Session: Advances in Metabolic Engineering for Biofuels (2009 Annual Meeting)

Description:

The main platform technology for designing biofuels-producing organisms is Metabolic Engineering. This application utilizes the full array of metabolic engineering tools including the application of pathway engineering, global cellular engineering, model-based and non-model based approaches and pathway/flux analysis to improve biofuels production. We invite talks for this session that address engineering challenges for both bioethanol and second-generation biofuels and illustrate the application of sound metabolic engineering principles to the design of biofuels-producing strains.

Sponsor:

Bioengineering

Chair:

Hal Alper
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Chemical Engineering
1 University Station, C0400
Austin, TX 78712-0231
Phone Number: 512-471-4417
Email: halper@che.utexas.edu

Co-Chair:

Brian Pfleger

Papers:

234a

Adaptive Mutation of Zymomonas Mobilis On High Concentrations of Xylose for Ethanol Production
Manoj Agrawal, Georgia Institute of Technology; Zichao Mao, Yunnan Agricultural University; Rachel Ruizhen Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology

234b

Elucidating Acetate Tolerance Mechanisms in E. Coli Using Genome-Scale Tools for Improved Cellulosic Biofuel Production
Nicholas R. Sandoval, University of Colorado; Ryan T. Gill, University of Colorado at Boulder

234c

Development of Robust Microorganisms Resistant to Chemical Inhibitors
Cong T. Trinh, University of California, Berkeley; Harvey Blanch, University of California, Berkeley; Douglas Clark, University of California, Berkeley

234d

Evolutionary Engineering of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for Improved Xylose Utilization
Hang Zhou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Benjamin L. Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Break

234e

Biobutanol From Yeast: A Synergistic Genome and Protein Engineering Approach
Nikhil U. Nair, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Tae-Hee Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Zengyi Shao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Hua Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ryan P. Sullivan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Tyler Johannes, University of Tulsa; Michael McLachlan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

234f

Engineering Escherichia Coli for Hydrocarbon Production
Brian F. Pfleger, University of Wisconsin Madison; Rebecca Lennen, University of Wisconsin Madison

234g

Computational Pathway Identification and Strain Optimization for Biofuel Production
Patrick F. Suthers, The Pennsylvania State University; Sridhar Ranganathan, The Pennsylvania State University; Costas D. Maranas, The Pennsylvania State University

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