Session 9
Microbial Science and Technology II – Yeast and Fungi
Tuesday, April 29, 2014: 1:00 PM-4:25 PM
Grand Ballroom D-E, lobby level (Hilton Clearwater Beach)
Conveners:
Merja Penttila - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, and Youg-Cheol Park - Kookmin University, Seoul,
Yeast and fungi are powerful biocatalysts but the ideal microorganism for the complete and rapid bioconversion of the multiple substrates in biomass does not exist. This session will present recent research progress with yeast and fungi to overcome the fundamental limitations to rapid bioconversion of biomass substrates. Research topic include new microbial strain discovery, progress using genetic engineering, microbial evolution, and pathway engineering approaches for as well as testing of natural or constructed consortia for bioconversion. There are two sessions on yeast and fungi.

Design and Development of Molecular Tools for Synthetic Biology of Yarrowia lipolytica Towards Production of Lipid-based Industrial Oils
Xiaochao Xiong, Ali Abghari and Shulin Chen, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Fundamental studies reveal membrane engineering as strain engineering target for enhanced robustness towards lignocellulose hydrolysate inhibitors
Lina Lindberg1, Lisbeth Olsson2 and Maurizio Bettiga1, (1)Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, (2)Chemical and Biological Engineering - Industrial Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Bettiga SBFC 2014 Upload.pdf
Minimizing the cost of cellulosic-biomass-derived Amyris Diesel by combining non-native sugar catabolism and xylose isomerase pathways
Jared W. Wenger1, Poonam Saija1, Juliette Laoyan2, Jeremiah Kim2, Ross K. Eppler3 and Gale Wichmann1, (1)Biology, Amyris, Inc., Emeryville, CA, (2)Fermentation, Amyris, Inc., Emeryville, CA, (3)Commercial Operations, Amyris, Inc., Emeryville, CA
Metabolic Engineering for L-lactic acid production in Pichia pastoris
Virgílio H. L. Castro Jr.1, Lucas Carvalho1, Nadielle T.M. Melo1, Jessica Bergman1, Pollyne B.A. Almeida2, Beatriz S. Magalhães1 and Nadia Skorupa Parachin3, (1)Integra Bioprocessos e Análises, Brasília, Brazil, (2)Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, (3)Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Yeast engineering for sugar acid production
Yvonne Nygård, Mervi Toivari, Laura Ruohonen, Merja Penttilä and Marilyn G. Wiebe, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland
Engineering Neurospora crassa for improved cellobionate production from cellulose
Amanda Hildebrand1, Edyta Szewczyk2, Takao Kasuga3 and Zhiliang (Julia) Fan1, (1)Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, (2)Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, (3)Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Development of a robust cellulase expression system in Trichoderma reesei
Jeffrey G. Linger1, Larry E. Taylor II2, Kara Podkaminer3, John O. Baker3, Arjun Singh1, Todd A. Vander Wall3, Willam S. Adney4, Michael E. Himmel3 and Stephen Decker3, (1)National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (2)Chemical and Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (3)Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, (4)RTI International, Raleigh, NC
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