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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering Dec 2006
Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Iowa State University, Ames, IA

M. S., Chemical Engineering, Nov 2003
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Iowa State University, Ames, IA

B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, July 2000
University Inst. of Chemical Technology,
University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India


Tel: 732-445-7061
Email: vvidyaiyer@gmail.com

Research Interests

I am interested in the areas of metabolic engineering and systems biology towards exploring biological networks. I graduated with my Ph.D in 2006 from Iowa State University from Dr. Jackie Shanks lab. My work involved using 13C metabolic flux analysis towards understanding carbon partitioning towards protein and oil in soybean cotyledons. In particular the emphasis was on studying the response of central carbon metabolism of developing soybeans to two parameters: temperature and genotype. Currently, my work involves employing metabolic flux analysis to investigate hepatocyte metabolism.


Publications

1. Iyer VV, Studham M, Fulton DB, Westgate ME, Wurtele ES, Shanks JV (2007) Insights into carbon regulation responsible for increased protein production in specific soybean genotypes using metabolic flux analysis?(In preparation).
2. Iyer VV, Sriram G, Fulton DB, Zhou R, Westgate ME, Shanks JV (2007) Metabolic flux maps comparing the effect of temperature on protein and oil biosynthesis in developing soybean cotyledons?(In preparation).
3. Sriram G, Iyer VV, Fulton DB, Shanks JV (2007) Identification of hexose hydrolysis products in metabolic flux analytes: A case study of levulinic acid in plant protein hydrolysate? Metabolic Engineering (Accepted, In press).
4. Iyer VV, Sriram G, Shanks JV (2007) Metabolic Flux Maps of Central Carbon Metabolism in Plant Systems Isotope Labeling Analysis.?In B. J. Nikolau and E. S. Wurtele, Eds. Concepts in Plant Metabolomics, Springer Publishers.
5. Sriram G, Fulton DB, Iyer VV, Peterson JM, Westgate ME, Spalding MH, Shanks JV (2004) Quantification of Compartmented Metabolic Fluxes in Developing Soybean (Glycine max) Embryos by Employing Biosynthetically Directed Fractional 13C Labeling, 2-D [13C, 1H] NMR and Comprehensive Isotopomer Balancing? Plant Physiology, 136: 3043:3057.
6. Iyer VV, Sriram G., Fulton DB, Westgate ME, Spalding MH, Shanks JV (2002) development of NMR Tools to Obtain Metabolic Flux Maps for Soybean Seeds? In PJ Reilly, ed, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium, October 5, 2002, Ames, IA, pp 83-90.

Presentations

1. Iyer VV, Studham M, Westgate ME, Wurtele ES, Shanks JV Metabolic flux analysis on soybean isolines with different seed compositions? Annual meeting of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov 4-9, 2007.
2. Iyer VV, Sriram G, Fulton DB, Zhou R, Westgate ME, Shanks JV Understanding Temperature Effects on Sucrose Metabolism in Developing Soybean Embryos Using Metabolic Flux Analysis? 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, Mar 13-17, 2005.
3. Iyer VV, Sriram G, Fulton DB, Zhou R, Westgate ME, Shanks JV Metabolic Flux Analysis of Sucrose Metabolism into Protein, Oil and Starch in Soybean Seeds? Poster at the 6th Annual Plant Sciences Institute Symposium, Ames, IA, June 3-6, 2004.
4. Iyer VV, Sriram G, Westgate ME, Shanks JV development of NMR Tools to Obtain Metabolic Flux maps for Soybean Seeds? Annual meeting of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, CA, Nov 16-21, 2003.
5. Sriram G, Iyer VV, Zhou R, Fulton DB, Westgate ME, Spalding MH, Shanks JV Metabolic Flux Analysis of Sucrose Metabolism into Protein, Oil and Starch in Soybean Seeds? Annual meeting of American Society of Agronomy, Denver, CO, Nov 2-6, 2003.
6. Iyer VV, Sriram G, Fulton DB, Westgate ME, Spalding MH, Shanks JV development of NMR Tools to Obtain Metabolic Flux maps for Soybean Seeds? 32nd Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium, Ames, IA, Oct 05, 2002.

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