11: Emerging Biofuels and Chemicals

Wednesday, May 4, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Ballroom B, 2nd fl (Sheraton Seattle)
Chair:
Douglas Cameron
Co-chair:
Kishore Rane
8:00 AM
Bioproduction of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid: from bacterial isolation to purified product
Nick J.P. Wierckx1, Frank W. Koopman2, Han De Winde2 and Harald J. Ruijssenaars1, (1)BIRD Engineering, Schiedam, Netherlands, (2)Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
8:30 AM
Enhanced furfural production from cellulosic biomass by simultaneous solvent extraction followed by conversion of the cellulose enriched solids to glucose, 5-(Hydroxymethyl) furfural, and levulinic acid
Taiying Zhang1, Rajeev Kumar1 and Charles E. Wyman2, (1)Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, (2)Center for Environmental Research and Technology Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Bourns College of Engineer, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA
9:00 AM
Dicarboxylic acids: Bio-based feedstock chemicals from corn and cellulosic sugars
James Wynn, Susanne Kleff, Mike Guettler, Robert Hanchar, Sachin Jadhav, Denise Rumler, Heather Hodge and Fatmagul Tuluoglu, MBI, Lansing, MI
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Engineering Candida tropicalis to produce adipic acid from renewable oils
Thomas A. Beardslee, Michael Walbridge, Jian Yi and Steve Picataggio, Verdezyne, Inc., Carlsbad, CA
10:30 AM
Advanced biofuels and advanced engines: Defining the feedback loop between synthetic biology and combustion science
Blake Simmons1, John Dec2, Craig Taatjes2, Masood Hadi3, Taek Soon Lee4 and Jay D. Keasling5, (1)Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, (2)Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, (3)Biomass Science and Conversion Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, (4)Director of Metabolic Engineering, JBEI, Emeryville, CA, (5)CEO, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA
11:00 AM
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