Date

Speaker

Title

Host

Sept. 8

Chris Somerville
UC-Berkeley

Development of Cellulosic Biofuels

Sussman

Sept. 15

Mike Seibert
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Algal Hydrogen Production-Physiology

Fox

Sept. 22

Robert Zubrin
Pioneer Astronautics

Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil

Amasino

Sept. 29

James Liao
UCLA

Metabolic Engineering for Synthesis of Higher-chain Alcohols as Biofuels

Pfleger

Oct. 6

Clint Chapple
Purdue University

Developing a Toolbox for the Modification of Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis

Ralph

Oct. 13

Jason Hill
University of Minnesota

Costs and Benefits of an Expanding Biofuels Industry

Holloway

Oct. 20

Alexander Steinbuchel
Westfalische Wilhelms-University of Munster, Germany

Biodiesel-like Fuels Produced by Biotechnology

Fox

Oct. 27

Debra Mohnen
University of Georgia

Plant Cell Wall Synthesis:  the Challenge for Biofuel and Natural Product Production

Richmond

Nov. 3

Alisha Jarnagin
Innovations Genencor, A Danisco Division

Biomass to Ethanol:  Spotlight on Enzymes

Sussman

Nov. 10

Thomas Binder
Archer Daniels Midland Research

Diverse Sources of Energy for the Future and Agricultures Role

Jackson

Nov. 17

Jay Keasling
UC-Berkeley

Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Chemistry

Phillips

Nov. 24

Roger Brent
Molecular Sciences Institute

Single Cell Experiments that Define and Quantify Physiological Variables that Measure Key Cell States, and How These Might Impact Microbial Biosynthetic Production

Ansari

Dec. 1

Tim Elgren
Hamilton College, NY

Harnessing the Power of an Enzyme: Catalytically Active Biomaterials

Fox

Dec. 8

John Ralph
UW-Madison

Overcoming the “Lignin Problem” in Biomass Conversion

n/a

Dec. 15

Tim Donohue
UW-Madison

Tapping the Genomes of Microbes for biofuels Production

n/a