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

Session 6B: Plant Biotechnology and Feedstock Genomics

Wednesday, May 7, 2003

Chair: Jim McLaren, Inverizon International
Co-Chair: Steve Thomas, NREL

25 minute talks with 5 minutes for questions

1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks—Session Chair, Co-Chair
1:15 p.m. Oral Presentation 6B-01. Improving Feedstocks for Energy Production Through the Acquisition of Complete Crop Gene Sequence by Genethresherä Methylation Filtering Technology (MS Word 27 KB), Nathan Lakey* Muhammad A. Budiman, Andrew N. Nunberg, Robert W. Citek, Dan Robbins, and Joseph A. Bedell, Orion Genomics, St. Louis, MO, USA.
1:45 p.m. Oral Presentation 6B-02. Molecular Evolution as a Tool to Manipulate Plant Metabolism for Biomass Conversion (MS Word 22 KB), Michael Lassner, Verdia Inc., Redwood City, CA.
2:15 p.m. Oral Presentation 6B-03. Discovery and Evolution of Enzymes for Modification of Oil Composition in Plants (MS Word 26 KB), Justin T. Stege*, Leslie Hickle, Timothy Hitchman, David P. Weiner, Jay M. Short, Diversa Corporation, San Diego, CA.
2:45 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Oral Presentation 6B-04. Transfer of Microbial Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and Cellulase Genes to Maize for Production of Biodegradable Plastic, Fermentable Sugar, and Other Chemicals (MS Word 24 KB), Mariam Sticklen*, Heng Zhong, Shahina Maqbool, Farzaneh Teymouri, Bruce Dale, Robab Sabzikar, Hesham Oraby, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
3:45 p.m. Oral Presentation 6B-05. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Genetic Screening Tool for Corn Stover Cell Wall Chemistry (MS Word 25 KB), Steven R. Thomas*, Tammy K. Hayward, Amie D. Sluiter, David W. Templeton, Kent W. Evans, Bonnie R. Hames, NREL, Golden, CO.
4:15 p.m. Oral Presentation 6B-06. Expression of UDP-glucose Dehydrogenase Reduces Cell-wall Polysaccharide Concentration and Increases Xylose Content in Alfalfa Stems (MS Word 26 KB), Deborah A. Samac*, Hans-Joachim G. Jung, USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit, St. Paul, MN and Lynn Litterer, David A. Somers, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Glena G. Temple, Viterbo College, LaCrosse, WI.
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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