Session 7: Renewable Fuels, Chemicals, and Bio-based Products II: Specialty and Higher Value Chemicals
Tuesday, April 28, 2015: 1:00 PM-4:25 PM
Aventine Ballroom G, Ballroom Level
Conveners:
Marco van den Berg - DSM, Delft, and Matt Tobin - Amyris, Emeryville, CA



1:00 PM
7-1
Isomerization of glucose to fructose and mannose
Prof. Xianghong Qian, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1:25 PM
7-2
Biobased production of arginine by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli
Mireille Ginesy, Prof. Paul Christakopoulos and Prof. Ulrika Rova, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
1:50 PM
7-3
Glucose based production of L-methionine with E. coli
Prof. Ralf Takors1, Maria Rahnert1, Attila Teleki1, Dr. Horst Priefert2, Dr. Brigitte Bathe2 and Dr. Ines Ochrombel2, (1)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Stuttgart, (2)Evonik Industries AG, Halle
2:15 PM
Break
2:45 PM
7-4
Attempts to detoxify sorghum bran hydrolysates for the production of itaconic acid from sorghum bran
Amina Ahmed El-Imam1, Chenyu Du1 and Paul Dyer2, (1)Bioenergy and Brewing Sciences Building, Food Sciences Department, University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, (2)School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
3:10 PM
7-5
Achieving arabitol-free xylitol production through modified xylose reductase in a Candida tropicalis isolate 
Dr. Abhishek Somani1, Dr. David N Bryant2, Dr. Sreenivas Rao Ravella3, Dr. Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes4 and Joe A Gallagher2, (1)Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, (2)Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, (3)Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth (UK), (4)Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, UK
3:35 PM
7-6
Synthesis of hydrophobic esters with yeast surface displayed-lipase
Joseph Eby and Steven W. Peretti, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
4:00 PM
7-7
Lignins from biochemical processing of lignocellulose -struture and potential applications
Claus Felby1, Yohanna Cabrera Orozco2, David Cannella1, Mads Anders Tengstedt Hansen3, Joachim Bachmann Nielsen4, Anker Degn Jensen4 and Anders Jensen1, (1)Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark, (2)Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, (3)Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksber C, (4)Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
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