2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition (August 12-16, 2012): Invited Oral Papers

Invited Oral Papers

Monday, August 13, 2012

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 1: Metabolic Engineering - Metabolic Engineering for Advanced Biofuels l
Convener(s): Brian F. Pfleger

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 2: Biocatalysis - Halogenases and dehalogenases
Convener(s): Alfred Spormann

Session 3: Fermentation and Cell Culture - CHO to stem cells
Convener(s): Tiffany D. Rau

Session 4: Natural Products: Microbes in Agriculture: Biopesticides, Natural Products and Transgenes
Convener(s): Don Hahn

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Session 5: Biocatalysis - Chemo-enzymatic approaches for product synthesis
Convener(s): Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

Session 6: Metabolic Engineering - Metabolic engineering for advanced biofuels II
Convener(s): Katy C. Kao

Session 7: Natural Products - Natural product biosynthesis, structure, and function
Convener(s): Douglas A. Mitchell

Session 8: Environmental Microbiology - Environmental Metagenomics
Convener(s): Terry Hazen

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 9: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Fermentation media design: Composition and feeding strategies
Convener(s): Noel Fong

Session 10: Environmental Microbiology - Bioremediation and biodegradation
Convener(s): Melanie R. Mormile

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 11: Special Topics - Next generation DNA sequencing technologies and applications
Convener(s): Jon Armstrong

Session 12: Metabolic Engineering - Bulk commodity biochemicals from renewable resources
Convener(s): Janice Pero

Session 13: Natural Products - Bioengineering in drug discovery
Convener(s): Huimin Zhao

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Session 14: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Fermentation of unrefined feedstocks
Convener(s): David A. Hogsett

Session 15: Natural Products - Novel enzyme mechanisms in biosynthesis and secondary metabolism
Convener(s): Satish K. Nair

Session 16: Metabolic Engineering - Specialty chemicals/materials from renewable resources
Convener(s): Kristala L. Jones Prather

2:30 PM-5:30 PM

Session 17: Student Oral Presentation Session
Convener(s): Robert Donofrio and Laura Jarboe

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Session 18: Special Topics - Women in industrial microbiology Chair: Joan W. Bennett, Rutgers University Panelists: Carol Baker, Pfizer; Susan Bagley, Michigan Technological University; Debra Chadick, Altria (ret). Linda Lasure, Lasure & Associates
Convener(s): Joan Bennett

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 19: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Evolution, adaptation, and selection in fermentation
Convener(s): Helia Radianingtyas

Session 23: Environmental Microbiology - Zero waste technologies for biofuels production
Convener(s): Rajesh K. Sani

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 20: Special Topics - Synthetic biology tools and applications
Convener(s): Chris Voigt

Session 21: Biocatalysis - Enzymes for biomass treatment Sponsored by Novozymes
Convener(s): Debbie S. Yaver

Session 22: Metabolic Engineering - Metabolic engineering of extremophiles or organisms with less developed genetic systems
Convener(s): Janet Westpheling | Co-Convener(s): Richard H. Baltz

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 24: Biocatalysis - Whole cell biocatalysis
Convener(s): Patrick Cirino

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 25: Special Topics - Regulation of microbial gene expression by RNA and its potential for practical applications
Convener(s): Shelley Copley

Session 26: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Challenges in solid-state fermentation
Convener(s): Yahya Kargalioglu

Session 27: Environmental Microbiology - Biohydrogen production
Convener(s): Melanie R. Mormile

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Session 28: Special Topics - Computational, omics, and systems biology approaches to fermentation
Convener(s): Anthony Burgard

Session 29: Biocatalysis - Enzyme engineering and directed evolution
Convener(s): Nobuhiko Tokuriki

Session 30: Environmental Microbiology - Advances in microbial fuel cells
Convener(s): Enrico Marsili

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

Session 31: Natural Products - Natural products from unusual sources
Convener(s): David Newman