30: Metabolic Engineering: Metabolic engineering tools to enhance production molecules, chemicals, and fuels of commercial value

Thursday, August 5, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand B (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)
Chair:
Sarad Parekh
8:00 AM
Production of bio-ethanol from lignocellulosic materials through engineering yeast cell surface and metabolic pathway
Akihiko Kondo, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
8:30 AM
Cell-Free Synthetic Pathway Biotransformations for Low-Cost Production of Biofuels and More
Y.-H. Percival Zhang, Biological Systems Engineering Department, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Genomes, Pathways and Metabolic Reconstructions for Microbial Engineering
Vineayak Kapatral, V.P. Business Development, Integrated Genomics Inc, Arlington Heights, IL
10:30 AM
Synergy of MFA & FBA for understanding metabolic adaption in ethanol producing E coli
Xuewen Chen, Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
11:00 AM
Engineering a microbial factory for synthesis of value-added products
Huimin Zhao, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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