Texas A & M University

Bioremediation & Applied Biotechnology Laboratory

College Station, Texas 77843-3122
 
 
Thomas K. Wood
                                                 His Lab
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Biology
& T. Michael O’Connor II Endowed Chair

Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1991
B.S.Ch.E., University of Kentucky, 1985

Telephone : (979) 862-1588
FAX: (979) 845-6446
E-mail: thomas.wood@chemail.tamu.edu

Home of ODEG and CCURB

image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) ODEG — Oxygenase Directed Evolution Group

image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) CCURB — Corrosion Control Using Regenerative Biofilms

Post-Doctoral & Graduate Positions Available

Post-Doctoral and graduate positions now available at new endowed position at Texas A & M University. Areas include NIH- and ARO-supported biofilm projects, NSF-funded enzyme evolution projects (oxygenases and epoxide hydrolases), as well as A & M funded projects in areas deemed intellectually stimulating.

Recent News:
  • Prof. Wood honored with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Bioengineering Plenary Award (2007)
  • Dr. Toshinari Maeda obtained the tenure-track faculty position at Kyushu Institute of Technology (2007).

  • Dr. Lee, Dr. García-Contreras, and Dr. Zhang obtained the first biofilm protein crystal structure for AriR, formerly YmgB (J. Mol. Biol. 373:11-26, 2007)

  • Dr. Maeda and Miss Sanchez-Torres created the best bacterium for producing hydrogen (Microbial Biotechnol, on-line, 2007)

  • Mr. Attila and Dr. Ueda performed the first rhizosphere microarray study and discover seven virulence genes (Microbial Biotechnol, on-line, 2007)
Science Outreach:
Research Interests:

  • Evolving bidirectional hydrogenases for hydrogen production

  • Discovering the genetic basis of biofilm formation and of plant-derived biofilm inhibitors

  • Evolving both bacterial monooxygenases and dioxygenases for bioremediation and green chemical synthesis (using the combinatorial method of directed evolution)

  • Metabolic engineering of bacteria for the degradation of chlorinated ethenes and other pollutants (e.g., adding glutathione S-transferases and evolved epoxide hydrolases to reduce the toxicity of chlorinated epoxides)

  • Engineering biofilms for corrosion inhibition and other applications

  • Bioremediating chlorinated ethenes and metals using engineered bacteria in the rhizosphere (via poplar root biofilms)

  • Creating a green chemistry approach to remediating metal lubricants using thermophilic bacteria

Other highlights:

 

image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Publications

image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Bio-Hydrogen: Electrical Fan Powered by our Engineered E. coli

image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Enzymes for Biocatalysis (Movies) Created by the Wood Group

image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Biofilm Architecture Movies

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image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Curriculum Vitae
image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Current Researchers
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image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Former Postdoctoral Researchers

image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Wood Postdoctoral Researchers and Graduate Students with Tenure-Track Academic Appointments (Bailey-ites)

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image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) Course Work
image/ball.gif (1668 bytes) "DNA Shuffle: An Interpretive Dance"

      OR "It don't mean a thing if you aint got that SCREEN"
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