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David B Wilson

Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • agricultural biotechnology
  • biochemistry
  • biodiversity
  • biotechnology
  • evolution
  • genomics
  • microbiology
  • molecular biology
  • new life sciences
  • proteomics
  • toxicology

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

My research has focused on plant cell wall degrading enzymes, trying to study their structure-functional relationships, with a goal to engineer more active enzymes using rational design. I have also been working on the genomics of cellulolytic bacteria and have helped with the sequencing of the genomes of five of them. Currently, I am involved in the effort to develop a major center in bioenergy research at Cornell.

Educational Background

  • B.A., Harvard, 1961
  • Ph.D., Biochemistry, Stanford Medical School, 1966
  • Postdoctoral work, Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1966-67

Research Grants

  • THE EFFECT OF CELLULOSE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND SOLID-STATE MORPHOLOGY ON THE ACTIVITY OF CELLULASES.
  • RENEWALL GRANT AND CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT
  • UNDERSTANDING THE RATE LIMITING STEPS OF CELLULASE ACTION ON PRE-TREATED BIOMASS
  • ARTIFICIAL CELLLULOSOME VERSUS FREE CELLULASE SYSTEM
  • STUDIES OF THE GENETIC REGULATION OF THERMOBIFIDA CELLULASES.: STUDIES OF THE GENETIC REGULATION OF THE THERMONOMONOSPORA FUSCA CELLULASES
  • ARTIFICIAL CELLULOSOME VERSUS FREE CELLULASE SYSTEM