In this talk, I show the critical part that managers, supervisors, administrators, and teachers play in achieving an effective lab safety program. About the presentation Chemists and chemical engineers have been confronted in recent years with the news of major advances in genetic engineering, the manipulation of microbial, plant, and animal genetic material by recombinant DNA techniques. The answer is that this in fact is very feasible. Chemists have a great appreciation of how molecules work, which is necessary for an understanding of how cells and enzymes should behave after being subjected to mutagenesis. In addition, they have a superior feel for analytical techniques, which are central to all these advances.
Chemical engineers have little difficulty picking up the ability to conduct biological research.
In addition, their ability to kinetically characterize the resulting microbial cells and enzymes that up to now are the chief products of genetic engineering research are equal or superior to that of any other discipline. This talk is a simple explanation, using the enzyme glucoamylase as an example, of what can be done with genetic engineering and where it is going to take us in the future. About Dr. Reilly Peter J. Reilly, a New Jersey native, received an A.B. in chemistry in 1960 from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1964 from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Reilly's research interests are in the areas of enzyme and carbohydrate technology and utilization of agricultural byproducts, specifically in the enzymmatic hydrolysis of starch and cellulosics and in sugar chromatography. He coordinates Iowa State University's exchange programs with the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and with the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.