Session 6: Metabolic Engineering: Metabolic Engineering for Chemicals and Fuels Production I
Monday, August 3, 2015: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Freedom Ballroom, Mezzanine Level (Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel)
Convener:
Andreas Schirmer - REG Life Sciences, LLC, South San Francisco, CA
Co-Convener:
Xuan Wang - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ



1:30 PM
S30
Process and metabolic engineering for the use of sustainable, renewable, non-food vegetable oils for the production of fuels and chemicals
Daniel J. Monticello1, Mai Li1, Stephanie Doneske1, Erin Burke2, Katherine Walton2 and Paul Campbell1, (1)Research & Development, Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc., Houston, TX, (2)Analytical Chemistry, Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc., Houston, TX
2:00 PM
S31
Bio-based isobutene
Dr. Frederic Paques, Global Bioenergies, Evry, France
2:30 PM
Break
3:00 PM
S32
Production of fatty acid derived chemicals and fuels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Dr. Verena Siewers, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden and Prof. Jens Nielsen, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Hørsholm, Denmark
3:30 PM
S33
Metabolic Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for fuels and chemicals production
Hal Alper, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
4:00 PM
S34
Engineering Non-phosphorylative Shortcut Metabolism to Enable Efficient Biosynthesis of TCA-cycle Derivatives
Kechun Zhang, Dept. Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Mingyong Xiong, Bio-technical Resources, Manitowoc, WI, Yi-shu Tai, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Pooja Jambunathan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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