Upcoming Minisymposium: Frontier Problems and Technologies in Bioenergy and Biodesign
On September 14, 2015, the UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics will host a 1-day minisymposium on Frontier Problems and Technologies in Bioenergy and Biodesign. The symposium aims to expose the UCLA campus and nearby research communities to important new energy-related research and technology developments. A number of leading investigators will discuss their latest work.
Schedule
(All activities except lunch will be in Boyer Hall 159)
8:30 – 9:00 Meet and greet — coffee and pastries
9:00 – 9:30 Introductory remarks (UCLA – Kelsey Martin 9:00-9:10;
DOE – Roland Hirsch 9:15 – 9:25)
9:30 – 10:00 Intro to UCLA-DOE Institute activities (Sabeeha and Todd)
SESSION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES:
10:00 – 10:25 James Evans (PNNL, EMSL)
10:30 – 10:55 Petra Fromme (ASU)
11:00 – 11:25 Xijie Wang (SLAC)
11:30 – 12:00 – Posters and discussions
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
SESSION ON MICROBES AND PLANTS:
1:00 – 1:25 Sabeeha Merchant
1:30 – 1:55 Ken Kemner (DOE, Argonne)
2:00 – 2:55 Chentao Lin (UCLA)
2:30 – 3:00 coffee break
SESSION ON BIODESIGN:
3:00 – 3:25 Ron Zuckermann (LBNL)
3:30 – 3:55 Danielle Tullman-Ercek (Berkeley)
4:30 – 5:15 Roundtable discussions – DOE visitors with DOE PI’s
Break
5:45 Depart for dinner
6:00 Dinner