25th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Breckenridge, Colorado May 4-7, 2003
Biotechnology

Session 1B: Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering

Sunday, May 4, 2003

Chair: Liisa Viikari, VTT
Co-Chair: Michael Himmel, NREL

25 minute talks with 5 minutes for questions

1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks—25th Symposium Chair, Session Chair/Co-Chair
1:15 p.m. Oral Presentation 1B-01. Strain and Process Improvement of Whole Cellulase by Trichoderma reesei (MS Word 24 KB), Elizabeth Bodie, Tim Dodge*, Genencor International, Palo Alto, CA.
1:45 p.m. Oral Presentation 1B-02. Thermostability, Substrate Specificity and Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Endoglucanases from Families 5, 6, and 45 of Glycoside Hydrolases (MS Word 22 KB), Elena Vlasenko*, Feng Xu, Joel Cherry, Novozymes Biotech, Inc., Davis, CA.
2:15 p.m. Oral Presentation 1B-03. An Accelerated Evolutionary Route to Enzyme Fitness (MS Word 26 KB), Nisha Palackal, Walt Callen, Gerhard Frey, Shaun Healey, Young Kang, Keith Kretz, Edward Lee, Eric Mathur, Dan Robertson, Jay Short, Xuqiu Tan, Geoff Tomlinson, John Verruto, Ya-Li Yang, Brian Steer*, Diversa Corporation, San Diego, CA
2:45 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Poster Presentation 1B-12 Integration of Computer Modeling and site-directed Mutagenesis Studies to Improve Cellulase Activity on Cel 9A from Thermobifida fusca (MS Word 26 KB)Irwin, Diana, Escovar-Kousen, Jose M, Wilson, David, Cornell, Novozymes, Cornell
3:45 p.m. Oral Presentation 1B-05. Molecular Modeling of the T. reesei CBH I Linker (MS Word 21 KB), Tauna Rignall, Clare McCabe1*, Dick Woods, John Brady, Michael Himmel, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO., Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Itahca, NY., National BioEnergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.
4:15 p.m. Oral Presentation 1B-06. Selection of Endoxylanases for Depolymerization of Glucuronoxylan from Hemicellulose (MS Word 20 KB), James F. Preston*, Franz J. St. John, John D. Rice, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
4:45 p.m. Closing Remarks—Session Chair/Co-Chair

Additional Programs and Presentations

Session 1A - Oral Session 1A - Poster
Session 1B - Oral Session 1B - Poster
Session 2 - Oral Session 2 - Poster
Session 3 - Oral Session 3 - Poster
Session 4 - Oral Session 4 - Poster
Session 5 - Oral Session 5 - Poster
Session 6A - Oral Session 6A - Poster
Session 6B - Oral Session 6B - Poster
Special Topic A: Invited Speakers Special Topic A: Presentations
Special Topic B: Invited Speackers Special Topic B: Presentations



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