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Oral Presentations

Monday, 12 July

Metabolic Engineering of Fatty Acid Biosynthetic Pathways
Chair: Surinder Singh, CSIRO Plant Industry

Keynote Presentation: Challenges and Potential for Producing Industrially Important Oils in Plants: A Cellular Perspective. John Dyer, USDA, ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, USA.

Engineering Complex Fatty Acid Pathways in Seeds - The EPA/DHA Example. Surinder Singh^1,2, J. Petrie^1,2, Q. Liu^1,2, P. Shrestha^1,2, P. Nichols^1,3 and A. Green², ¹Food Futures National Research Flagship, Australia, ²CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia, ³CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia.

Quizzing the Chemical Factories of Oilseeds: What Part of "No" Don't We Understand? John Browse, J. Dahmen, B. Olsen, H. van Erp, L. Wayne and J. Wallis, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, USA.

Cutin Biosynthesis as a Source of Hydroxylases and Acyltransferases with New Activities. Yonghua Li-Beisson¹, W. Yang², F. Beisson¹, M. Pollard² and J. Ohlrogge², ¹Dept. of Plant Biology and Environmental Microbiology, CEA/CNRS/Aix-Marseille University, France, ²Dept. of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA.

Plant Oil Biolubricants
Chair: Sten Stymne, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Keynote Presentation: Biobased Industrial Lubricants. Sevim Erhan, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, USA.

Biolubricants from Vegetable Oils: the BIOVESIN Project. Rafael Garcés, J.J. Salas, M. Venegas-Calerón and E. Martínez-Force, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Seville, Spain.

The ICON project: Engineering Seed Oils for Biolubricant Uses. Sten Stymne, Dept. of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.

Recent Progress with Industrial Oilseed Crop Platforms
Chair: Allan Green, CSIRO Plant Industry

Genetic Engineering of Crambe abyssinica for Increasing Erucic Acid Level. X. Li¹, S.A. Ribot², E.N. van Loo², Jens Gruber³, Margit Frentzen³ and Li-Hua Zhu¹, ¹Dept. of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, SLU, Sweden, ²Plant Research International B.V. (PRI), Netherlands, ³RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Lesquerella fendleri (L.) - a New Crop for Safe Hydroxy Fatty Acid Production. Grace Chen, USDA, ARS, WRRC, USA.

From Leaf Assays to Safflower Oilseeds. Craig Wood¹, J.R. Petrie¹, P. Shrestha¹, P. Mansour², P. Nicols², A.G. Green¹ and S.P. Singh¹, ¹CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia, ²CSIRO Atmosphere and Marine Science, Australia.

Tuesday, 13 July

Increasing Plant Oil Productivity
Chair: John Ohlrogge, Michigan State University

Increasing the Activity of DGAT1 Through Directed Evolution.  Rodrigo Siloto and R.J. Weselake, University of Alberta, Canada.

Algal Lipid Biofuels and Biomaterials
Chair: Sue Blackburn, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

The Uncertain Costs of Producing Biodiesel from Microalgae in Australia. David Batten¹ and G. Griffin², ¹CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia, ²RMIT University, Australia.

Agro-industrial Challenges for GM Industrial Oils
Chair: John Oakeshott, CSIRO Crop Biofactories Initiative

Stewardship Practices Required in the Production of Value-added Soybeans. Vanessa Kummer, United Soybean Board, USA.

Opportunities and Challenges in the Development of New Lipid and Plant Oil Industrial Value Chains. Cameron Begley, CSIRO, Australia.

Wednesday, 14 July

Desaturation and Long-chain PUFA
Chair: Peter Nichols, CSIRO

Temperature-sensitive, Post-translational Regulation of Plant FAD3 Enzymes is Mediated by the ER-associated Degradation Pathway. J.B. O'Quin¹, L. Bourassa¹, D. Zhang^2,3, S.K. Gidda⁴, J.M. Shockey⁵, S. Fosnot³, K.D. Chapman², Robert Mullen⁴ and J.M. Dyer³, ¹University of New Orleans, USA, ²University of North Texas, USA, ³USDA, ARS, ALARC, USA, ⁴University of Guelph, Canada, ⁵USDA, ARS, SRRC, USA.

Thursday, 15 July

Lipid Trafficking and Signalling
Chair: Teun Munnik, University of Amsterdam

Identification of Lipid Binding Proteins in the Phloem and Their Role in Plant Development and Stress Response. Urs F. Benning, Banita Tamot, Brandon S. Guelette and Susanne Hoffmann-Benning, Michigan State University, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USA.

