Douglas Allen

Dr. Allen’s research interests include the analysis of metabolic networks in plants by combined experimental and computational methods. These investigations give insight to plant metabolism, important for designing crops to meet future nutritional and chemical feedstock needs. Doug received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Purdue University, has previously worked for the Archer Daniels Midland Company and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at Michigan State University, and joined the Danforth Center in the capacity of Research Computational Biologist with the USDA in 2010.

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Publications

Chen, X., Alonso, A.P., Allen, D.K., Reed, J.L., and Shachar-Hill, Y. (2011). Synergy between (13)C-metabolic flux analysis and flux balance analysis for understanding metabolic adaptation to anaerobiosis in E. coli. Metab Eng 13, 38-48.
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Thiele, I., Hyduke, D.R., Steeb, B., Fankam, G., Allen, D.K., Bazzani, S., Charusanti, P., Chen, F.C., Fleming, R.M., Hsiung, C.A., De Keersmaecker, S.C., Liao, Y.C., Marchal, K., Mo, M.L., Ozdemir, E., Raghunathan, A., Reed, J.L., Shin, S.I., Sigurbjornsdottir, S., Steinmann, J., Sudarsan, S., Swainston, N., Thijs, I.M., Zengler, K., Palsson, B.O., Adkins, J.N., and Bumann, D. (2011). A community effort towards a knowledge-base and mathematical model of the human pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium LT2. BMC Syst Biol 5, 8.
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Libourel, I.G.L., Allen, D., and Shachar-Hill, Y. (2010). Minimization of thermodynamically constraint-based metabolic adjustments (MOwMA). J Theor Biol, (submitted)
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Allen, D.K., Ohlrogge, J.B., and Shachar-Hill, Y. (2009). The role of light in soybean seed filling metabolism. Plant J. 58, 220-234
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Allen, D.K., and Ratcliffe, R.G. (2009). Chapter 5: Isotope label quantification. In Plant Metabolic Networks, J. Schwender, ed (New York: Springer), pp. 105-149
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Allen, D.K., Libourel, I.G., and Shachar-Hill, Y. (2009). Metabolic flux analysis in plants: coping with complexity. Plant Cell Environ 32, 1241-1257
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Ohlrogge, J., Allen, D., Berguson, B., DellaPenna, D., Shachar-Hill, Y., and Stymne, S. (2009). Energy. Driving on biomass. Science 324, 1019-1020
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Allen, D.K., Shachar-Hill, Y., and Ohlrogge, J.B. (2007). Compartment-specific labeling information in ¹³C metabolic flux analysis of plants. Phytochemistry 68, 2197-2210
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Allen, D.K., and Tao, B.Y. (2007). Kinetic characterization of enhanced lipase activity on oil bodies. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 30, 271-279
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Tao, B.Y., Allen, D.K., and Okos, M.R. (2006). The evolution of Biological Engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education 22, 45-52
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Allen, D.K., and Tao, B.Y. (2002). Synthesis and characterization of maltose fatty acid monoesters as biosurfactants. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 5, 245-255
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Allen, D.K., and Tao, B.Y. (1999). Carbohydrate-alkyl ester derivatives as biosurfactants. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents 2, 383-390
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