbohydrate Synthesis in Complemented Strains

    Victoria H. Work;Randor Radakovits;Robert E. Jinkerson;Jonathan E. Meuser

  • Maturation of hydrogenases.

    August Böck;Paul W. King;Melanie Blokesch;Matthew C. Posewitz

  • Ultrastructure and Composition of the Nannochloropsis gaditana Cell Wall

    Matthew J. Scholz;Taylor L. Weiss;Robert E. Jinkerson;Jia Jing

  • Functional Studies of [FeFe] Hydrogenase Maturation in an Escherichia coli Biosynthetic System

    Paul W. King;Matthew C. Posewitz;Maria L. Ghirardi;Michael Seibert

  • Anaerobic Acclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ANOXIC GENE EXPRESSION, HYDROGENASE INDUCTION, AND METABOLIC PATHWAYS

    Florence Mus;Alexandra Dubini;Alexandra Dubini;Michael Seibert;Matthew C. Posewitz;Matthew C. Posewitz

  • Expression of two [Fe]-hydrogenases in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under anaerobic conditions.

    Marc Forestier;Paul King;Liping Zhang;Matthew Posewitz

  • Insights into [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Structure, Mechanism, and Maturation

    David W. Mulder;Eric M. Shepard;Jonathan E. Meuser;Neelambari Joshi

  • Genetic engineering of fatty acid chain length in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    Randor Radakovits;Patrick M. Eduafo;Matthew C. Posewitz

  • Engineering Limonene and Bisabolene Production in Wild Type and a Glycogen-Deficient Mutant of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.

    Fiona K. Davies;Victoria H. Work;Alexander S. Beliaev;Matthew C. Posewitz

  • Novel metabolism in Chlamydomonas through the lens of genomics

    Arthur R Grossman;Martin Croft;Vadim N Gladyshev;Sabeeha S Merchant

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Seibert
Michael Seibert National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Maria L. Ghirardi
Maria L. Ghirardi National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Paul W. King
Paul W. King National Renewable Energy Laboratory
John W. Peters
John W. Peters Washington State University
Eric S. Boyd
Eric S. Boyd Montana State University
Dennis R. Winge
Dennis R. Winge University of Utah
G. Charles Dismukes
G. Charles Dismukes Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia

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