Storage Lipid Synthesis and Mobilisation
Chair: Sten Stymne, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Systems Analysis of Soybean Seed Development. Jan Miernyk, USDA, ARS, PGRU, University of Missouri, USA.

Regulation of Triacylglycerol Hydrolysis in Arabidopsis Seedlings. Amelie Kelly, A.L. Quettier and P.J. Eastmond, Warwick HRI, University of Warwick, UK.

Surface Lipids
Chair: Ljerka Kunst, University of British Columbia

Keynote Presentation: Analysis of Plant Cuticular Waxes and the Characterization of Wax Biosynthetic Enzymes. F. Li, C. Buschhaus, Z. Wang, L. Kunst and Reinhard Jetter, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Cuticular Lipid Export in Arabidopsis thaliana Requires Dimerisation of ABC Transporters, ABCG11, and ABCG12. Heather McFarlane¹, J. Shin¹, D. Bird^2,3 and A.L. Samuels¹, ¹Dept. of Botany, University of British Columbia, Canada, ²Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada, ³Dept. of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Mount Royal College, Canada.

Three Arabidopsis Fatty Acyl-CoA Reductases, FAR1, FAR4, and FAR5, Generate Primary Fatty Alcohols Associated with Suberin Deposition. Owen Rowland¹, S.J. Vishwanath¹, J. Joubes², J. Ono¹, J.A. Lee¹, M. Bourdon², R. Alhattab¹, C. Lowe¹, S. Pascal², R. Lessire² and F. Domergue², ¹Dept. of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Canada, ²Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, Université Victor Ségalen Bordeaux, France.

Oxylipins (Concurrent Session)
Chair: Edward Farmer, Universite de Lausanne

Lipid Hydrolysis is Nonessential for Green Leaf Volatile Formation. Kenji Matsui, H. Tasaka and A. Nakashima, Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, and Dept. of Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan.

Friday, 16 July

Membrane Lipids
Chair: Peter Doermann, University of Bonn

Identification of the Galactolipid:Galactolipid Galactosyltransferase (GGGT) and its Role in Freezing Tolerance. Eric Moellering^1,2, B. Muthan² and C. Benning², ¹DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, USA, ²Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, USA.

Characterization of Two Yeast Glycerolipid Acyltransferases Using Biochemical and Lipidomic Approaches. S. Ayciriex¹, M. Le Guedard¹, C. Ejsing³, A. Shevchenko², Rene Lessire¹, J-J. Bessoule¹ and E. Testet¹, ¹Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire UMR CNRS 5200, Université de Bordeaux, France, ²Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany, ³University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

Tobacco BY-2 Cells, an Excellent Test System to Study Isoprenoid Biosynthesis. Thomas Bach¹, A. Hemmerlin¹, M. Hartmann¹, D. Heintz¹, B. Simonovik¹, E. Gas-Pascual¹, H. Schaller¹, D. Tritsch², D.N. Crowell³, and M. Rohmer², ¹Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS UPR 2357, Université de Strasbourg, France,  ²Université de Strasbourg/CNRS, Institut de Chimie UMR 7177, France, ³Idaho State University, USA.

Poster Orals

Metabolic Engineering of Fatty Acid Biosynthetic Pathways

The Involvement of Arabidopsis and Lesquerella fendleri Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyl Transferases in Acyl Editing of Phosphatidylcholine (PC) with Common and Hydroxylated Acyl Groups. M. Kazachkov¹, J. Lindberg Yilmaz², I. Lager^2,3, S. Stymne³, R. Weselake⁴, J. Dyer⁵, M. Smith¹, J. Zou¹, ¹NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, Canada, ²Scandinavian Biotechnology Research (ScanBiRes) AB, Alnarp, Sweden, ³Dept. Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, SLU Alnarp, Sweden, ⁴Dept. Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, ⁵USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ, USA.

FADX, DGAT, CPT, PDAT and More: a Vegetable Soup of Enzymes that Influence Industrial Oil Production in Transgenic Oilseeds. JM Shockey¹, P Yang², S Gidda³, C Mason¹, D Chapital¹, S Boone¹, H Cao¹, KT Klasson¹, JM Dyer⁴, RT Mullen³, EB Cahoon², ¹1USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA, ²Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA, ³Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, ⁴USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ, USA.

Surface Lipids

The Role of CYP86A1 and CYP86B1 in Suberin Formation. Patrik Diehl, Lukas Schreiber, Rochus B. