♦ Organizers:
Masayuki OHMORI (Chuo University)
Shigeru OKADA (The University of Tokyo)
 

• Chairperson: Masayuki OHMORI (Chuo University)

  • 14:00–14:20 (4Ap01)
    Characterization of hydrocarbon biosynthesis and secretion mechanisms by the green microalga, Botryococcus braunii to control biofuel production
    ……○Shigeru OKADA1,5, Ikuro ABE2,5, Tetsuko NOGUCHI3,5, Takeshi OHAMA4,5 (1Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 3Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Nara Women’s University, Japan, 4Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Kochi University of Technology, Japan, 5CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan)
     
  • 14:20–14:55 (4Ap02)
    Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for the light-powered production of hydrogen from water
    ……○Matthias RÖGNER (Plant Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology & Biotechnology, Ruhr- University Bochum, Germany)
     
  • 14:55–15:15 (4Ap03)
    Selection strategies for the promising microalgal strains for algae-fuel production
    ……○Hideaki MIYASHITA1, Norihide KURANO2 (1Department of Interdisciplinary Environment, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan, 2Research laboratories, DENSO CORPORATION, Japan)
     
  • 15:15–15:25　　BREAK

 

• Chairperson: Shigeru OKADA (The University of Tokyo)

  • 15:25–16:00 (4Ap04)
    Elucidation of novel triterpene pathways in Botryococcus and engineering plants for high-value oil production
    ……Tom D. NIEHAUS1, Scott KINISON1, Shigeru OKADA2, Shuiqin WU1, Timothy P. DEVARENNE3, David S. WATT4, Vitaliy SVIRIPA4, ○Joe CHAPPELL1 (1Plant Biology Program, University of Kentucky, USA, 2Department of Aquatic Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan, 3Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, USA, 4Department of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, USA)
     
  • 16:00–16:20 (4Ap05)
    The CyanofactoryTM~ a novel cyanobacterial bioprocess based on the synthetic biology concept ~
    ……○Koji SODE1,2 (1Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan, 2Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Japan)