Session 1:
Biocatalysis: Enzymes for Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosics
Monday, August 3, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Philadelphia South, Mezzanine Level (Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel)
Convener:
Aaron T. Wright - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
8:00 AM
Lignocellulose degradation at high temperatures: the use of multi-domain, surface layer associated enzymes by the extremely thermophilic genus Caldicellulosiruptor
Jonathan M. Conway, William S. Pierce, Jaycee H. Le, Jeffrey V. Zurawski, Laura L. Lee, Sara E. Blumer-Schuette and Robert M. Kelly, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Jonathan M. Conway, William S. Pierce, Jaycee H. Le, Jeffrey V. Zurawski, Laura L. Lee, Sara E. Blumer-Schuette and Robert M. Kelly, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
8:30 AM
Pan-omic characterization of plant polymer degradation in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens
Kristin Burnum-Johnson1, Frank Aylward2, Lily Khadempour2, Eric Huang3, Richard White3, Carrie Nicora3, Young-Mo Kim3, Bobbie-Jo Webb-Robertson3, Thomas Metz3, Erin Baker3, Mary Lipton3, Cameron Currie2 and Richard Smith3, (1)Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Kristin Burnum-Johnson1, Frank Aylward2, Lily Khadempour2, Eric Huang3, Richard White3, Carrie Nicora3, Young-Mo Kim3, Bobbie-Jo Webb-Robertson3, Thomas Metz3, Erin Baker3, Mary Lipton3, Cameron Currie2 and Richard Smith3, (1)Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
9:00 AM
High-throughput Assay Development for Glycosyl Hydrolases Based on Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS)
Kai Deng, Joint BioEnergy Institute/Sandia National Laboratories, Emeryville, CA
Kai Deng, Joint BioEnergy Institute/Sandia National Laboratories, Emeryville, CA
10:00 AM
Mining fungal genomic diversity for novel biomass deconstruction enzymes
Jonathan D. Walton1, Zhuoliang Ye2, Bingyao Li3, Yun Zheng4, Dina Jabbour3 and Reginald Storms5, (1)Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (2)Energy Biosciences Insitute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (3)Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (4)Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (5)Department of Biology and Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Jonathan D. Walton1, Zhuoliang Ye2, Bingyao Li3, Yun Zheng4, Dina Jabbour3 and Reginald Storms5, (1)Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (2)Energy Biosciences Insitute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (3)Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (4)Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (5)Department of Biology and Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
10:30 AM
A Community Approach to Identifying New Cellulases
Steven Singer, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA
Steven Singer, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA
11:00 AM
Elucidating the Role of Xylose Metabolism Enzymes from Yarrowia lipolytica
Gabriel Rodriguez1, Murtaza Shabbir Hussain1, Lauren Gambill2 and Mark Blenner1, (1)Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, (2)Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Gabriel Rodriguez1, Murtaza Shabbir Hussain1, Lauren Gambill2 and Mark Blenner1, (1)Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, (2)Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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