Transcript 07-SURAslidesRice

Production of fuels and chemicals
• Microbial metabolic
engineering
• Butanol
• Succinate
• Glycerol to ethanol
• Computational
approaches
G. Bennett Rice U.
Cellulose
Image and Model of Plant Wall Polymers
Braam Lab Research (Rice University)
•Improve feedstock properties through altering energy crop wall
architecture. Manipulation of cell wall enzymes responsible for
architectural arrangements among wall cellulose and other wall polymers
•Improve efficiency of saccharification process through inclusion of plant
cell wall modification enzymes
J. Braam Rice U.
Photos from C. Somerville
Policy and Societal Issues
• Integration with
existing petroleum
infrastructure
• Technical analysis of
transition
• Economic analysis
• Environmental life
cycle analysis
G. Bennett Rice U.