Conversion of protein into biofuel by engineering nitrogen flux
David G. Wernick, Chemical and Biomoleuclar Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Pathway engineering via synthetic biology
Huimin Zhao, Byoungjin Kim, Jing Du, Yongbo Yuan, Tong Si and Dawn Eriksen, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Production of omega-3 fatty acids from Yarrowia lipolytica: factors affecting lipid accumulation
Seung-Pyo Hong, Quinn Zhu, Zhixiong Xue, Narendra Yadav, Pamela Sharpe, Xiaochun Fan, Bjorn Tyreus, David Short, Dongming Xie, Boonchai Boonyaratanakornkit, Clementina Dellomonaco and Ethel Jackson, Central Research & Development/ Biochemical Sciences & Engineering, DuPont, Wilmington, DE

Break - Sponsored by FrieslandCampina Domo

Development of a sexual recombination system to speed up evolutionary engineering in Escherichia coli
James D. Winkler, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Katy C. Kao, Texas A&M, College Station, TX

Application of directed evolution of xylose transport and catabolism in yeast
Hal Alper, Eric Young and Sun-mi Lee, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Engineering microbial biofuel tolerance and export using efflux pumps
Mary J. Dunlop, School of Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT