Engineering a non-transgenic Escherichia coli for efficient homoethanol fermentation from C5 sugars
Yongze Wang¹, Ryan Manow², Jinfua Wang¹, Jinfang Zhao¹, Andrew Iverson², Erin Garza², Chris Finan² and Shengde Zhou², (1)Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, College of Bioengineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China, (2)Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Metabolic engineering Escherichia coli for furfural tolerance and hemicellulose conversion
Xuan Wang¹, Elliot N. Miller², Lorraine P. Yomano¹, Keelnatham T. Shanmugam¹ and Lonnie O. Ingram¹, (1)Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (2)Current address: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX

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Metabolic engineering of bacteria for sustainable production of fatty acid derived products
Brian F. Pfleger, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Using synthetic and systems biology to increase farnesene yield of engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Christopher Reeves, Biology, Amyris, Inc., Emeryville, CA

Metabolic engineering the Saccharomyces yeast to co-ferment glucose and xylose for cost effective production of renewable fuels and chemicals
Nancy W.Y. Ho, LORRE/Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN