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527th Symposium on Sustainable Humanosphere
2024 Lignin Gordon Research Conference: Realizing Lignin's Potential in Biorefining by Bridging Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering

開催日時 2024/7/14~2024/7/19
開催場所 Stonehill College, United States

Please see below for the details
https://www.grc.org/lignin-conference/2024/

Program

July 14, Sunday

show the program 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm Arrival and Check-in 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm Keynote Session: The Science and Engineering of Lignin Discussion Leaders: Mojgan Nejad (Michigan State University, United States) and Yuki Tobimatsu (Kyoto University, Japan) 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm Introduction by Discussion Leader 7:50 pm - 8:25 pm Lacey Samuels (University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada) "The Dangerous Game of Lignification in Plants" 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion 8:35 pm - 9:10 pm Claudia Crestini (Università Ca' Foscari, Italy) "Deciphering the Lignin Enigma: Unraveling and Tailoring Supramolecular Aggregation for Advanced Materials Development" 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm Discussion 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm General Discussion

July 15, Monday

show the program 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast 8:30 am - 9:00 am Group Photo 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Lignin Biosynthesis and Biotechnology Discussion Leader: Claire Halpin (University of Dundee, United Kingdom) 9:00 am - 9:10 am Introduction by Discussion Leader 9:10 am - 9:30 am Jack Wang (North Carolina State University, United States) "Multiplex CRISPR-Editing of Wood for Sustainable Production of Bioenergy and Biomaterials" 9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion 9:40 am - 10:00 am Laigeng Li (Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) "The Biosynthesis and Regulation of Lignin in a Cell Type-Specific Manner" 10:00 am - 10:10 am Discussion 10:10 am - 10:20 am Pingping Ji (Kyoto university, Japan) "Short talk: Manipulation of Lignin Aromatic Composition in Grasses: Elimination of Syringyl Lignin Units in Rice Mutants Deficient in Grass-Specific Lignin Decoration" 10:20 am - 10:25 am Discussion 10:25 am - 10:55 am Coffee Break 10:55 am - 11:15 am Chang-Jun Liu (Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States) "Redox Partners and Electron Transfer Chains for Phenylpropanoid-Lignin Biosynthesis" 11:15 am - 11:25 am Discussion 11:25 am - 11:45 am Jaime Barros-Rios (University of Missouri, United States) "Clinal Variation in Lignin Composition Among Natural Poplar Variants" 11:45 am - 11:55 am Discussion 11:55 am - 12:15 pm Clint Chapple (Purdue University, United States) "Lignin-Modified Plants Reveal That Phenylpropanoids May Be Regulators of Plant Growth" 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm General Discussion 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The GRC Power Hour™ Organizers: Stefania Bertella (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland) and Davinia Salvachua (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Lignin Plant Biology Discussion Leader: Xu Li (North Carolina State University, United States) 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Introduction by Discussion Leader 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm Sungjun Choung (Korea Advanced Institute of Sciecne and Technology, South Korea) "The Molecular Mechanism of Defensive Lignification against the Stem-Boring Herbivore in Wild Tobacco Stem" 7:50 pm - 7:55 pm Discussion 7:55 pm - 8:15 pm Hiroshi Maeda (University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States) "Evolution of the Aromatic Amino Acid and Lignin Metabolic Network across Poaceae and Poales" 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion 8:25 pm - 8:45 pm Misato Ohtani (The University of Tokyo, Japan) "Plastic Regulation of Transcriptional Networks for Lignin is the Key for Plant Environmental Adaptation" 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm Discussion 8:55 pm - 9:15 pm Deanna Funnell-Harris (United States Department of Agriculture , United States) "Does Altering Sorghum Phenylpropanoid Metabolism Affect Pathogen Resistance?" 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm Discussion 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm General Discussion

July 16, Tuesday

show the program 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Tools for Analysis of Lignin Discussion Leader: Tuo Wang (Michigan State University, United States) 9:00 am - 9:10 am Introduction by Discussion Leader 9:10 am - 9:30 am Gabriel Paës (INRAE, France) "Fluorescence Tools to Shed Light on Lignin" 9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion 9:40 am - 10:00 am Dan Aoki (Nagoya University, Japan) "Chemical Mapping of Mobile Components" 10:00 am - 10:10 am Discussion 10:10 am - 10:20 am Oliver Musl (BOKU University, Vienna, Austria) "In Another Dimension: Functionality Profiling and Mapping of Lignin Structure via Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography" 10:20 am - 10:25 am Discussion 10:25 am - 10:55 am Coffee Break 10:55 am - 11:15 am Josh Vermaas (Michigan State University, United States) "Lignin Modeling and Modification In Silico for Enhanced Biomaterials" 11:15 am - 11:25 am Discussion 11:25 am - 11:45 am Antje Potthast (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria) "Perspectives on Lignin Dispersities" 11:45 am - 11:55 am Discussion 11:55 am - 12:15 pm Monika Österberg (Aalto University, Finland) "Analysing and Controlling Lignin’s and Lignin Nanoparticle's Interfacial Interactions for Optimized Performance in Applications" 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm General Discussion 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Lignin from an Industrial Perspective Discussion Leader: Chip Frazier (Virginia Tech, United States) 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Introduction by Discussion Leader 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm Sandip Singh (University of Kansas, United States) "Formulation of High-Performance Renewable Adhesives from Lignin and Amino Acids" 7:50 pm - 7:55 pm Discussion 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm Sami Kazaz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States) "Beta-Ketoadipate (ßKA) Synthesis in Lignin Bioengineered Plants for Sustainable Nylon Production" 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm Kait Kaarel Puss (Fibenol OÜ, Estonia) "Deploying Lignin Analytics in Fibenol's Industrial Biorefinery" 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm Jean-Pierre Lindner (Baden Aniline, Germany) "Lignin Valorisation in the Chemical Industry: Concepts and Use Cases" 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm Edward Lewis (Canon Virginia, Inc., United States) "Valorizing Macromolecular Lignin: A Manufacturers Perspective" 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm Discussion 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm Joann Sutyak (Hexion, United States) "The Current Outlook of Lignin in Industrial Adhesives" 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion

July 17, Wednesday

show the program 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Chemical Lignin Depolymerization Discussion Leader: Sari Rautiainen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland) 9:00 am - 9:10 am Introduction by Discussion Leader 9:10 am - 9:30 am Peter Deuss (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands) "Mild Lignin Fractionation, Modification and Depolymerization" 9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion 9:40 am - 10:00 am Xiao Zhang (Washington State University, United States) "Can We Overcome Lignin Heterogeneity? A Perspective from Deep Eutectic Solvent Depolymerization" 10:00 am - 10:10 am Discussion 10:10 am - 10:20 am Claire Laura Bourmaud (EPFL , Switzerland) "Exploring Structure-Reactivity Relationships in Lignin Depolymerization through Integrated Coupled Graph Modeling and Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation" 10:20 am - 10:25 am Discussion 10:25 am - 10:55 am Coffee Break 10:55 am - 11:15 am Michael Stone (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States) "Analysis-Guided Developments in Lignin-First Biorefining" 11:15 am - 11:25 am Discussion 11:25 am - 11:45 am Katalin Barta (Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria) "Creating New Chemical Space through Lignin Valorization" 11:45 am - 11:55 am Discussion 11:55 am - 12:15 pm Joseph Samec (Stockholm University, Sweden) "Lignin-First: Beyond Monophenols and Towards Sustainability" 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm General Discussion 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Lignin-Based Product and Material Design Discussion Leader: Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Introduction by Discussion Leader 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm Yukiko Enomoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan) "Super-High-Performance Bio-Based Plastics Derived from Lignin" 7:50 pm - 7:55 pm Discussion 7:55 pm - 8:15 pm Wilfred Vermerris (University of Florida, United States) "The Use of Lignin in Biomedical Applications" 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion 8:25 pm - 8:45 pm Florent Allais (AgroParisTech, France) "Combining Green Chemistry and Biotechnology to Turn Lignins and Naturally Occurring Phenolics into Value-Added Chemicals and Materials" 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm Discussion 8:55 pm - 9:15 pm Mika Sipponen (Stockholm University, Sweden) "Colloidal Lignin Particles at Bio-Interfaces" 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm Discussion 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm General Discussion

July 18, Thursday

show the program 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast 8:30 am - 9:00 am Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s) 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Enzymatic and Microbial Lignin Transformation Discussion Leader: Eric Hegg (Michigan State University, United States) 9:00 am - 9:10 am Introduction by Discussion Leader 9:10 am - 9:30 am Timothy Donohue (University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States) "Mining Bacterial Genomes to Generate Valuable Products from Lignin" 9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion 9:40 am - 10:00 am Mirjam Kabel (Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands) "Insights into Fungal Oxidation-Driven Delignification, and Subsequent Use of (Degraded) Lignin as a Carbon Source" 10:00 am - 10:10 am Discussion 10:10 am - 10:20 am Megan Wolf (The University of British Columbia, Canada) "Characterization of a Cytochrome P450 That Catalyzes the O-Demethylation of Lignin-Derived Benzoates" 10:20 am - 10:25 am Discussion 10:25 am - 10:55 am Coffee Break 10:55 am - 11:15 am Alissa Bleem (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States) "Combining Chemo- and Bio-Catalytic Approaches for Conversion of Lignin to Value-Added Products" 11:15 am - 11:25 am Discussion 11:25 am - 11:45 am Takehito Nakazawa (Kyoto University, Japan) "Insights form Molecular Genetics Studies in White-Rot Fungi" 11:45 am - 11:55 am Discussion 11:55 am - 12:15 pm Ligia Martins (ITQB NOVA, Portugal, Portugal) "New Engineered Microbial Enzymes for Lignin Valorization" 12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm General Discussion 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Free Time 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Process Engineering and Systems Analysis Discussion Leader: Hemant Choudhary (Joint BioEnergy Institute / Sandia National Laboratories, United States) 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Introduction by Discussion Leader 7:40 pm - 7:50 pm Wouter Arts (KU Leuven, Belgium) "Feasibility of Wood as a Renewable Carbon Feedstock for the Production of Chemicals in Europe" 7:50 pm - 7:55 pm Discussion 7:55 pm - 8:15 pm David Hodge (Montana State University, United States) "Impact of Processing History and Recovery Conditions on Lignin Coagulation, Filterability, Color, and Chemical Properties" 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion 8:25 pm - 8:45 pm Sander Van den Bosch (KU Leuven / Biocon, Belgium) "Beyond the Bench: Integrating Process Modelling and Experimental Scale-Up to Advance RCF Biorefining" 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm Discussion 8:55 pm - 9:15 pm Pahola Thathiana Benavides (Argonne National Laboratory, United States) "Life-Cycle Analysis of Lignin Conversion to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Blendstocks" 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm Discussion 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm General Discussion

July 19, Friday

show the program 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast 9:00 am Departure

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