Preliminary Program subject to change
15C06 Advances in Metabolic Engineering and Bioinformatics: From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotes
OverviewThis is an overflow session covers metabolic engineering of prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)

Chair

Francois Berthiaume
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone Number: (617) 371-4889
Fax Number: (617) 371-4950
Email: fberthia@sbi.org

CoChair

Christina Chan
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Michigan State University
2527 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone Number: 517-432-4530
Fax Number: 517-432-1105
Email: krischan@egr.msu.edu
Metabolic Engineering of the Xylose Utilizing Thermophile Thermoanaerobacterium Saccharolyticum Jw/Sl-Ys485 for Ethanol Production
A. Joe Shaw IV1, R. Lance Martin1, Sunil G. Desai1, Mike Tyurin1 and Lee R. Lynd2, (1)Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 8000 Cummings Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, (2)Thayer School of Engineering, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, 8000 Cummings Hall, Hanover, NH 03755
Engineering Geobacter Metabolism for Enhanced Electricity Generation
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan1, Anthony Burgard1, Christophe H. Schilling1, Derek R. Lovley2 and Mounir Izallalen2, (1)Genomatica, Inc., 5405 Morehouse Drive Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92121, (2)Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 639 North Pleasant St.,Morrill Science Center IV North, Amherst, MA 01003
Activity of Cinnamate 4-Hydroxylase Towards Un-Natural Substrates
Hao Chen, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 145-1 Arnold Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906 and John A. Morgan, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 304, FRNY, 480 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907
Metabolic Flux Analysis and Optimization of Metabolic Networks for Astaxanthin Production by Mixed Culture Systems of Haematococcus Pluvialis and Phaffia Rhodozyma
Xue-Ming Zhao1, Qing-Lin Dong1, Tao Chen2 and Hong-Wu Ma3, (1)Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering& Technology, Tiamjin University, 92#, Wei Jin Road, Naikai District,, TIANJIN, 300072, China, (2)Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology,, Tiamjin University, 92#, Wei Jin Road, Naikai District,, TIANJIN, 300072, China, (3)Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tiamjin University, 92#, Wei Jin Road, Naikai District,, TIANJIN, 300072, China
Intermission
High-Throughput Time-Series Metabolomic Analysis to Identify Regulation of Arabidopsis Thalina Response to Elevated Co2 by Sugar Signaling
Harin H. Kanani1, Bhaskar Dutta1, John Quackenbush2 and Maria I. Klapa1, (1)University of Maryland, 2113 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building, College Park, MD 20742-2111, (2)Department of Biostatistics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Mayer 232, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115
Molecular Approaches for Identification of Metabolic Engineering Targets for Enhanced Paclitaxel Accumulation
Susan C. Roberts1, Nathan Ezekiel Nims2, Camille Dubois1, Nadia Boutaoui2, Kham Vongpaseuth2 and Elsbeth Walker2, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003
Biosynthesis of Plant-Specific Flavanols and Anthocyanins in Escherichia Coli
Joseph Chemler1, Yajun Yan1 and Mattheos Koffas2, (1)SUNY Buffalo, 914 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)SUNY Buffalo, 904 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division