7: Enzyme Science & Technology I

Tuesday, May 1, 2012: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Waterbury Ballroom, 2nd fl (Sheraton New Orleans)
Chair:
Jack N. Saddler
1:00 PM
A multiplexed, high-throughput screening pipeline for lignocellulosic enzyme discovery and evolution
Richard A. Heins1, Xiaoliang Cheng2, Kai Deng2, Suzan Yilmaz2, Anup Singh2, Paul Adams2, Blake Simmons1, Kenneth L. Sale1 and Trent Northen2, (1)Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Berkeley, CA, (2)Technology Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Berkeley, CA
1:30 PM
Discovery of novel cellulases and hemicellulases from unique metagenomic libraries
Paul Bromann1, Simo Ellilä2, Kaisa Marjamaa2, Mari Nyyssönen2, Merja Itävaara2, Anu Koivula2 and Kristiina Kruus2, (1)Centre for Drug Research Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, (2)VTT, Espoo, Finland
2:00 PM
Linking Trichoderma reesei cultivation process parameters, enzyme production profile and hydrolysis performance
Linda Lehmann1, Ausra Peciulyte2, Tomas Larsson3, Stuart M. Stocks4, Henrik Steen Jorgensen4, Timothy Hobley1 and Lisbeth Olsson5, (1)Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, (2)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, (3)Innventia, Stockholm, Sweden, (4)Fermentation Pilot Plant, Novozymes A/S, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark, (5)Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
2:30 PM
Break/Exhibits open Napoleon Foyer, 3rd fl
3:00 PM
GH61-catalyzed oxidative cleavage of cellulose
William Beeson IV1, Christopher Phillips2 and Michael Marletta1, (1)Chemistry, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (2)Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
3:30 PM
Recent insights into the enzymatic conversion of cellulose and other recalcitrant polysaccharides
Zarah Forsberg, Phillip B. Pope, Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Bjorge Westereng, Alasdair MacKenzie, Morten Sørlie, Svein J. Horn and Vincent G.H. Eijsink, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
4:00 PM
New commercial enzymes for lignocellulosic biomass degradation: are they good enough?
Paul V. Harris, Artificial Evolution, Novozymes, Inc., Davis, CA
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