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12: Biomass Recalcitrance

Wednesday, May 6, 2009: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Grand Ballroom A-B (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)
Chair:
Chris Somerville
Co-chair:
Liisa Viikari
1:00 PM
12-01
Identification of Desirable Traits in Miscanthus to Enhance Total Sugar Yields in Biological Conversion
Taiying Zhang, University of California Riverside; Bin Yang, University of California Riverside; Charles E. Wyman, University of California Riverside; Fasong Zhou, Mendel Biotechnology Inc; James Zhang, Mendel Biotechnology Inc
1:30 PM
12-02
Elucidation of Alfalfa Lignin Structures on Gene Down-regulation
Yunqiao Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Fang Chen, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Richard A. Dixon, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Mark Davis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Brian H. Davison, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Arthur Ragauskas, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2:00 PM
12-03
Small-scale Enzymatic Conversion Screens to Assist in the Development of Improved Energy Crop Varieties
Tanya Kruse, Ceres, Inc.; Anthy Alexiades, Ceres, Inc.; Greg East, Ceres, Inc.; Bonnie R. Hames, Ceres, Inc.; Steven R. Thomas, Ceres, Inc.
2:30 PM
Break
3:00 PM
12-04
Effects of Chemical Pretreatment on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulose Observed by AFM
Hao Liu, South China Univeristy of Technology; Wenyuan Zhu, South China University of Science and Technology; J. Y. Zhu, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; Shiyu Fu, South China University of Technology
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3:30 PM
12-05
Understanding Ionic Liquid Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomasses
Seema Singh, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Rohit Arora, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Chithra Manisseri, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Chenlin Li, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Henrik V. Scheller, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Kenneth P. Vogel, USDA-ARS; Blake A. Simmons, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
4:00 PM
12-06
Single Molecule Tracking of Carbohydrate-Binding Modules Bound to Cellulose Crystals
Yu-San Liu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Yining Zeng, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Yonghua Luo, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Qi Xu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Michael E. Himmel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Steve Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shi-You Ding, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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