| Tuesday, May 5, 2009: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM | |||
| Grand Ballroom A-B (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel) | |||
| Session ST2: Special Topic 2: Development and Commercialization of Algal-based Biofuels. Please note: Submit invited papers only. | |||
| Speakers in this special session will describe some of the many efforts underway around the world to develop and commercialize algal-based biofuels technologies. | |||
| Chair: | Al Darzins | ||
| Co-chair: | Sridhar Viamajala | ||
| 7:00 PM | ST2-01 | Overview of Algal Biofuels: From Cell Biology to Biotechnology Qiang Hu, Milton Sommerfeld | |
| 7:20 PM | ST2-02 | Biofuels from microalgae: Biochemistry and regulation of triacylglycerol accumulation in the model Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Christoph Benning, Eric R. Moellering, Rachel Miller, Xiaobo Li, Astrid Vieler | |
| 7:40 PM | ST2-03 | Strain development of non-model photosynthetic microbes for biofuel production Bertrand Vick | |
| 8:00 PM | ST2-04 | Low-cost photobioreactor technology: Promise, progress, and challenges Bryan Willson | |
| 8:20 PM | ST2-05 | Feedstock-flexible renewable oil production from heterotropohic algae using a proven, scalable system Harrison F. Dillon | |
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