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14th Oct, 2012
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Registration (7:30 - 22:00)
Entrance Hall of International Academic Exchanging Center, HZAU
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15th Oct
Conference Hall of International Academic Exchanging Center
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Opening Ceremony
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| 8:30-9:30 |
Chair: Liangcai Peng |
| 8:30-8:40 |
Opening Remarks
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Liangcai Peng (Director for Biomass and Bioenergy Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, China) |
| 8:40-8:50 |
Welcome_Address
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Xiuxin Deng ( President, Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
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| 8:50-9:20 |
Liangcai Peng ( Director for Biomass and Bioenergy Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, China )
Title: HZAU Bioenergy Research Progress and Perspective
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| 9:20-9:40 |
Photography
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| 9:40-10:00 |
Tea break
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| Plenary Lectures |
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Session I: General remarks on biomass and bioenergy
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Chair-Shu GENG
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10:00-10:30
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Zhenhong YUAN (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS, China)
Title: Status and prospects of the biomass technology development in China
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10:30-11:00
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Shizhong LI (Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, TsingHua University,China)
Title: Biorefinery of Sweet Sorghum based on ASSF Technology
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11:00-11:30
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Zhaokai WANG (American Academian of Engineering, University of Hawaii, USA; ZhaoKai Bioenergy and Bioengineering Co., China)
Title: Producing Diatom for Environment and Profit
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11:30-12:00
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Markus Pauly (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Title: Improving Plant Cell wall properties for Biofuel applications
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| 12:00-14:00 |
Buffet and Poster |
| General Lectures |
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Session II: Biomass synthesis and regulation
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Chair-Edgar Cahoon, Laigeng LI
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14:00-14:25
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Henry Daniell (University of Central Florida, USA)
Title: Recent advances in chloroplast biotechnology for bioenergy applications
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14:25-14:50
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Yihua ZHOU (Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China)
Title: Transcriptional regulation of secondary wall formation in rice
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14:50-15:15
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Peng ZHANG (Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, CAS, China)
Title: Development of novel modified starches using transgenic cassava having high amylose or amylopectin
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15:15-15:40
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Guosheng XIE (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
Title: Global Identification of Multiple OsGH9 Family Genes Specific for Lignocellulose Crystallinity Modification in Rice
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15:40-16:00
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Tea Break
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16:00-16:25
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Shaolin CHEN (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Title: Regulation of cellulose biosynthesis and deconstruction by protein phosphorylation
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16:25-16:50
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AiMin WU (South China Agricultural University, China)
Title: Function Analysis of Xylan Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis
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16:50-17:15
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Wei ZENG (ARC centre of Excellence on Plant Cell Walls, School of Botany, The Melbounre University, Australia)
Title: Hemicellulose Biosynthesis in Grasses
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17:15-17:40
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Guohua CHAI (Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocesss Technology, CAS, China)
Title: Function Analysis of Two CCCH Transcription Factors in regulating secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis and poplar
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| 18:00-20:00 |
Welcome Banquet
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16th Oct
Conference Hall 103, Molecular Building, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement
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Session III: Genetic manipulation of Energy Plants
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Chair-Shizhong LI, Markus Pauly
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8:00-8:25
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Mengzhu LU (Chinese Academy of Forestry, China)
Title: Molecular Regulation of Plant architecture
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8:25-8:50
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Laigeng LI (Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, CAS, China)
Title: Cell Hydrolysis: Not a Simple Issue ---Talking about a hydrolase from poplar
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8:50-9:15
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Haichun JING (Research Center for Energy Plants, Institute of Botany, CAS, China)
Title: Dissecting biofuel-associated traits in sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
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9:15-9:40
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Lingqiang WANG (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
Title: Diversity in the cell wall composition of chinese wheat relation to their use as biomass and bioenergy feedstock
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9:40-10:05
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Rui ZHANG (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
Title: Genetic screening of sweet sorghum mutants for efficient biomass convertion
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10:05-10:25
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Tea Break
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10:25-10:50
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Jihong LIU Clarke (Norwegian Institute for Agricultural & Environmental Research, Norway)
Title: Tobacco plant as a green factory for low cost production of cellulolytic glycoside hydrolase for biofuel
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10:50-11:15
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Baoshan WANG (Shandong Normal University, China)
Title: Interactive Effects of Salinity and Nitrate Availability on Growth, Photosynthesis, and Ion Accumulation of an Energy Plant Hybrid Pennisetum
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11:15-11:40
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Bingsong ZHENG (Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, China)
Title: Germplasm Collection and Research on Genetic and Agronomic Traits of Miscanthus
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11:40-12:05
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Juan YAN (Wuhan Botanic Garden, CAS, China)
Title: Variability and adaptability of Miscanthus species evaluated for energy crop domestication
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12:30-14:00
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Buffet and Poster
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Session IV: Biomass Processing and Conversion
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Chair-Mengzhu LU, Curtis Wilkerson
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14:00-14:25
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Shulin CHEN ( Washington State University, USA)
Title: Nature-Inspired Lignocellulose Processing
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14:25-14:50
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David Hodge (Michigan State University, USA)
Title: Understanding and Enhancing Alkaline and Oxidative Chemical Pretreatments for the Production of Cellulosic Biofuels through Improved Characterization
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14:50-15:15
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Jiaxun FENG (Guangxi University, China)
Title: Multiple induced mutagenesis for improvement of cellulase production by Penicillium oxalicum for ethanol production from sugarcane cellulose
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15:15-15:40
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Wei LIU (Institute of Botany, CAS, China)
Title: Yield potential of Miscanthus energy crops in the Loess Plateau of China
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| 15:40-16:00 |
Tea Break |
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16:00-16:25
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Peng CHEN (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
Title: Lignin dual effects on biomass enzymatic digestibility in grasses
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16:25-16:50
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Peng XIONG (Biomass Green Bioenergy Co. Ltd, China)
Title: Multiple Implications from pilot productions of cellulase in the biofuel industry
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16:50-17:15
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Lei LIANG (Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangzhou, China)
Title: Preparation and Application of Materials from Bagasse
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17:15-17:40
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Hongjia Li ( Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California-Riverside, USA)
Title: Understanding How Cell Wall Differences in Agave, Poplar, and Switchgrass Affect Deconstruction in Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis
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| 18:00-20:00 |
Buffet |
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17th Oct
Conference Hall 103, Molecular Building, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement
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Session V: Biotechnology in Bioenergy Utilication
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Chair-Peng CHEN |
| 8:00-8:25 |
Shiyou DING (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL,USA ) Title: How does nanoscale architecture of plant cell wall correlate with enzymatic digestibility |
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Michael Hahn (Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, USA)
Title: Immunological Approaches for Plant Cell Wall and Biomass Characterization
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| 8:50-9:15 |
Shu GENG (Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, China)Title: Life-cycle Analysis of Potentially Microalgal Biofuel Production |
| 9:15-9:40 |
Curtis Wilkerson (Michigan State University, USA)
Title: Next-generation sequencing approaches to discovering enzymes useful for the production of plants with modified lignin
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| 9:40-10:05 |
Zhifu ZHENG (Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, China) Title: Understanding Metabolic and Signaling Processes Underlying Seed Oil Production
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10:05-10:25
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Tea Break
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Session VI: Perspectives of New Bioenergy
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Chair-Henry Daniell |
| 10:25-10:50 |
Edgar Cahoon (University of Nebraska, USA)
Title: The Search for New Sources of Vegetable Oils for Biodiesel from Non-Food Crops
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| 10:50-11:15 |
Guanyi CHEN ( Tianjin University, China)
Title: Research progress on aviation biofuel production technology
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11:15-11:40
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Hong YANG (Huazhong Normal University, China)
Title: Microbial resources in wood-feeding termites and their potential use in biofuel industry
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11:40-12:05
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Baoyu ZHANG (Institute of Oceanology, CAS, China)
Title: The optimization of metabolic productions and wastewater treatment function in heterotrophic and anaerobic Chlorella
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12:05-12:15
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Closing Remarks ( Liangcai PENG )
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12:30-14:00
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Lunch
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14:30
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Poster breakdown&Departure for Huangshan Tour
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