Seminar November 24, 2015
David Orrego
Enzyme Catalyzed Disassembly of Corn Kernels
Our work addresses the goal of developing new uses for corn and relating it to Indiana’s significant ethanol industry. The idea is to use cellulases, hemicellulases and proteases
to deconstructs the kernel into its base components of starch, pericarp, germ (and oil), and sugars, in an easy process that does not require complex machinery or recalcitrant chemicals. A scalable process using 1 L stirred tanks was tested at laboratory
scale for the enzymatic fractionation of corn kernels, resulting in three fractions: Starch flour, pericarp and filtrate solution. Purity of starch in the flour was approx. 90% with appearance and consistency similar to commercial corn starch. Modelling will
assist reactor design. Diversification of products for corn growers is possible through the proposed design.
Sidnei Bordignon
Seminar Schedule – All Graduate Students Expected to Attend
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Schedule for the
Fall Semester
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Date |
Seminar |
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September
1 |
Iman Beheshti Organizing New ABE Grad Student Tour |
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September
8 |
Dr. Ladisch Discussion on Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Referred Journal |
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September
15 |
LORRE 2015 Safety Retaining |
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September
22 |
Guest: Ken Parrent and ICMC Projects |
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September
29 |
Rafaela de Souza Ladeira Ázar
The effect of lignin in enzymatic saccharification of natural and breeded sugarcane bagasse. Iman Beheshti Enzyme mediated surface oxidation of cellulose nanofibers to improve suspension stability |
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October
6 |
Barron Hewetson Optimization of Biomass Fractionation Through a Novel Combination of Biochemical Pretreatment Techniques with a Thermochemical Catalyst
System |
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October
13 |
Fall Break |
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October
20 |
Mahdieh Aghazadeh Acetic acid removal from corn stover hydrolysate, using ethyl acetate as the organic solvent |
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October
27 |
Antonio dos Santos Sugarcane bagasse hydrolysis enhancement using BSA |
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November
3 |
Daehwan Kim Bioabatement of corn stover improves enzyme hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation |
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November
10 |
No Seminar! |
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November
17 |
No Seminar! |
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November
24 |
David Orrego
Enzyme Catalyzed Disassembly of Corn Kernels Sidnei Bordignon |
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December
1 |
Neal Hengge
Amanda Kreger |
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December
8 |
Mine Necla Corey Mathis |
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December
15 |
Final Exam Week |