31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (May 3-6, 2009): Translational Genomics for Bioenergy Feedstocks and Microbes

Monday, May 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Grand Ballroom C (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)

Chair:

Allison Berry

Co-chair:

David Stalker

8:00 AM

4-01

Genetic dissection of bioenergy traits in sorghum
Wilfred Vermerris, University of Florida; Ana Saballos, University of Florida; Seth Murray, Texas A&M University; William Rooney, Texas A&M University; Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina; Jeffrey F. Pedersen, USDA-ARS; Scott Sattler, USDA-ARS; Zhanguo Xin, USDA-ARS

8:30 AM

4-02

Acidothermus cellulolyticus: from genome sequence to plant cell wall deconstruction
Ravi D. Barabote, University of California; Juanito V. Parales, University of California; Rebecca E. Parales, University of California; Alison M. Berry, University of California

9:00 AM

4-03

Community structure and functional diversity of thermophilic cellulolytic microbial consortia
Javier Izquierdo, Dartmouth College; Elizabeth Barrett, Dartmouth College; Parker Reed, Dartmouth College; Maria Sizova, Dartmouth College; Lee Lynd, Dartmouth College

9:30 AM

Break

10:00 AM

4-04

Discovery of genes that mediate and regulate hemicellulose biosynthesis
Kenneth Keegstra, Michigan State University; Markus Pauly, Michigan State University; Curtis Wilkerson, Michigan State University; David Cavalier, Michigan State University; Jean-Christoph Cocuron, Michigan State University; Jacob Jensen, Michigan State University; Nick Thrower, Michigan State University; Yan Wang, Michigan State University

10:30 AM

4-05

Mining the metatranscriptome of the rumen microbiota for feedstock-targeted glycosyl hydrolases
Matthias Hess, DOE Joint Genome Institute; Tao Zhang, DOE Joint Genome Institute; Susannah Green-Tringe, DOE Joint Genome Institute; Roderick Mackie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eddy Rubin, DOE Joint Genome Institute

11:00 AM

4-06

Discovery of Switchgrass Genes through Genomics to Improve Biomass Composition and Conversion
Nestor R. Apuya, Ceres, Inc.; Maurice Ahyow, Ceres, Inc.; Abbey Pierson, Ceres, Inc.; Tanya Kruse, Ceres, Inc.; Bonnie Hames, Ceres, Inc.; Steve Thomas, Ceres, Inc.; Roger Pennell, Ceres, Inc.

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