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James Ferry
Pennsylvania State University
Biography
James (Greg) Ferry obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois and postdoctoral training at the University of Georgia after which he accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Anaerobic Microbiology of Virginia Tech. After achieving the rank of Professor, he moved to Penn State with the title of Stanley Person Professor. There, he founded the Center for Microbial Structural Biology and is a charter member of the Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (PSARC). His research interests are in the areas of enzymology, molecular biology and physiology of anaerobic microbes from the domain Archaea with a focus on ancient energy-yielding pathways and adaptation to oxidative stress.
Selected Publications
Kumar, A. K., N. H. Yennawar, H. P. Yennawar and J. G. Ferry. 2011. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a novel plant-type FTR-like protein from Methanosarcina acetivorans. Acta Crystallographica Section F 67:775-778.
Kumar, V. K., J. G. Ferry and C. D. Maranas. 2011. Metabolic reconstruction of the archaeon methanogen Methanosarcina acetivorans. BMC Systems Biology 5:28.
Ferry, J. G. 2010. The Chemical Biology of Methanogenesis. Planetary and Space Science. 58:1775-1783.
Ferry, J.G. 2010. How to Make a Living Exhaling Methane. Annual Reviews of Microbiology 64:453-473.
Current Projects
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2014 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2013 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2012 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2012 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2011 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2011 NAI
- Minerals to Enzymes: The Path to CO Dehydrogenase/Acetyl – CoA Synthase — 2011 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2010 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2010 NAI
- Minerals to Enzymes: The Path to CO Dehydrogenase/Acetyl – CoA Synthase — 2010 NAI
- Developing New Biosignatures — 2009 NAI
- Biosignatures in Relevant Microbial Ecosystems — 2009 NAI
- Ferry Report — 2008 NAI
- Oxygen Metabolism and Oxidatie Stress in Anaerobic Microorganisms (Ferry) — 2006 NAI
- Laboratory Microbial Simulations: Astrobiological Signatures — 2004 NAI
- Geopulse — 2004 NAI
- Exploration for Life in the Solar System — 2003 NAI
- Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways — 2003 NAI
- Exploration for Life in the Solar System — 2003 NAI
- Genomic Evolution and the Tree of Life — 2002 NAI
- Biochemistry of Archaea and Bacteria: Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways — 2002 NAI
- Biochemistry of Archaea and Bacteria: Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways — 2001 NAI
- Astrobiology at UCLA: An Intergrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education — 2001 NAI
- Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways - Ferry 1 — 2000 NAI
- Enzymes of Ancient Metabolic Pathways - Ferry 2 — 2000 NAI
- Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach — 2000 NAI
- Astrobiology at UCLA: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
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Publications
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Ferry, J. G. (2010). CO in methanogenesis. Annals of Microbiology, 60(1), 1–12. doi:10.1007/s13213-009-0008-5
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Ferry, J. G. (2010). How to Make a Living by Exhaling Methane. Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 64(1), 453–473. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.112408.134051
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Ferry, J. G. (2010). The chemical biology of methanogenesis. Planetary and Space Science, 58(14-15), 1775–1783. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2010.08.014
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Hazen, R. M., Bekker, A., Bish, D. L., Bleeker, W., Downs, R. T., Farquhar, J., … Valley, J. W. (2011). Needs and opportunities in mineral evolution research. American Mineralogist, 96(7), 953–963. doi:10.2138/am.2011.3725
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