Special topics: Algae: Engineered Strains/Engineered Production Systems

Thursday, August 15, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Nautilus 3 (Sheraton San Diego)
Convener:
Philip T. Pienkos - NREL, Golden, CO



8:00 AM
Food and Fuel in the 21st Century – Algae as a potential new source of both
Stephen Mayfield, San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
8:30 AM
Photons to Fuels: Metabolic Pathway Manipulation for Starch, Oils or Hydrogen in Photosynthetic Microorganisms
Matthew C. Posewitz, Department of Chemistry & Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Photosynthetic conversion of CO2 and xylose to ethylene and organic acids using cyanobacteria
Jianping Yu, Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
11:00 AM
Open Pond Systems for the Stable Production of Algae Biomass
Robert C. McBride and Craig Behnke, Sapphire Energy, San Diego, CA
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