Costas Maranas

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Donald B. Broughton Professor, Chemical Engineering

Research Summary

Research interests include modeling/optimization of directed evolution protocols for protein engineering, optimization in metabolic engineering and bioinformatics, molecular and product design, and supply chain planning and scheduling.

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Recent Publications

De novo design and Rosetta-based assessment of high-affinity antibody variable regions (Fv) against the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain (RBD)

Boorla, V. S., Chowdhury, R., Ramasubramanian, R., Ameglio, B., Frick, R., Gray, J. J. & Maranas, C. D., Feb 2023, In: Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics. 91, 2, p. 196-208 13 p.

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Comparative study of two Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with kinetic models at genome-scale

Hu, M., Dinh, H. V., Shen, Y., Suthers, P. F., Foster, C. J., Call, C. M., Ye, X., Pratas, J., Fatma, Z., Zhao, H., Rabinowitz, J. D. & Maranas, C. D., Mar 2023, In: Metabolic engineering. 76, p. 1-17 17 p.

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EnZymClass: Substrate specificity prediction tool of plant acyl-ACP thioesterases based on ensemble learning

Banerjee, D., Jindra, M. A., Linot, A. J., Pfleger, B. F. & Maranas, C. D., Jan 2022, In: Current Research in Biotechnology. 4, p. 1-9 9 p.

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ML helps predict enzyme turnover rates

Boorla, V. S., Upadhyay, V. & Maranas, C. D., Aug 2022, In: Nature Catalysis. 5, 8, p. 655-657 3 p.

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Dissecting the metabolic reprogramming of maize root under nitrogen-deficient stress conditions

Chowdhury, N. B., Schroeder, W. L., Sarkar, D., Amiour, N., Quilleré, I., Hirel, B., Maranas, C. D. & Saha, R., Jan 5 2022, In: Journal of experimental botany. 73, 1, p. 275-291 17 p.

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Quantifying the propagation of parametric uncertainty on flux balance analysis

Dinh, H. V., Sarkar, D. & Maranas, C. D., Jan 2022, In: Metabolic engineering. 69, p. 26-39 14 p.

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Assessing the impact of substrate-level enzyme regulations limiting ethanol titer in Clostridium thermocellum using a core kinetic model

Foster, C., Boorla, V. S., Dash, S., Gopalakrishnan, S., Jacobson, T. B., Olson, D. G., Amador-Noguez, D., Lynd, L. R. & Maranas, C. D., Jan 2022, In: Metabolic engineering. 69, p. 286-301 16 p.

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Development and Validation of Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Detecting Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in Cattle, Swine, and Chicken

Gontu, A., Marlin, E. A., Ramasamy, S., Neerukonda, S., Anil, G., Morgan, J., Quraishi, M., Chen, C., Boorla, V. S., Nissly, R. H., Jakka, P., Chothe, S. K., Ravichandran, A., Kodali, N., Amirthalingam, S., Labella, L., Kelly, K., Natesan, P., Minns, A. M., Rossi, R. M., & 9 othersWerner, J. R., Hovingh, E., Lindner, S. E., Tewari, D., Kapur, V., Vandegrift, K. J., Maranas, C. D., Nair, M. S. & Kuchipudi, S. V., Jul 2022, In: Viruses. 14, 7, 1358.

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Multiple spillovers from humans and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer

Kuchipudi, S. V., Surendran-Nair, M., Ruden, R. M., Yon, M., Nissly, R. H., Vandegrift, K. J., Nelli, R. K., Li, L., Jayarao, B. M., Maranas, C. D., Levine, N., Willgert, K., Conlan, A. J. K., Olsen, R. J., Davis, J. J., Musser, J. M., Hudson, P. J. & Kapur, V., Feb 8 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 6, e2121644119.

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Functional Analysis of H+-Pumping Membrane-Bound Pyrophosphatase, ADP-Glucose Synthase, and Pyruvate Phosphate Dikinase as Pyrophosphate Sources in Clostridium thermocellum

Kuil, T., Hon, S., Yayo, J., Foster, C., Ravagnan, G., Maranas, C. D., Lynd, L. R., Olson, D. G. & van Maris, A. J. A., Feb 2022, In: Applied and environmental microbiology. 88, 4, e01857.

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Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels†

Lynd, L. R., Beckham, G. T., Guss, A. M., Jayakody, L. N., Karp, E. M., Maranas, C., McCormick, R. L., Amador-Noguez, D., Bomble, Y. J., Davison, B. H., Foster, C., Himmel, M. E., Holwerda, E. K., Laser, M. S., Ng, C. Y., Olson, D. G., Román-Leshkov, Y., Trinh, C. T., Tuskan, G. A., Upadhayay, V., & 3 othersVardon, D. R., Wang, L. & Wyman, C. E., Feb 9 2022, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 15, 3, p. 938-990 53 p.

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Metabolic engineering of Rhodotorula toruloides IFO0880 improves C16 and C18 fatty alcohol production from synthetic media

Schultz, J. C., Mishra, S., Gaither, E., Mejia, A., Dinh, H., Maranas, C. & Zhao, H., Dec 2022, In: Microbial Cell Factories. 21, 1, 26.

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Examining organic acid production potential and growth-coupled strategies in Issatchenkia orientalis using constraint-based modeling

Suthers, P. F. & Maranas, C. D., Sep 1 2022, In: Biotechnology progress. 38, 5, e3276.

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) Infection of Wild White-Tailed Deer in New York City

Vandegrift, K. J., Yon, M., Surendran Nair, M., Gontu, A., Ramasamy, S., Amirthalingam, S., Neerukonda, S., Nissly, R. H., Chothe, S. K., Jakka, P., LaBella, L., Levine, N., Rodriguez, S., Chen, C., Sheersh Boorla, V., Stuber, T., Boulanger, J. R., Kotschwar, N., Aucoin, S. G., Simon, R., & 14 othersToal, K. L., Olsen, R. J., Davis, J. J., Bold, D., Gaudreault, N. N., Dinali Perera, K., Kim, Y., Chang, K. O., Maranas, C. D., Richt, J. A., Musser, J. M., Hudson, P. J., Kapur, V. & Kuchipudi, S. V., Dec 2022, In: Viruses. 14, 12, 2770.

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Developmental changes in lignin composition are driven by both monolignol supply and laccase specificity

Zhuo, C., Wang, X., Docampo-Palacios, M., Sanders, B. C., Engle, N. L., Tschaplinski, T. J., Hendry, J. I., Maranas, C. D., Chen, F. & Dixon, R. A., Mar 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 10, eabm8145.

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