University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Theses, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Dissertations, & Student Research Department of 12-2012 Application of Response Surface Methodology and Central Composite Design for 5P12-RANTES Expression in the Pichia pastoris System Frank M. Fabian University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chemengtheses Part of the Other Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Commons Fabian, Frank M., "Application of Response Surface Methodology and Central Composite Design for 5P12-RANTES Expression in the Pichia pastoris System" (2012). Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Theses, Dissertations, & Student Research. 16. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chemengtheses/16 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Theses, Dissertations, & Student Research by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. APPLICATION OF RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY AND CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN FOR 5P12-RANTES EXPRESSION IN THE Pichia pastoris SYSTEM By Frank M. Fabian A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science Major: Chemical Engineering Under the Supervision of Professor William H. Velander Lincoln, Nebraska December, 2012 APPLICATION OF RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY AND CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN FOR 5P12-RANTES EXPRESSION IN THE Pichia pastoris SYSTEM Frank M. Fabian, M.S. University of Nebraska, 2012 Adviser: William H. Velander Pichia pastoris has demonstrated the ability to express high levels of recombinant heterologous proteins.