Natural Products: New Development in Natural Products Biosynthesis

Thursday, August 15, 2013: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Nautilus 4 (Sheraton San Diego)
Convener:
Brian O. Bachmann - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN



8:30 AM
Polyketide-Terpene Natural Products from Filamentous Fungi
Yi Tang, Yit-Heng Chooi and Hsiao-ching Lin, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
9:00 AM
Chemical discovery in the microbial world: identifying enzymes that construct unusual molecular architecture
Emily Balskus, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Rare actinomycetes genome mining for cryptic polyene macrolide and novel cytochrome P450 hydroxylase
Eung-Soo Kim, Department of Biological Engineering, Inha university, Incheon, South Korea
10:30 AM
Architecture and dynamics of mega-synthases involved in primary and secondary metabolism
Shiou-Chuan Tsai, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
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