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1: Biomass Microbial Strain Development

Monday, April 19, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Salon A-E (Hilton Clearwater Beach)
Chair:
K. T. Shanmugam
Co-chair:
Marie F. Gorwa-Grauslund
1:00 PM
1-01
Increasing ethanol productivity from xylose in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae by protein engineering
David Runquist, Lund University; Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Lund University; Maurizio Bettiga, Lund University
1:30 PM
1-02
Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuel and food using a non-recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae selectively bred to metabolize xylose
Paul V. Attfield, Microbiogen Pty Ltd; Arthur Kollaras, Microbiogen Pty Ltd; Philip Bell, Microbiogen Pty Ltd
2:00 PM
1-03
Pichia stipitis engineered for improved fermentation of cellulosic and hemicellulosic sugars
Thomas W. Jeffries, USDA Forest Service; Shawn S. Nelson, USDA Forest Service; Sarah D. Mahan, USDA Forest Service; Yi-Kai Su, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jennifer R. Headman Van Vleet, EdeniQ; Tanya M. Long, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:00 PM
1-04
Elimination of glycerol production in anaerobic cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineered for use of acetic acid as electron acceptor
Víctor G. Guadalupe Medina, Delft University of Technology; Marinka J. H. Almering, Delft University of Technology; Antonius J. A. van Maris, Delft University of Technology; Jack T. Pronk, Delft University of Technology
3:30 PM
1-05
Engineering of industrial cellulolytic Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass
Steven Henck, Arbor Fuel Inc.; Luise McDade, Arbor Fuel Inc.; Alexander Amerik, Arbor Fuel Inc.; Esther Yu, Arbor Fuel Inc.; Georges Kabongo-Mubalamate, Arbor Fuel Inc.; Kunjan Devatia, Arbor Fuel Inc.; Alexander Tikhonov, Arbor Fuel Inc.; Nikolai Khramtsov, Arbor Fuel Inc.
4:00 PM
1-06
Development of Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum for fermentation of pretreated hardwood
Christopher D. Herring, Mascoma Corp.; A. Joe Shaw, Mascoma Corp.; William R. Kenealy, Mascoma Corp.; W. Ryan Sillers, Mascoma Corp.; John Bardsley, Mascoma Corp.; Sean F. Covalla, Mascoma Corp.; Abigail Foster, Mascoma Corp.; Jessica P. Johnson, Mascoma Corp.; Stephen R. Rogers, Mascoma Corp.; Haowen Xu, Mascoma Corp.; Babu Raman, ORNL; Timothy J. Tschaplinski, ORNL; Dawn M. Klingeman, ORNL; Zamin K. Yang, ORNL; Nancy L. Engle, ORNL; Miguel Rodriguez, Jr., Mascoma Corp.; Courtney M. Johnson, Mascoma Corp.; Miriam . Land, Mascoma Corp.; Steven D. Brown, Mascoma Corp.; Jonathan R. Mielenz, Mascoma Corp.; Brian H. Davison, Mascoma Corp.; David Hogsett, Mascoma Corp.
4:30 PM
1-07
Engineered metabolism for the production of fuels and chemicals from glycerol and fatty acids: The role of synthetic and systems biology
Ramon Gonzalez, Rice University
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