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Research
Latest papers
Iron-Containing Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Hyperthermophiles.
Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2026 · senior author
A novel alcohol dehydrogenase in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Hyperthermus butylicus.
mLife · 2024 · senior author
Molecular Characterization of the Iron-Containing Alcohol Dehydrogenase from the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Pseudothermotoga hypogea.
Microorganisms · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $160,000
Microbial Physiology of Alcohol and Hydrogen Production at High Temperatures
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Critical Addition of a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometer for the University of Waterloo Mass Spectrometry Facility
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
- $144,912
Upgrade of U of Waterloo's primary confocal microscope with state-of-the-art correlative microscopy for co-applicants in 11 departments
NSERC · 2015 · Co-investigator
31 publications.
Iron-Containing Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Hyperthermophiles.
Tse C, Ma K
A novel alcohol dehydrogenase in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Hyperthermus butylicus.
Tse C, Ma K
Molecular Characterization of the Iron-Containing Alcohol Dehydrogenase from the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Pseudothermotoga hypogea.
Hao L, Ayinla Z, Ma K
Characterization of Thermotoga neapolitana Alcohol Dehydrogenases in the Ethanol Fermentation Pathway.
Sha C, Wang Q, Wang H, Duan Y, Xu C, Wu L, Ma K, Shao W, Jiang Y
Thermostable and O2-Insensitive Pyruvate Decarboxylases from Thermoacidophilic Archaea Catalyzing the Production of Acetaldehyde.
Alharbi F, Knura T, Siebers B, Ma K
A novel bifunctional aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenase catalyzing reduction of acetyl-CoA to ethanol at temperatures up to 95 °C.
Wang Q, Sha C, Wang H, Ma K, Wiegle J, Abomohra AE, Shao W
Applications of Microbial β-Mannanases.
Dawood A, Ma K
Degradation of Perfluorooctane Sulfonamide by Acinetobacter Sp. M and Its Extracellular Enzymes.
Hao J, Wang P, Kang Y, He H, Luo H, Kim S, Niu L, Jiang H, Ma K
Draft Genome Sequences of Two Novel Cellulolytic Streptomyces Strains Isolated from South African Rhizosphere Soil
Adegboye MF, Lobb B, Babalola OO, Doxey AC, Ma K
Metagenomic Sequencing of Wastewater from a South African Research Farm
Lobb B, Adegoke AA, Ma K, Doxey AC, Aiyegoro OA
Microbial Physiology of Alcohol and Hydrogen Production at High Temperatures
Principal investigators: Ma, Kesen
Keywords: Biofuels production; Biomass conversion; Fermentation; Hyperthermophiles and extremophiles; Microbial biochemistry and enzymology; Microbial metabolism; Microbial physiology; Microbial prospecting; Production of bio-alcohols and bio-hydrogen; Thermostable enzymes
Critical Addition of a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometer for the University of Waterloo Mass Spectrometry Facility
Principal investigators: Gauthier, Mario
Upgrade of U of Waterloo's primary confocal microscope with state-of-the-art correlative microscopy for co-applicants in 11 departments
Principal investigators: Spafford, David
Microbial Physiology of Alcohol and Hydrogen Production at High Temperatures
Principal investigators: Ma, Kesen
Entry-level confocal microscope needed for 38 users in the Faculties of Science and Engineering at the University of Waterloo
Principal investigators: Spafford, David
Microbial cell culture facility for the production of recombinant proteins
Principal investigators: Charles, Trevor
Pilot testing of a novel alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme isolated from thermococcus guaymasensis
Principal investigators: Ma, Kesen
Alcohol and hydrogen metabolism of hyperthermophilic microorganisms
Principal investigators: Ma, Kesen
Optical sectioning microscopy upgrades for multi-user core facility
Principal investigators: Spafford, David
Temperature-controllable and oxygen-free french press system
Principal investigators: Ma, Kesen
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Andrew Doxey and Kesen Ma: 2 shared papers
- Kesen Ma and Wensheng Qin: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biology
- Medicine
- Biology
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