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Clem Fortman

Postdoctoral Researcher
Office 262

Berkeley Center for Synthetic Biology
University of California, Berkeley
717 Potter Street
Berkeley, CA 94720-3224

510.495.2624
clembumstead@gmail.com

Current Research Projects

Terpene Indole Alkaloid Production

Research Summary

Engineer the production of strictosidine in the heterologous host Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Background

Education

Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Minnesota, 2006
B.S., Microbiology, University of Minnesota, 2000

Publications

1. Fortman, J. L. and Sherman, D. H. (2005). Utilizing the Power of Microbial Genetics to Bridge the Gap Between the Promise and Application of Marine Natural Products. ChemBioChem 6 (6): 960-978.

2. Fortman, J. L., Krista Jastrzembski, Teatulohi Matainaho, Brian J. Beck and David H. Sherman (2006) Streptomyces lohii sp. nov., a novel bafilomycin-producing actinomycete isolated from Papua New Guinea beach sand. International Journal of Systematic and Environmental Microbiology (In Revision).

3. Fortman, J. L. and Sherman, D. H. (2006). Cloning and characterization of the bafilomycin biosynthesis pathway from Streptomyces lohii . (In preparation)

Abstracts and Presentations

1. Fortman, J.L. 2003. Drugs from the Sea: Applied Microbiology can be fun, too (really). Invited seminar. University of Minnesota undergraduate microbiology club, Minneapolis, MN.

2. Fortman, J. L. 2004. Cloning and Characterization of the Lohiolide Biosynthesis Pathway from Streptomyces sp. CIT0036. Oral presentation. The Twenty-Fourth Annual Graduate Student Symposium in the Pharmacological Sciences and Biorelated Chemistry. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

3. Fortman, J. L., N. A. Magarvey and D. H. Sherman 2005. Something Old, Something New: Ongoing Studies of Marine Actinomycetes. Speaker. Society for Industrial Microbiology Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

4. Fortman, J. L. 2005. A Role for Genetic Engineering in Drug Discovery. Invited seminar. Ferris State University College of Pharmacy. Big Rapids, MI.