2011 Annual Meeting

Session: Biological Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks I

Chair

David Hodge, Michigan State University

Co-Chair

Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Michigan State University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(10a) Fermentation Cost Improvement Through Propagation Advances for a Commercially Relevant Biomass-to-Ethanol Process
Kate Brandon Sutton, B. Emme, L. Jones, S. McHatton, C. Kang, C. Corbett, L. Putnam, M. Torry-Smith

08:51 AM

(10b) Combined Computational and Experimental Investigations of Processive Cellulases for Engineering Activity Improvements
Larry Taylor, Michael F. Crowley, William S. Adney

09:12 AM

(10c) Exploration of Significant Enzyme Activities Required for the Deconstruction of Ionic-Liquid Pretreated Biomass
Christopher J. Barr, Jeffery Mertens, Constance Schall

09:33 AM

(10d) Inhibition of ENZYMATIC Hydrolysis by Soluble Sugars ON MODEL CELLULOSE Thin Film USING QUARTZ CRYSTAL Microbalance
Hsin-Fen Li, Michael D. Flythe, Sue E. Nokes, Barbara L. Knutson

09:54 AM

(10e) Selection and Characterization of Acid-Stable Cellulases Against Pretreated Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch From a Colombian Extreme Environment
Luis Miguel Medina, Luisa Cabezas, Laura Palma, Isabella Bahamon, Andrés González, Silvia Restrepo

10:15 AM

(10f) Effect of AFEX Pretreatment Degradation Products On Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Microbial Fermentation by Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST)
Xiaoyu Tang, Shishir Chundawat, Mingjie Jin, Lau Ming, James Humpula, Nirmal Uppugundla, Venkatesh Balan, Bruce Dale, Kevin Chambliss, Ramin Vismeh, Zeyi Xiao

10:36 AM

(10g) Modelling Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Microcrystalline Cellulose Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Josebus M. van Zyl, Willem H. van Zyl, Thomas M. Harms, Eugéne van Rensburg