260 Biological Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks II

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 12:30 PM
334 (Convention Center )
Description:
Explore advances in products and processes based on biologically-mediated catalysis of renewable substrates. Favor papers demonstrating the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.

Sponsor:
Sustainable Biorefineries
Co-Sponsor(s):
ICE 2012: Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass (T4A), Bioengineering (15c), ICE2012: BioFuels (T4F), Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)

Chair:
Shishir Chundawat
Email: chundawa@msu.edu

Co-Chair:
Hasan K. Atiyeh
Email: hasan.atiyeh@okstate.edu


12:30 PM
(260a) Characterization of Carbohydrate Accessibility and Enzyme Adsorption Capacity for Diverse Cell Wall Phenotypes Subjected to Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreatment
Muyang Li, Sivakumar Pattathil, Michael G. Hahn and David Hodge

12:55 PM
(260b) Lignin Structural Changes Associated with Oxidative Pretreatment Catalyzed by Cu-Diimine Complexes
Zhenglun Li and David Hodge

1:20 PM
(260c) Mechanism of Exo-Exo Synergism Between CBH1 and CBH2 During the Hydrolysis of Cellulose
Makoto Ikeo, Shohei Okino, Yoshiki Ueno and Daisuke Taneda

1:45 PM
(260d) Cellulose Thin Film Hydrolysis by Cellulase Enzymes in the Presence of Inhibitors – a QCM Study
Utshab Chakravorty, Stephen E. Rankin, Sue E. Nokes and Barbara L. Knutson

2:10 PM
(260e) Investigation of Hemicellulase Inhibition in the Production of Bioethanol
Erik Kuhn, Xiaowen Chen, Clare J. Dibble, Joseph Shekiro III, Nicholas J. Nagle and Richard T. Elander

2:35 PM
(260f) Increased Enzyme Binding to Substrates Does Not Always Increase Catalytic Activity
Shishir Chundawat, Dahai Gao, Anurag Sethi, Stephanie Crews, Leonardo da costa Sousa, Nirmal Uppugundla, Venkatesh Balan, Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran and Bruce E. Dale
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