Education
B.S. 1979 - University of California, Davis, Fermentation Science
M.S. 1983 - University of California, Davis, Food Science/Enology
Ph.D. 1989 - University of California, Davis, Microbiology

Professional Activities
American Society for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Enology and Viticulture, American Society for Microbiology, Genetics Society of America.

Research Interests
Characterization and improvement of industrial yeasts with emphasis on wine strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; fermentation processes for production of biofuels, value-added products.

Related website: http://www.cgrb.orst.edu/faculty/bakalinsky/index.html

Representative Publications
Chung, Y.-C., Bakalinsky, A., and Penner, M.H. (2005) Enzymatic saccharification and fermentation of xylose-optimized dilute acid-treated lignocellulosics. Appl Biochem. Biotech. 121-124:947-962.

Zara, S., Bakalinsky, A.T., Zara, G., Pirino, G., Demontis, M.A., Budroni, M. (2005) FLO11 -based model for air-liquid interfacial biofilm formation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Appl. Env. Micro. 71:2934-2939.

Martin, O., Brandriss, M.C., Schneider, G., and Bakalinsky, A.T. (2003) Improved anaerobic use of arginine by S. cerevisiae . Appl. Env. Micro. 63:1623-1628.

Zara, S., Farris, G.A., Budroni, M., and Bakalinsky, A.T. (2002) HSP12 is essential for biofilm formation by a Sardinian sherry strain of S. cerevisiae . Yeast 19:269-276.

Park, H. and Bakalinsky, A.T. (2000) SSU1 mediates sulfite efflux in S. cerevisiae . Yeast 16:881-888.

Park, H., Lopez, N.I., and Bakalinsky, A.T. (1999) Use of sulfite resistance in S. cerevisiae as a dominant selectable marker. Curr. Genet. 36:339-344.

Wollowski, I., Ji, S.-T., Bakalinsky, A.T., Neudecker, C., and Pool-Zobel , B.L. (1999)  Bacteria used for the production of yogurt inactivate carcinogens and prevent DNA damage in the colon of rats. J. Nutr. 129:77-82.

Avram, D., Leid, M., and Bakalinsky, A.T. (1999) Fzf1p of S. cerevisiae is a positive regulator of SSU1 transcription and its first zinc finger region is required for DNA binding. Yeast.  15:473-480.

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