6: Biomass Physicochemical Analysis

Tuesday, May 3, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow A-B, 2nd fl (Sheraton Seattle)
Chair:
Bryon Donohoe
Co-chair:
Stefan Willfor
8:00 AM
Overcoming challenges in biomass analysis through cooperation
Stefan Willfor, Abo Akademi University, Finland and Bryon Donohoe, Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
8:30 AM
Distribution of cell wall glycans in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Utku Avci, Sivakumar Pattathil, Koushik Mazumder and Michael Hahn, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
9:00 AM
Microfluidic high-throughput assays for biomass-to-biofuels conversion
Rajiv Bharadwaj, Aarthi Chandrasekaran, April Wong, Chieh Chang, Zhiwei Chen, Supratim Datta, Joshua Park, Blake Simmons, Paul Adams and Anup Singh, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Structural characterization of AHP-pretreated biomass
Muyang Li1, Dan Williams1, Tongjun Liu2, Dan Jones3 and David Hodge1, (1)Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (2)Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (3)Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
10:30 AM
Analysis of 13C enriched corn stover by water-only flow-through pretreatment
Marcus B. Foston, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, BioEnergy Science Center, Atlanta, GA, Heather L. McKenzie, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, BioEnergy Science Center, Riverside, CA, Charles Wyman, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA and Art J. Ragauskas, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
11:00 AM
Neutron reflectometry, QCM-D, and TIRF study of the interaction of endoglucanases with films of amorphous cellulose
Michael S. Kent1, Gang Cheng1, Supratim Datta1, Zelin Liu2, Vimalier Reyes-Ortiz1, Jaclyn Murton3, Bulent Akgun4, Michael Jablin5, Manish Dubey5, Jaroslaw Majewski5, Candice Halbert6, James F. Browning6, John F. Ankner6, Alan Esker6, Danielle Tullman-Ercek1, Ken Sale1 and Blake Simmons1, (1)Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA, (2)Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, (3)Biological and Materials Sciences, Sandia National Laboratory, (4)National Institutes of Standards and Technology, (5)Lujan Neutron Science Center, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, NM, (6)Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboraory, Oak Ridge, TN
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