Monday, May 4, 2009: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Ballroom C (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)
Chair:
Niels van der Lelie
Co-chair:
Kristala Jones Prather
1:00 PM
Metagenomics for mining new deconstructive enzymes, exploring enzyme diversity and screening cellulolytic activities
Luen-Luen Li, Brookhaven National Laboratory;
Sean McCorkle, Brookhaven National Laboratory;
Denise C. Monteleone, Brookhaven National Laboratory;
Susannah G. Tringe, Joint Genome Institute;
Tanja Woyke, Joint Genome Institute;
Shi-You Ding, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
Michael E. Himmel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
Safiyh Taghavi, Brookhaven National Laboratory;
Daniel Van der Lelie, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2:00 PM
Mining Clostridium thermocellum for Enzymatically Active Carbohydrases
Phillip J. Brumm, C5-6 Technologies;
Becky Hochstein, Lucigen Corporation;
Julie Boyum, Lucigen Corporation;
Norma Magallanes, Lucigen Corporation;
Dhaval Desai, Lucigen Corporation;
Nick Hermersmann, Lucigen Corporation;
Alan Bettermann, Lucigen Corporation;
David Mead, Lucigen Corporation;
Paul J. Weimer, USDA-ARS
4:00 PM
Understanding the Relationship of Toxic Compounds in Corn Stover Hydrolysates and Their Inhibitory Effects on Ethanologen Growth and Fermentation
Min Zhang, NREL;
Mary Ann Franden, NREL;
Philip T. Pienkos, NREL;
Heidi M. Pilath, NREL;
Ed Jennings, NREL;
Ali Mohagheghi, NREL;
Yat-chen Chou, NREL;
C. Kevin Chambliss, Baylor University;
Nick Nagle, NREL;
Richard Elander, NREL