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| Biocatalysis Sessions | |
|---|---|
| New tools for biocatalyst discovery | Convener: S. Lutz, Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA |
| Advances in biocatalyst development | Convener: Lori Giver, Codexis Inc., Redwood City, CA |
| Biocatalysis for oils, glycerol, and oil-related value-added products | Convener: Ching Hou, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL |
| Biocatalysis for bioenergy | Convener: Huimin Zhao, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL |
| Industrial case studies for biocatalyst applications in pharma | Convener: Andreas Bommarius, Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA |
| Enzyme function and promiscuity | Convener: Shelly Copley, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| Environmental Microbiology Sessions | |
| Integrated omics in systems biology: The new frontier for environmental biotechnology | Convener: Terry C. Hazen, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA |
| In situ bioremediation of organic compounds in ground water | Convener: Ann Keeley, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, USPEA, Ada, OK |
| Thermophilic bioprocessing of lignocellulosic waste-materials for generation of energy | Convener: Rajesh Sani, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD |
| Biodefense Research and Technology | Convener: Jon J. Calomiris, US Army, USANCA, Springfield, VA |
| Innovations in naturally-derived technologies in cosmetics and personal care | Convener: Smitha Nagaraj, Arch Personal Care Products, L.P, Edison, NJ |
| Extremophiles, Archaea and their applications | Convener: Julie A. Maupin-Furlow, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| Fermentation and Cell Culture Sessions | |
| Advances in fermentation technology | Convener: Badal Saha, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL |
| Cell culture and microbial platforms for production of monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments: Part 1 | Convener: Matthew Croughan, KGI, Claremont, CA |
| Cell culture and microbial platforms for production of monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments: Part 2 | Convener: Matthew Croughan, KGI, Claremont, CA |
| Valuable products by microbial fermentation | Convener: Vasantha Nagarajan, DuPont, Wilmington, DE |
| Challenges and solutions in large scale industrial fermentation | Convener: Flint Harding, Martek Bioscience Corp., Kingstree, NC |
| Technology transfer | Convener: Michael Meagher, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE |
| Metabolic Engineering Sessions | |
| Engineering next generation of biofuels | Conveners: Stephen B. del Cardayre, LS9, San Carlos, CA and Todd French, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS |
| Genomic advances for industrial microorganisms | |
| Calculating and approaching theoretical yield | |
| Genetic approaches to enhancing therapeutic protein production | |
| Engineering tolerance in industrial bioprocesses or engineering solutions to real industrial bioprocesses challenges | |
| Emerging tools for the metabolic engineer | |
| Natural Products Sessions | |
| Microbes and medicine from the sea | Convener: Bradley Moore, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA |
| Antibiotic regulation and resistance | Conveners: Susan Jensen, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Jerry Wright, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON |
| Biosynthetic enzyme mechanisms and combinational biosynthesis | Convener: Jurgen Rohr, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
| Cryptic pathways and symbionts: Unveiling nature's hidden pathways | Convener: Christian Hertweck, Leibniz-Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany |
| Natural products as nutraceuticals: Prospects, biosynthesis and production | Conveners: Ross Zirkle, Martek Bio, Boulder, CO and Adam Burja, Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Natural product biosynthesis in three dimensions | Convener: Joseph P. Noel, Howard Hughes Medical Inst. and The Salk Inst. for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA |
| Marcel Faber Roundtable | |
| Bioenergy: Potential resource or dangerous diversion? (PDF) | Organized by: Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera, Univ. of Maryland Biotech. Inst., Rockville, MD and Robert D. Schwartz, Abbott Laboratories (ret.) (previously at Stauffer Chemical Co., Union Carbide Corp., and Exxon Research) |
| US Federation for Culture Collections | |
| Specialized academic culture collections as resources for industrial development (PDF) | Convener: Micah Krichevsky, Bionomics International |
| International Eukaryotic Industrial Microbiology Symposium | |
| International Eukaryotic Industrial Microbiology Symposium | Conveners: Linda Lasure, Lasure and Associates and Scott Baker, PNNL |