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Yuta Inaba successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled "Engineering Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans for metal corrosion and recovery".  Yuta is the 17th PhD student graduating from the Banta Lab.  Congratulations Dr. Inaba!

Professor Banta has received a new equipment award from the Army Research Office (ARO) through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP).  The award will allow for the purchase of a new state-of-the-art multi-mode microplate reader along with an automated plate handling system.  

Professor Banta was chosen to present the Area 15C (Bioengineering) Plenary Award Lecture at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, which was held virtually this year.  The Plenary Award Lecture was entitled "Adventures in the Engineering of Oxidoreductase Enzymes".