Scott Banta

Check out our new paper just published in Angewandte in collaboration with Battelle where we used Phage Assisted Continuous Evolution (PACE) to evolve a new peptide for rare earth element (REE) bioseparations. doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Really excited about our new breakthrough in copper metal bioleaching: CRISPR/dCas12a knock-down of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans electron transport chain bc1 complexes enables enhanced metal sulfide bioleaching - Journal of Biological Chemistry jbc.org/article/S0021-…

Enzyme Engineering by Force! In new work by Gokulu and Banta in @ACSSynBio we show that DNA springs can be used to stretch open an enzymatic active site to alter substrate specificity. doi.org/10.1021/acssyn…

New #ACSEditorsChoice by Jung at al in @JACS_Au. Engineered protein expressed in bioleaching cells for critical metal ion binding.

'Overexpression of a Designed Mutant Oxyanion Binding Protein ModA/WtpA in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans for the Low pH Recovery of Molybdenum and Rhenium' from @JACS_Au is currently free to read as an #ACSEditorsChoice. 📖 Access the full article: go.acs.org/ajN

Excited to share new work from the Banta lab by Farid Khoury and Zihang Su in @InorgChem where we have characterized a beta roll peptide domain for rare earth element separation - works at low pH! doi.org/10.1021/acs.in…

Congratulations to Dr. Ipek Simay Gokulu for successfully defending her thesis "Engineering Enzymatic Modulation Platforms for Biomolecular Applications”. 21st PhD from the Banta Lab!

Ever thought about the connections between ChemE and food? Chris Chen at @CUSEAS and his collaborators talk about a cool hands-on, food-inspired lab in the latest issue of CEE, part of our @ChESS_2022 Special Issue! Get it ahead-of-print at journals.flvc.org/cee/index

Please join us for wine and dessert at 8pm on Monday evening in the Plaza International Ballroom F in the Hyatt at #AIChEAnnual !

New work in collaboration with Castaldi Lab @CCNYChemicalEng describes the engineering of biomining bacteria to bind and sequester copper from waste materials. doi.org/10.1021/acsest…

New article by @ProfScottBanta ! Embracing Inhibitions: Here we engineered a formate dehydrogenase to use the inhibitor 3-NADP(H) as a functional cofactor academic.oup.com/peds/article-a…

Congratulations to Dr. Salomon Vainstein for successfully defending his thesis "Engineering Formate Dehydrogenase Enzymatic Activity for Non-Canonical Cofactors Through Rational Design”. 20th PhD from the Banta Lab!

Our fantastic REU students Steven Martinez and Irene Sarro finished up their work this week. Great job and best of luck!

Banta Lab Group Summer BBQ 2023! Brisket, Ribs, Volleyball, Ping Pong, and Pool time.

Excited to share our new work by Dr. Emma Willett in @ACSSynBio where we designed a synthetic metabolic pathway for ATP regeneration powered by cheap fuel oxidation doi.org/10.1021/acssyn…

Post-Doctoral Research Opportunity We are seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher with experience in protein engineering. To apply, please send a curriculum vitae and the names of three references via email to: Dr. Scott Banta, sbanta@columbia.edu.

Protein enables better lanthanide separations cen.acs.org/analytical-che… via @cenmag

@CotruvoLab Beautiful work Joey! Congratulations!

And thank you to @ProfScottBanta for the very nice writeup in his News and Views piece! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Second, just out in @Nature: biochemistry + structure + separations = showing for the first time how biology discriminates between light and heavy rare earths, using a new lanmodulin. @psu_chemistry @doescience @CMI_hub @NSF nature.com/articles/s4158…

This protein can do something amazing – read all about it in this terrific N&V by @ProfScottBanta go.nature.com/3C5fjQw