Bacterial Enzymes for Lignin Degradation and Production of Aromatic Chemicals from Lignocellulose
Timothy D.H. Bugg, Elizabeth M. Hardiman, Charles R. Taylor and Paul D. Sainsbury, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

On the Trail of Lignin Depolymerase
Yi-ru Chen, Simo Sarkanen and Yun-Yan Wang, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Exploring the nano confinement space for cell wall degrading molecular machines
Larry P. Walker, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

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Free and complexed enzymes exhibit synergistic mechanisms in cellulose deconstruction: Implications for enzyme cocktail design for biofuels production
Michael G. Resch¹, Bryon Donohoe¹, John O. Baker¹, Peter Ciesielski¹, Qi Xu¹, Stephen R. Decker¹, Kara Podkaminer¹, Edward A. Bayer², Michael E. Himmel¹ and Gregg T. Beckham³, (1)Biosciences Center, BioEnergy Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, (3)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Cellulase linkers are optimized based on domain type and function
Deanne W. Sammond¹, Christina M. Payne², Roman Brunecky¹, Michael Himmel³, Michael F. Crowley¹ and Gregg T. Beckham⁴, (1)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (3)Biosciences Center, BioEnergy Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Golden, CO, (4)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

Improved Assays for Enzyme Selection in Biomass Conversion
K.C. McFarland, Novozymes, Inc., Davis, CA