Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Assistant Professor

3051 Sweeney Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2230

Phone (515) 294-2319
Fax (515) 294-2689

ljarboeiastate.edu

Education
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florida, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science/Florida Center for Renewable Fuels and Chemicals, 2006-2008
PhD, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006
BS, Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering Certificate, University of Kentucky, 2000

Teaching/Office Hour Schedule

Research Interests

- bacterial antibiotic resistance
- nitric oxide response elements in E. coli
- biobased production of commodity products

Selected Recent Publications

X. Zhang, L. Jarboe, K. T. Shanmugam, and L. O. Ingram, "Synthetic Biology Review," (invited) Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology (in preparation 2009).

E. N. Miller, L. R. Jarboe, P. C. Turner, P. Pharkya, L. P. Yomano, S. W. York, K. T. Shanmugam, and L. O. Ingram, "Furfural Inhibits Growth by Limiting Sulfur Assimilation in Ethanologenic Escherichia coli strain LY180," (submitted 2009).  

X. Zhang, K. Jantama, J. C. Moore,  L. Jarboe, K. T. Shanmugam, and L. O. Ingram, "Metabolic Evolution of Energy-conserving Pathways for Succinate Production in Escherichia coli," (submitted 2009). 

E. N. Miller, L. R. Jarboe, L. P. Yomano, S. W. York, K. T. Shanmugam, and L. O. Ingram, "Silencing of NADPH-dependent Oxidoreductases (yqhD and dkgA) in Furfural-Resistant Ethanologenic Escherichia coli," Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(13), 4315-4323 (2009).

L. R. Jarboe, D. R. Hyduke, and J. C. Liao.  “Systems Approaches to Unraveling Nitric Oxide Response Networks in Prokaryotes,” Nitric Oxide (2nd Ed) Ed. L. Ignarro.  Elsevier (in press 2009).

G. W. Luli, L. R. Jarboe, and L. O. Ingram, "The Development of Ethanologenic Bacteria for Fuel Ethanol Production," Bioenergy, 129-137 (2008).

L. R. Jarboe, D. R. Hyduke, L. M. Tran, K. J. Y. Chou, and J. C. Liao, "Determination of the Escherichia coli S-nitrosoglutathione Response Network using Integrated Biochemical and Systems Analysis," Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(8), 5148-5157 (2008).

D. R. Hyduke*, L. R. Jarboe*, L. M. Tran, K. C. Chou and J. C. Liao, “Integrated Network Analysis Identifies Nitric Oxide Response Networks and Dihydroxyacid Dehydratase as a Crucial Target in Escherichia coli,” PNAS 104(20), 8484 (2007) *these authors contributed equally to this work.

L. R. Jarboe, K. T. Shanmugan, and L. O. Ingram.  “Ethanol,” Encyclopedia of Microbiology (3^rd Ed) Ed. D. Majumder-Russell. Elsevier, 2007.

L. R Jarboe, T. B. Grabar, L. P. Yomano, K. T. Shanmugan, and L. O. Ingram.  “Development of Ethanologenic Bacteria” Advances in Biochemical Engineering: Biofuels.  Ed. L. Olsson. Springer, 2007.

G. W. Luli, L. R. Jarboe, and L. O. Ingram.  “The Development of Ethanologenic Bacteria for Fuel Ethanol Production” Bioenergy. Ed. A. Demain.  ASM Press, 2007.

B. Zhou, D. Beckwith, L. R. Jarboe and J. C. Liao, "Markov Chain Modeling of Pyelonephritis-Associated Pili Expression in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli," Biophysical Journal, 88, 2541-2553 (2005).

L. R. Jarboe, D. Beckwith and J. C. Liao, "Stochastic Modeling of the Phase-Variable pap Operon Regulation in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli," Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 88(2), 189-203 (2004).