Rational and evolutionary engineering approaches uncover a small set of genetic changes efficient for rapid xylose fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Soo Rin Kim¹, Jeffrey M. Skerker², Wei Kang¹, Anastashia Lesmana¹, Na Wei¹, Adam P. Arkin³ and Yong-Su Jin¹, (1)Institute of Genomic Biology, Energy Bioscience Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (2)Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (3)Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA

Engineering yeasts for enhanced cellulase production
W. H. (Emile) van Zyl, Heinrich Kroukamp, John-Henry DV van Zyl and Riaan den Haan, Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Yeast strain and fermentation development for commercial production of cellulosic ethanol
Kim Olofsson, Ole Sibbesen, Thomas Hvid Andersen and Birgitte Rønnow, Terranol A/S, Lyngby, Denmark

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Comparative Lipid Production on Hydrolyzates of Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Oleaginous Yeasts
Patricia J. Slininger¹, Bruce S. Dien¹, Cletus P. Kurtzman¹, Bryan Moser¹, Roque L. Evangelista¹, Badal C. Saha¹, Michael A. Cotta¹, Venkatesh Balan², Mingjie Jin², Leonardo D. Sousa² and Bruce E. Dale², (1)National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL, (2)DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

Filamentous phosphorus accumulating fungus and its application to recover phosphorus from wastewater
Yulin Ye, Department of Bioproduct and Biosystem Engineering, University of Minnesota, Sait Paul, MN and Bo Hu, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN

Intracellular redox state as key target for Saccharomyces cerevisiae tolerance to lignocellulosic hydrolysate inhibitors
Magnus Ask, Varuni Raju Duraiswamy, Valeria Mapelli, Maurizio Bettiga and Lisbeth Olsson, Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Engineering Neurospora crassa for increased production of lignocellulose-derived lipids
Christine M. Roche¹, Harvey W. Blanch¹, N. Louise Glass² and Douglas S. Clark¹, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (2)Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA