| Session 1. Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biorefinery |
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| With increasing concerns over shortage of oil supply, serious works are under progress to develop alternative routes to produce fuels and chemicals from renewable biomass. Lignocellulosic materials are regarded as a promising or an ultimate feedstock because of the cheap cost, abundance and renewable property. However, to utilize the lignocellulosic biomass as raw material, efficient and cost-effective saccharification technology should be developed which is dependent upon the proper pretreatment of biomass. In this session, recent progress in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is introduced. Major effort in three countries, Korea, USA and Japan, will be overviewed. |
| Chair : Jin-Seok LEE, Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Energy Research |
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- Research Activities of Nat'l Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Tech. - Pretreatment Tech. of Woody Biomass for
Bioethanol Production |
| Seung-Hwan LEE, Research Scientist, Biomass Tech. Research Center, Nat'l Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Tech. |
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| - Biomass to Hydrocarbons |
| Mark HOLTZAPPLE, Professor, Texas A & M Univ. |
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- Biorefinery of Cellulosic Biomass
: Concept and Practice in Korea |
| Jin-Suk LEE, Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Energy Research |
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| Session 2. Microbial Catalysis and Engineering |
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| Industrial Biotechnology is an emerging technology for the production of chemicals and biofuels by using biomass as raw material. The products include primary or secondary metabolites of microorganisms and various biopolymers such as bioethanol, biohydrogen, glycerol, lactic acid, amino acids, PHA, PLA, etc. The technology is based on biocatalysis; both enzymatic and microbial. This session focuses on the development of microbial biocatalysis. Recent progress in microbial-pathway engineering and its application to development of microbial biocatalysts will be covered by three well-known scientists from Korea, USA, and Japan. |
| Chair : Sung Hoon PARK, Professor, Pusan Nat'l Univ. |
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- Harnessing the Microbial Fermentation of Glycerol
: A New Path to Biofuels and Biochemicals |
| Ramon GONZALEZ, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Rice Univ. |
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| - Systems Metabolic Engineering for the Production of Chemicals |
| Hyohak SONG, Research Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Institute of Science and Tech. |
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- Production of Biofuels/Biochemicals from
C6 & C5 Sugars by the RITE Bioprocess |
| Hideaki YUKAWA, Director/Chief Researcher, Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Tech. for the Earth |
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| Session 3. Enzyme Catalysis and Engineering |
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| Enzymes play a key role as a workhorse in the field of biorefinery. As an example, cellulases, used for the degradation of cellulose to glucose, have been considered one of the most important components for the success of biorefinery. The activity and economical production of cellulases have been an issue and improved significantly during last decades. However, further improvements are still needed to materialize biorefinery processes. Strategies can be found in a variety of approaches in the enzyme technology, such as enzyme discovery, production, engineering, and modification. This session will be dedicated to general discussion on recent progress in the field of enzyme catalysis and engineering, which can be employed in the development of biorefinery processes. |
Chair : Jungbae KIM, Associate Professor, Korea Univ. |
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- Engineering of Industrial Enzymes Using High Throughput Cell-free
Protein Synthesis System |
| Dong-Myung KIM, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam Nat’l Univ. |
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| - Nanobiocatalysis and Its Potential Applications |
| Jungbae KIM, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea Univ. |
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- Enzymatic Processes which Replaced Some of Already Established
Chemical Processes |
| Yasuhisa ASANO, Director/Professor, Biotechnology Research Center, Toyama Prefectural Univ. |
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