Session 26: Biocatalysis: Enzymes for Degradation of Pollutants
Thursday, August 6, 2015: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Independence CD, Mezzanine Level (Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel)
Convener:
Rebecca Parales - University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Co-Convener:
Kristina Mahan - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN



2:00 PM
Structure-Function Analysis of Nitrobenzene 1, 2-Dioxygenase
Kristina Mahan, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
2:30 PM
Functional Genomics of the Biodegradation of the Emerging Contaminant 1,4-Dioxane
Christopher Sales, Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Gene-Targeted Metagenomics Reveals Biogeography of Microbial Biodegradation Capabilities
Gerben Zylstra, Biochemistry & Microbiology Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
4:00 PM
Ether hydrolase initiates biodegradation of the insensitive explosive, 2,4-dinitroanisole
Prof. Jim Spain1, Smruthi Karthikeyan2, Tekle Fida2, Shannu Palamuru3 and Gnjan Pandy3, (1)Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology, (3)CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories
4:30 PM
Enzymes for the biodegradation of s-triazines
Lawrence P. Wackett, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, the BioTechnology Institute, St. Paul, MN
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