Bio-based adipic acid from renewable fats and oils
Stephen Picataggio, L. Dudley Eirich, Jian Yi, Michael Walbridge and Thomas Beardslee, Verdezyne, Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Dissection of the genome of an Escherichia coli strain genetically engineered and metabolically evolved to overproduce succinic acid
R. Rogers Yocum¹, Sudhanshu Dole¹, Wei Gong¹, Tammy Grabar², Sarah Schille¹, Lin Howitt¹, Andrew Collard¹ and Janice Pero¹, (1)Molecular Biology, Myriant Corp, Woburn, MA, (2)Cellulosic Strain Developoment, Myriant Corp, Woburn, MA

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Sustainable production of industrial chemicals using microbial biocatalysts: 1,4-Butanediol
Stephen Van Dien, Genomatica, Inc., San Diego, CA

Metabolic engineering to increase production of malonyl-CoA derived products
Michael Lynch, Hans Liao, Tanya Warnecke, Michael Louie, Ashley Trahan, Eileen Spindler, Faith Watson and Ron Evans, OPXBIO, Boulder, CO

Biochemicals development at Novozymes: technical and commercial aspects
Alan Berry, Research and Development, Novozymes, Inc., Davis, CA and Tina Fano, Business Development and Acquisitions, Novozymes, A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark