Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Supported by: anonymous donor
Mentor: Alfred Spormann, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering

Wayne's research involves using the qPCR technique for amplifying DNA to characterize expression of genes in methanogens involved in methane production. The potential large-scale application of his contribution to the Spormann lab's work is microbe cultures producing methane across the country that can be stored and used to fuel everything from airplanes to cars.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 27, 2014:

Inhibiting Methanogenesis from Carbon Monoxide in Methanosarcina acetivroans C2A to Enhance Acetate Formation

Wayne Sheu¹, Ann Lesnefsky², Alfred Spormann^1,2
[Departments of Chemical Engineering¹ and Civil Engineering², Stanford University]