Session: Biobased Fuels and Chemicals I (2009 Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM

Bayou B (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

Biofuels and biochemicals represent a secure, renewable, and environmentally safe alternative to petroleum-derived fuels and chemicals. This session will focus on the biological production of biofuels and biochemicals from renewable feedstocks. Topics on both enzymatic and whole-cell bioconversions are of primary interest.

Sponsor:

Bioengineering

Co-Sponsor(s):

Sustainable Biorefineries (23b), Topical G: Innovations of Green Process Engineering for Sustainable Energy and Environment (TG)

Chair:

Ramon Gonzalez
Email: Ramon.Gonzalez@rice.edu

Co-Chair:

Shijie Liu
Email: sliu@esf.edu

8:30 AM

(346a) Integrated Bioprocessing for the Production of Hydroxyvalerates and 4-Valerolactone in Pseudomonas Putida
Collin H. Martin, Danyi Wu and Kristala Jones Prather

8:50 AM

(346b) Selective Production of Xylitol From Hemicellulosic Sugars - Using a Combined Protein and Metabolic Engineering Approach
Nikhil U. Nair and Huimin Zhao

9:10 AM

(346c) Strain Improvement for Increased Isobutanol Production
Kevin M. Smith, Shota Atsumi, Zhen Li, Yikun Tan, Tung-Yun Wu and James C. Liao

9:30 AM

(346d) Metabolic Engineering for the Production Fuels and Chemicals From Bio-Oils
Clementina Dellomonaco, Carlos Rivera, Paul Campbell and Ramon Gonzalez

9:50 AM

Break

10:00 AM

(346e) Engineering a Xylanlytic E. Coli for Bioenthanol and Bio-Refinery
Hyun-Dong Shin, Shara McClendon and Rachel Ruizhen Chen

10:20 AM

(346f) Library-Based Identification of Genetic Loci Imparting Tolerance and Flow-Cytometry Based Assays for Developing Complex Tolerant Phenotypes
Sergios Nicolaou, Stefan Gaida and Eleftherios Terry Papoutsakis

10:40 AM

(346g) Silencing of NADPH-Dependent Oxidoreductases (yqhD and dkgA) in Furfural-Resistant Ethanologenic Escherichia Coli
Elliot N. Miller, Laura R. Jarboe, Lorraine P. Yomano, K.T. Shanmugam, Sean W. York and L. O. Ingram

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