2009 Annual Meeting

Session: Advances in Metabolic Engineering for Biofuels

Chair

Hal Alper, The University of Texas at Austin

Co-Chair

Brian Pfleger, University of Wisconsin Madison

Presentations

12:30 PM

(234a) Adaptive Mutation of Zymomonas Mobilis On High Concentrations of Xylose for Ethanol Production
Rachel Ruizhen Chen, Manoj Agrawal, Zichao Mao

12:50 PM

(234b) Elucidating Acetate Tolerance Mechanisms in E. Coli Using Genome-Scale Tools for Improved Cellulosic Biofuel Production
Nicholas R. Sandoval

01:10 PM

(234c) Development of Robust Microorganisms Resistant to Chemical Inhibitors
Cong T. Trinh, Harvey Blanch, Douglas Clark

01:30 PM

(234d) Evolutionary Engineering of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for Improved Xylose Utilization
Hang Zhou, Benjamin L. Wang, Gregory Stephanopoulos

02:00 PM

(234e) Biobutanol From Yeast: A Synergistic Genome and Protein Engineering Approach
Nikhil U. Nair, Hua Zhao, Tae-Hee Lee, Zengyi Shao, Ryan P. Sullivan, Michael McLachlan

02:20 PM

(234f) Engineering Escherichia Coli for Hydrocarbon Production
Brian F. Pfleger, Rebecca Lennen

02:40 PM

(234g) Computational Pathway Identification and Strain Optimization for Biofuel Production
Patrick F. Suthers, Sridhar Ranganathan