Session: Fundamentals of Environmental Biotechnology (2009 Annual Meeting)

Monday, November 9, 2009: 8:30 AM

Bayou E (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

We accept experimental, theoretical, and computational contributions associated with the environmental applications and implications of biotechnology at the fundamental level. Relevant topics include (but not limited) to: (a): uses of biotechnology in wastewater treatment (b): uses of biotechnology in the production of biofuels (c): uses of biotechnology in hydrogen production

Sponsor:

Fundamentals

Co-Sponsor(s):

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (15)

Chair:

Wen Zhou
Email: zhouwen@ucla.edu

Co-Chair:

Tatiana Segura
Email: tsegura@ucla.edu

8:30 AM

(27a) Characterization of Microbes in a Regenerative Biofilter System for VOC Removal
Wen-Hsuan Huang, Zhiqiang Wang, Beverly Guo, Jianshun Zhang and Dacheng Ren

8:55 AM

(27b) Evaluation of a Model Biological Fuel Cell System for Reduction Efficiency and Bioremediation Potential
Lewis Hsu, Shelly Ann Masuda, Kenneth H. Nealson and Massoud Pirbazari

9:20 AM

(27c) Characterizing the Abundance and Activity of Soil Microbes Using Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism by Capillary Electrophoresis
Alice C. Jernigan, Duane C. Wolf, Greg Thoma and Christa Hestekin

9:45 AM

(27d) Electron Transfer and Local pH Variations in Anodic Biofilms
Alim Dewan, Hung Duc Nguyen and Haluk Beyenal

10:10 AM

(27e) Biological Sulfate Reduction in Fluidized Bed Reactors: Byproduct Control and Recovery
Atosa Vahdati, Varadarajan Ravindran and Massoud Pirbazari

10:35 AM

(27f) 96-Well Culture Microplates as a Microreactor Platform for Microalgae Research
Ileana Hernandez-Mireles, Cecilia Garcia-Martinez, Adriana Pacheco and Mario M. Alvarez

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