Session 6: Bioprocess R&D

1:15 p.m.

Opening Remarks—Session Chair/Co-Chair

1:25 p.m.

Oral Presentation 6-01. Demonstration of Sustained Hydrogen Photoproduction by Immobilized, Sulfur-Deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Cells, (MS Word 29 KB) Alexander S. Fedorov, Tatyana V. Laurinavichene, and Anatoly A. Tsygankov, Institute of Basic Biological Problems RAS, Pushchino, Russia; and Maria L. Ghirardi and Michael Seibert, Basic Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

1:50 p.m.

Oral Presentation 6-02. Fermentation of Synthesis Gas to Fuel Ethanol, (MS Word 32 KB) Randy S. Lewis, and Asma Ahmed, School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; Bruno G. Cateni, Danielle D. Bellmer, and Raymond L. Huhnke, School of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK; and Ralph S. Tanner, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

2:15 p.m.

Oral Presentation 6-03. Enzymatic Conversion of Waste Cooking Oils into Alternative Fuel—Biodiesel, (MS Word 31 KB) Guanyi Chen, Xiangmei Meng, Weizun Li, and Liran Chen, Section of Bioenergy and Energy-Efficient Buildings, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

2:40 p.m.

Oral Presentation 6-04. Production of Statins from Pleurotus Mushrooms, (MS Word 31 KB) Gerardo Daniel López INGAR (CONICET) - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Santa Fe, Argentina; Susana G. Gervasio, INTEC (CONICET), Paraje el Pozo, Santa Fe, Argentina; and Mary Lopretti, CIN - Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biotecnología Universidad de la República - Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay

3:05 p.m.

Break

3:35 p.m.

Oral Presentation 6-05. Simultaneous Saccharification and Mixed Sugar Fermentation (SSMSF) of Acid Pretreated Rice Straw by Carbon Catabolite De-Repressed (CCR^-) Lactobacillus pentosus JH5XP5 and Lactobacillus brevi, (MS Word 29 KB) Sharon P. Shoemaker, California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, Jae-Han Kim, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis; David E. Block and David A. Mills, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA

4:00 p.m.

Oral Presentation 6-06. Bio-Ethanol from MSW Derived Paper, (MS Word 32 KB) M. Clark Dale, Bio-Process Innovation, Inc., Lafayette, IN; and Daniel Musgrove, Universal Entech, Phoenix, AZ

4:25 p.m.

Oral Presentation 6-07. Oligosaccharide Hydrolysis in Plug Flow Reactor using Strong Acid Catalyst, (MS Word 31 KB) Youngmi Kim, Rick Hendrickson, Nathan Mosier, and Michael R. Ladisch, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University West, Lafayette, IN

4:50 p.m.

Closing Remarks—Session Chair/Co-Chair