Stephen R. Decker

Exploration of cellulose surface-binding properties of acidothermus cellulolyticus Cel5A by site-specific mutagenesis.

Effect of single active-site cleft mutation on product specificity in a thermostable bacterial cellulase.

Automated filter paper assay for determination of cellulase activity.

Catalytically enhanced endocellulase Cel5A from Acidothermus cellulolyticus.

Electrochemical oxidation of water by a cellobiose dehydrogenase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

Determination of lignin by size exclusion chromatography using multi angle laser light scattering.

Catalyst transport in corn stover internodes: elucidating transport mechanisms using Direct Blue-I.

Deposition of lignin droplets produced during dilute acid pretreatment of maize stems retards enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose.

Synergistic enhancement of cellobiohydrolase performance on pretreated corn stover by addition of xylanase and esterase activities.

Introduction to session 2: enzyme catalysis and engineering.

Immobilization of fungal beta-glucosidase on silica gel and kaolin carriers.

Heterologous expression of Aspergillus niger beta-D-xylosidase (XlnD): characterization on lignocellulosic substrates.

Heterologous expression of two ferulic acid esterases from Penicillium funiculosum.

Implications of cellobiohydrolase glycosylation for use in biomass conversion.

Heterologous expression of glycosyl hydrolases in planta: a new departure for biofuels.

Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment.

The effect of lignin removal by alkaline peroxide pretreatment on the susceptibility of corn stover to purified cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes.

Xylan decomposition by Aspergillus clavatus endo-xylanase.

Thermodynamics of the hydrolysis reactions of 1-naphthyl acetate, 4-nitrophenyl acetate, and 4-nitrophenyl α-L-arabinofuranoside.

Antisense down-regulation of 4CL expression alters lignification, tree growth, and saccharification potential of field-grown poplar.

In planta expression of A. cellulolyticus Cel5A endocellulase reduces cell wall recalcitrance in tobacco and maize.

High throughput determination of glucan and xylan fractions in lignocelluloses.

Expression of industrially relevant laccases: prokaryotic style.

High-yield secretion of multiple client proteins in Aspergillus.

Challenges for assessing the performance of biomass degrading biocatalysts.

Reducing the effect of variable starch levels in biomass recalcitrance screening.

Analysis of transgenic glycoside hydrolases expressed in plants: T. reesei CBH I and A. cellulolyticus EI.

Enzymatic conversion of xylan residues from dilute acid-pretreated corn stover.

Considering water availability and the effect of solute concentration on high solids saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass.

Isolation and characterization of lignin-degrading bacteria from rainforest soils.

Construction of a starch-inducible homologous expression system to produce cellulolytic enzymes from Acremonium cellulolyticus.

Impact of alg3 gene deletion on growth, development, pigment production, protein secretion, and functions of recombinant Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolases in Aspergillus niger.

Cellulose-inducible xylanase Xyl10A from Acremonium cellulolyticus: Purification, cloning and homologous expression.

Effect of mechanical disruption on the effectiveness of three reactors used for dilute acid pretreatment of corn stover Part 2: morphological and structural substrate analysis.

Predicting enzyme adsorption to lignin films by calculating enzyme surface hydrophobicity.

Genetic Determinants for Enzymatic Digestion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Are Independent of Those for Lignin Abundance in a Maize Recombinant Inbred Population.

Transgenic switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biomass is increased by overexpression of switchgrass sucrose synthase (PvSUS1).

Engineering towards a complete heterologous cellulase secretome in Yarrowia lipolytica reveals its potential for consolidated bioprocessing.

Identification and characterization of core cellulolytic enzymes from Talaromyces cellulolyticus (formerly Acremonium cellulolyticus) critical for hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass.

Heterologous protein expression in Hypocrea jecorina: a historical perspective and new developments.

High temperature pre-digestion of corn stover biomass for improved product yields.

Downregulation of GAUT12 in Populus deltoides by RNA silencing results in reduced recalcitrance, increased growth and reduced xylan and pectin in a woody biofuel feedstock.

A constitutive expression system for glycosyl hydrolase family 7 cellobiohydrolases in Hypocrea jecorina.

Rapid estimation of sugar release from winter wheat straw during bioethanol production using FTIR-photoacoustic spectroscopy.

Identification and Molecular Characterization of the Switchgrass AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Superfamily, and Overexpression of PvERF001 for Improvement of Biomass Characteristics for Biofuel.

Down-regulation of p-coumaroyl quinate/shikimate 3'-hydroxylase (C3'H) and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) genes in the lignin biosynthetic pathway of Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis leads to improved sugar release.