Biotechnology Training Program
Doctoral Studies Funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Nathaniel Kuch

Position title: Integrated Program in Biochemistry

Email: nkuch@wisc.edu

Advisor
Brian Fox
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Current Research

Identifying and Screening Glycoside Hydrolases to Improve Ethanol Production

My project focuses on identifying and screening glycoside hydrolases for use in lactic acid bacteria to allow conversion of a wider range of polysaccharides into ehtanol.  The focus so far has been on enzymes with exo-xylanase activity, as well as developing new methodologies for determining enzyme activity, specificity, and kinetics.