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<div class="" style="margin:0px; font-family:Times"><font size="4" class="">Jean-François Hamel, PhD</font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class="">Proposed Summer Energy UROP Project<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class="">(deadline for direct
MITEI funding is April 8th)</font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12pt"></span>
<div class="" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"><span class="" style="font-size:12pt; line-height:18.399999618530273px">Biological approaches for improving CO<sub class="">2</sub><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>capture, and production
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<div class="" style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Overall Objective:</div>
The project focuses on the study of</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""><span class="" style="font-size:12pt"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>the effect of nutrients and algae culture conditions (e.g., illumination profile) on
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Proposed Summer<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" class="">Biotech<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></font>UROP Project<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">(deadline
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<div class="" style="margin:0px"><font size="3" class="">Production of isotopically-enriched serum albumin for biomedical research using<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Pichia</i></font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0px"><font size="3" class="">The project focuses on the development and optimization of the substrate yield of a novel process</font></div>
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