(8:30 – 10:00) – Chairs: Prof. Sunghoon Park, Prof. Yu-Chen Hu
CRISPR-Cas9 for the engineering of microorganisms and production of chemicalsYu-Chen Hu, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Biotransformation of flavonoid in genetically engineered Escherichia coli and their biological activitiesNguyen Huy Thuan, Center for Molecular Biology, Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Danang, Vietnam
Consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulose to bioethanol using metabolically engineered Clostridium thermocellumRanjita Biswas, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Polysaccharide monooxygenases: new players in polysaccharide biodegradationVan V. Vu, NTT Hi-Tech Institute, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
(10:30 – 11:15) – Chairs: Prof. Kouichi Kuroda, Prof. Wen-Chien Lee
Xylose fermentation of xylose isomerase-displaying yeastYusuke Sasaki, Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
Production of optically pure lactic acid by recombinant strains of Escherichia coli originally isolated from bovine rumenWen-Chien Lee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Systems Biology and Tissue Engineering Research Center, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan