Topical 4: Sustainable Biorefineries

Session 623 - Biological Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks II
Explore advances in products and processes based on biologically-mediated catalysis of renewable substrates. Favor papers demonstrating the sound application of core scientific and engineering principles.
Chair:Nasib Qureshi
CoChair:James D. McMillan
CoSponsor(s):Bioengineering
Forest Products Division
Sustainable Engineering Forum (See also Topical E)
 Expression of Novel Enzymes for Biomass Conversion in E.Coli
Imade Asemota, Bruce E. Dale, Balan Venkatesh, R. M. Worden
 Enzymatic Processing of Corn Fibers for a Complete Recovery of Ferulic Acid and Fermentable Sugars
Hyun-Dong Shin, Shara McClendon, Tien Le, Christopher Clarke, Frank Taylor, Rachel Ruizhen Chen
 High-Value Lignin Co-Products through Pretreatment and Microbial Conditioning
Swetha Mahalaxmi, Naresh Budhavaram, Dr. Clint W. Williford, James Rawlins
 Genomics Enabled Optimization of E. Coli Succinate Production
Michael D. Lynch, Tirzah Ya'el Mills, Amarjeet Singh, Ryan T. Gill
 Break
 Conversion of Glucose, Xylose, and Glycerol by Rhodotorula Glutinis into Triglycerides a Biodiesel Feedstock
Emily Easterling, Todd French, Rafael Hernandez, M. Licha
 Biorefining Mixed Sugars Using High Densities of Growth-Arrested Corynebacteria
Hideaki Yukawa, Masayuki Inui, Alain A. Vertès
 Development of Cereal-Based Biorefineries for the Production of Biodegradable Plastics and Platform Chemicals
Colin Webb, Apostolis A. Koutinas, Chenyu Du, Ruohang Wang, Yunji Xu, Sze Ki Carol Lin, Rafael Luque, James H. Clark

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