Session: Advances in Biofuels: DOE Bioenergy Research Centers I (2010 Annual Meeting)

Description:

This session will report on resent progress made at the three DOE Bioenergy Research Centers. These three centers were established in 2007 by the DOE to accelerate the development of renewable fuels. Topics covered will include plant production, cell wall engineering, advanced pretreatment processes, and enzyme and microbial biocatalyst development. Papers will be limited to researchers associated with one of the three centers.

Sponsor:

Sustainable Biorefineries

Co-Sponsor(s):

Research and New Technology Committee (18j)

Chair:

Venkatesh Balan
Professor
Michigan State University
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
2527 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone Number: 517-353-9948
Email: balan@egr.msu.edu

Co-chairs:

Seema Singh
Sandia National Laboratories
PO Box 969, MS 9291
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone Number: 925-294-4551
Fax Number: 925-294-3282
Email: seesing@sandia.gov

Marcus Foston
BioEnergy Science Center
500 10th Street
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone Number: 4042348488
Email: Marcus.Foston@ipst.gatech.edu

Papers:

675a

GLBRC Research Aimed at Improving Plant Biomass for Biofuels Generation
John C. Sedbrook, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

675b

Advances in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Biotechnology towards Improved Feedstocks for Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion
David G.J. Mann, The University of Tennessee; C. Neal Stewart, The University of Tennessee; Paul Gilna, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

675c

Chemical Transformations of Poplar Lignin During Dilute Acid Pretreatment
Yunqiao Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shilin Cao, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Studer, University of California Riverside; Charles E. Wyman, University of California Riverside; Arthur Ragauskas, BioEnergy Science Center, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

675d

Increase in 4-Coumaryl Alcohol (H) Units During Lignification in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Alters Extractability and Molecular Weight of Lignin
Angela Ziebell, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Kristen Gracom, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Rui Katahira, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Fang Chen, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Art J. Ragauskas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Yunqiao Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard A. Dixon, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Mark F. Davis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

675e

Advances in the Use of NMR to Characterize Biomass in An Effort to Elucidate the Nature of Recalcitrance
Marcus Foston, Georgia Institute of Technology; Arthur Ragauskas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Gilna, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

675f

Feedstock Agnostic Pretreatment Approach for Efficient Hydrolysis of Bioenergy Crops
Seema Singh, Joint BioEnergy Institute; Blake Simmons, Joint BioEnergy Institute

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