Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2013 (August 11-15, 2013): Invited Oral Papers

Monday, August 12, 2013

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 1: Biocatalysis: Enzymes for Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosics
Convener(s): Debbie Yaver | Co-Convener(s): Regine Behr

Session 2: Environmental: Bioremediation
Convener(s): Melanie R. Mormile

Session 3: Fermentation & cell culture: Miniature Bioreactors in Strain Development
| Co-Convener(s): Katy C. Kao

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 4: Natural Products: The Future of Natural Products in Drug Discovery: Roundtable
Convener(s): William Fenical

Session 5: Special topics: Synthetic Biology I Tools
Convener(s): Howard Salis

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Session 6: Biocatalysis: Chemo Enzymatic Approaches to Biocatalysis
Convener(s): Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

Session 7: Environmental: Functional Metagenomics and Gene Discovery
Convener(s): Don Cowan

Session 8: Fermentation & cell culture: Beer and Wine Fermentation
Convener(s): Torben Bruck | Co-Convener(s): Noel Fong

Session 9: Special topics: Synthetic Biology Applications
Convener(s): Kirsten R. Benjamin

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 10: Metabolic Engineeering: Biofuels I: Integrated Approaches for Sustainable and Cost-Efficient Biofuels Production
Convener(s): Andreas Schirmer

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 11: Environmental: Microbial Consortia/Population Synergies
Convener(s): Cynthia H. Collins

Session 12: Fermentation & cell culture: Production of Biopharmaceuticals
Convener(s): Tom Kelleher | Co-Convener(s): Tiffany D. Rau

Session 13: Natural Products: New Methodologies for Natural Product Chemistry
Convener(s): Paul R. Jensen | Co-Convener(s): Eric Schmidt

Session 14: Special topics: Intellectual Property
Convener(s): Sarah Lau

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Session 15: Environmental: Microbial Ecology for Industrial Settings
Convener(s): Matthew W. Fields

Session 16: Fermentation & cell culture: Fermentation of Non-Conventional Yeast & Bacteria
Convener(s): Quinn Zhu

Session 17: Metabolic Engineering: Biofuels II: Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology Approaches for Advanced Biofuels Synthesis
Convener(s): Cong T. Trinh

2:30 PM-5:30 PM

Session 18: Student Oral Session

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Session 19: Women in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology-take 2 The" Women in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology –Take 2" session will feature participants who are relatively early into their careers, in contrast to last year’s speakers who were more
Convener(s): Susan T. Bagley | Co-Convener(s): Debbie Chadick

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 20: Metabolic Engineering of Non-Traditional Host Microorganisms
Convener(s): Christie Peebles

Session 21: Natural Products: Cyanobacterial Natural Products and Metabolic Engineering
Convener(s): William Gerwick

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 22: Biocatalysis: Modeling and Computational design
Convener(s): Sagar Khare

Session 23: Fermentation & cell culture: Production of Biochemicals
Convener(s): Daniel K.Y. Solaiman | Co-Convener(s): Robert Fireovid

Thursday, August 15, 2013

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8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 24: Fermentation & cell culture: Genomic Stability in Fermentation Processes
Convener(s): Chandresh Thakker | Co-Convener(s): Clementina Dellomonaco

Session 25: Metabolic Engineering: Metabolic Engineering for Basic and Intermediate Chemicals Production
Convener(s): Stephen Van Dien

Session 26: Special topics: Algae: Engineered Strains/Engineered Production Systems
Convener(s): Philip T. Pienkos

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 27: Natural Products: New Development in Natural Products Biosynthesis
Convener(s): Brian O. Bachmann

2:00 PM-4:30 PM

Session 28: Environmental: Bioelectrosynthesis
Convener(s): Enrico Marsili

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Session 29: Metabolic Engineering: Metabolic Engineering for the Production of Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Precursors
Convener(s): David R. Nielsen

Session 30: Natural Products: Synthetic Biology for Natural Product Discovery and Development
Convener(s): Huimin Zhao

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

Session 31: Biocatalysis: Novel Transformations
Convener(s): Jon D. Stewart