31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (May 3-6, 2009): Plant Science and Technology

Sunday, May 3, 2009: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Grand Ballroom C (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)

Chair:

Sumita Chaudhuri

Co-chair:

Zeng-Yu Wang

1:00 PM

1-01

The French initiative on renewable carbon for green chemistry and bioenergies
Paul Colonna, INRA; François Houllier, INRA; Agnès Kammoun, INRA; Xavier Montagne, IFP; Christian Sales, CIRAD

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1:30 PM

1-02

Plant growth promoting microorganisms allow for sustainable growth and increased biomass production of poplar on marginal soils
Daniel van der Lelie, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Sebastien Monchy, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Lee Newman, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Safiyh Taghavi, Brookhaven National Laboratory

2:00 PM

1-03

Plants begetting plants: Lignocellulose saccharification by plant-expressed cellulases
Jason D. Nichols, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.; Bruce Link, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.; Stacy Miles, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.; Myoung Kim, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.; Brian Ember, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.; Sergio Arellano, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.; Paul Oeller, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.

2:30 PM

1-04

Transgenic Expression of Endoglucanase and Xylanase Genes Increases Tobacco Digestibility and Biomass Conversion
Kirk L. Pappan, Edenspace Systems Corporation; Deisy Corredor, Edenspace Systems Corporation; Bryan Gerdes, Edenspace Systems Corporation; David A. Lee, Edenspace Systems Corporation; Shilpa A. Yelundur, Edenspace Systems Corporation; Xiaorong Wu, Kansas State University; Donghai Wang, Kansas State University

3:00 PM

Break

3:30 PM

1-05

Enhanced bioprocessing of maize cell wall mutants
Wilfred Vermerris, University of Florida; Hector M. Caicedo, University of Florida; Nathan S. Mosier, Purdue University; Michael R. Ladisch, Purdue University

4:00 PM

1-06

Impact of divergent selection on the abundance and activities of lignin biosynthetic enzymes in switchgrass, and characterization of recombinant switchgrass CAD and COMT proteins
Aaron J. Saathoff, USDA-ARS; Nathan A. Palmer, USDA-ARS; Christian Tobias, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Paul Twigg, University of Nebraska, Kearney; Scott E. Sattler, USDA-ARS; Eric J. Haas, Creighton University; Robert B. Mitchell, USDA-ARS; Kenneth P. Vogel, USDA-ARS; Gautam Sarath, USDA-ARS

4:30 PM

1-06a

Functional genomic analysis of plant biomass deconstruction by extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacteria in pure and co-culture
Derrick L. Lewis, North Carolina State University; Sara Blumer-Schuette, North Carolina State University; Inci Ozdemir, North Carolina State University; Amy L. VanFossen, North Carolina State University; Ira Kataeva, University of Georgia; Sung-Jae Yang, University of Georgia; Michael W.W. Adams, University of Georgia; Robert M. Kelly, North Carolina State University

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