Adsorption of Trichoderma reesei cellulases on lignin-rich residues
Kristiina Kruus¹, Jenni Rahikainen¹, Kaisa Marjamaa¹, Tarja Tamminen¹, Sami Ala-Kurtti¹ and Liisa Viikari², (1)VTT, Espoo, Finland, (2)Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Multiscale modeling of biomass and its degradation
Gnana Gnanakaran, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

Direct visualization of the enzymatic digestion of a single fiber of native cellulose in an aqueous environment by atomic force microscopy
Amanda Quirk¹, Jacek Lipkowski¹, Chris Vandenende², Darrell Cockburn², Anthony J. Clarke², John R. Dutcher³ and Sharon G. Roscoe⁴, (1)Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (2)Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (3)Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (4)Chemistry, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada

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Molecular-level mechanisms of enzymatic deconstruction of cellulose
Michael F. Crowley¹, Gregg T. Beckham², Lintao Bu², Yannick J. Bomble¹, James F. Matthews¹, Mark R. Nimlos², Courtney B. Taylor³, Clare McCabe³, Michael Himmel¹ and William S. Adney¹, (1)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (3)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

A missing link in the enzymatic conversion of recalcitrant polysaccharides
Svein J. Horn, Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Bjorge Westereng, Zarah Forsberg, Morten Sorlie and Vincent G.H. Eijsink, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway

Evolution of cellulosic substrate during enzymatic hydrolysis: impact of substrate morphology and reactivity
Marie Chauve¹, Casanave Dominique¹, Nicolas Lopes Ferreira², Denilson Da silva Perez³, Tapin-Lingua Sandra¹ and Serge Perez⁴, (1)Process division, IFP Energies nouvelles, Solaize, France, (2)Biotechnology, IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil Malmaison, France, (3)New Materials Division, FCBA,, Grenoble, France, (4)ESRF, Grenoble, France