Session 24: Metabolic Engineering: Utilization of Alternative Feedstocks (including photosynthetic organisms)
Thursday, August 6, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Philadelphia North, Mezzanine Level (Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel)
Convener:
Adam M. Guss - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Co-Convener:
Jay Fitzgerald - Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Washington, DC


8:00 AM
S121b
Improved metabolic engineering of the marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 for the production of sugar feedstocks and commodity chemicals.
Dr. Andrew Markley and Prof. Brian F. Pfleger, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
8:30 AM
S122
From waste gases to commodities-gas fermentation and carbon recycling
Ching Leang, Synthetic Biology, LanzaTech, Skokie, IL
9:00 AM
S123
Methane bioconversion to chemicals, liquids, and fuels
James Kealy, Industrial Products Division, Intrexon Corporation, South San Francisco, CA and Eli Groban, Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology, Intrexon Corporation, South San Francisco, CA
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
S124
A synthetic biology approach to improving cyanobacterial chemical production
Shota Atsumi, Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
10:30 AM
S125
Engineering nitrogen metabolism in Clostridium thermocellum for cellulosic ethanol production
Thomas Rydzak1, Beth Papanek2 and Adam M. Guss1, (1)Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
11:00 AM
S126
Metabolic engineering for biological lignin valorization
Christopher W. Johnson, Mary Ann Franden, Michael T. Guarnieri, Eric M. Karp, Payal Khanna, Jeffrey G. Linger, Davinia Salvachua, Derek R. Vardon and Gregg T. Beckham, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
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