Invited Oral Papers

Monday, July 21, 2014

8:00 AM-11:30 AM


Session 1: Chemo-enzymatic Approaches to Biocatalysis
Convener(s): Steven G. Van Lanen and Patrick C. Cirino

Session 2: Metabolic Engineering of Catabolic Pathways
Convener(s): Michael Lynch and Lori Giver

8:30 AM-11:30 AM


Session 4: Genome Mining for Natural Products
Convener(s): Brian O. Bachmann

1:00 PM-4:30 PM


Session 5: Cell Culture: Discovery to Commercialization
Convener(s): Tiffany D. Rau and Bruno Figueroa

Session 6: Metabolic Engineering for Renewable Chemical Production
Convener(s): David R. Nielsen and Andreas Schirmer

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

8:00 AM-11:30 AM

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Session 8: Applications of Protein Engineering in Metabolic Engineering
Convener(s): Ajikumar Parayil and Patrick C. Cirino
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Session 10: Plant-Microbe Interactions Sponsored by Monsanto
Convener(s): Paul L. Skatrud | Co-Convener(s): Gary Stacey

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

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Session 11: Fermentation of Gaseous Feedstocks
Convener(s): Matthew L. Lipscomb and Hasan K. Atiyeh

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

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Session 14: Strain Selection for Successful Fermentation Scale-Up
Convener(s): Kirsten R. Benjamin and Amoolya Singh
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Session 15: Metabolic Engineering of Phototrophic Microbes
Convener(s): Shota Atsumi and Himadri Pakrasi
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Session 16: Plant Biotechnology Sponsored by Dow AgroSciences LLC
Convener(s): Steven L. Evans and Toni Kutchan

2:30 PM-5:30 PM

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Session 17: Student Contributed Oral Session
Convener(s): Laura R. Jarboe | Co-Convener(s): Stephanie Gleason

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

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Session 18: Impact of Diversity on Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
Convener(s): S.T. Bagley | Co-Convener(s): Raul J. Cano

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

8:00 AM-11:30 AM


Session 19: Historical Perspectives on Metabolic Engineering
Convener(s): Hal Alper , Brian F. Pfleger and Stephen Van Dien

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

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Session 20: Industrially Relevant Enzymes
Convener(s): Rajesh K. Sani and Bhupinder Singh Chadha

Thursday, July 24, 2014

8:00 AM-11:30 AM

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Session 23: Fermentation Considerations for Strain Design
Convener(s): Chandresh D. Thakker and Katy C. Kao
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Session 24: Functional Metagenomics
Convener(s): Mark R. Liles

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

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Session 28: Bioremediation
Convener(s): Judy D. Wall and Esta van Heerden
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Session 29: Continuous and Integrated Bioprocessing
Convener(s): Clementina Delamonacco and Maitreya J. Dunham
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Session 30: Applications of Protein Engineering in Biocatalysis
Convener(s): Gregg T. Beckham | Co-Convener(s): Patrick C. Cirino