Preliminary Program subject to change
15C18 Advances in Metabolic Engineering and Bioinformatics II: Applications to Biorefining
OverviewMetabolic engineering is the targeted improvement of the cellular metabolic phenotype using recombinant DNA technology. Experimental and mathematical techniques that are used to characterize metabolic networks are also included. Bioinformatics tools are critical for the advancement of metabolic engineering and many other fields in biotechnology. This session emphasizes research in which metabolic engineering tools are used toward the production of biofuels or other chemicals from renewable feedstocks.
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)

Chair

Kenneth F. Reardon
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Colorado State University
100 Glover Building
1370 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370
Phone Number: 970-491-1000
Fax Number: 970-491-7369
Email: Kenneth.Reardon@ColoState.EDU

CoChair

John A. Morgan
Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
480 Stadium Mall Dr
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone Number: 765-494=4088
Email: jamorgan@purdue.edu
Construction Of The Archaeal Isoprenoid Ether Lipid Pathway In E. Coli
Denton Lai1, Imke Schroeder2 and Harold G Monbouquette1, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, 5531 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2)Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1602 Molecular Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095
A Genome-Scale Model of Clostridium Acetobutylicum: The Model Organism for Butanol Biofuel Production
Ryan S. Senger, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Tech E250, Evanston, IL 60208-3120 and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711
Analysis Of Networks Perturbed By Butanol Toxicity
Mark P. Brynildsen and James C. Liao, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, 5531 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Rational Design Of The Most Efficient Utilization Of Hexoses And Pentoses By Escherichia Coli
Cong T. Trinh, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 140 Gortner Hall / 1479 Gortner Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 and Friedrich Srienc, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 140 Gortner Hall / 1479 Gortner Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108
Break
Unraveling the Sugar Utilization Regulatory Systems in Escherichia Coli
Yandi Dharmadi, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892, Jacqueline V. Shanks, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 2114 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011, Ka-Yiu San, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, MS-142, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77005 and Ramon Gonzalez, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
Metabolic Network Analysis of A Novel Ethanol-Tolerant Thermophilic Bacterium Geobacillus Thermoglucosidasius M10EXG for Ethanol and Lactate Fermentation
Yinjie Tang1, Stephen Van Dien2, Dominique Joyner3, David Reichmuth4, Terry Hazen5, Jay D. Keasling6 and Rajat Sapra4, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of California, 717 Potter street Building 977, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Genomatica, Inc., 5405 Morehouse Drive, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92121, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, 94720, (4)Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 969, LIvermore, CA 94551-9951, (5)Ecology Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720, (6)Berkeley Center for Synthetic Biology, UC, Berkeley, 717 Potter street, Berkeley, CA 94720
Metabolic Engineering To Enhance Bacterial Hydrogen Production
Toshinari Maeda, Buping Bao, Viviana Sanchez-Torres and Thomas K. Wood, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 200 Jack E. Brown Building, MS 3122, College Station, TX 77843-3122

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division