22: Biochemicals from renewable resources

Tuesday, July 26, 2011: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Oak Alley, 4th fl (Sheraton New Orleans)
Chair:
Jan Pero
1:00 PM
Engineering Candida tropicalis to produce adipic acid from renewable feedstocks
Thomas A. Beardslee, Michael Walbridge, Jian Yi and Stephen Picataggio, Verdezyne, Inc., Carlsbad, CA
1:30 PM
Genetic engineering of E. coli for the production of succinate from glycerol
R. Rogers Yocum1, Lin Howitt1, Xiaohui Yu2, Russell Udani2, Lauren Staples2 and Theron Hermann2, (1)Molecular Biology, Myriant Technologies, Inc., Woburn, MA, (2)Fermentation, Myriant Technologies, Inc., Woburn, MA
2:30 PM
Break
3:00 PM
Metabolic Engineering of thermotolerant, acidophilic Bacillus coagulans for production of D(-)-lactic acid
Qingzhao Wang, K. T. Shanmugam and L.O Ingram, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
3:30 PM
Conversion of acetic acid to acetone and isopropanol in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum
A. Joe Shaw1, W. Ryan Sillers1, Beth B. Miller1, Justine Folden1, Ashwini Bhandiwad2, Stephen R. Rogers1, William R. Kenealy1, David A. Hogsett1 and Christopher D. Herring1, (1)Mascoma Corp., Lebanon, NH, (2)Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
4:00 PM
Production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid in Escherichia coli
Sung Min Park, Jae Young Kim, Young Kyung Park, Hyun Min Koo, Byung Jo Yu and Jae Chan Park, Emerging Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Yongin, South Korea
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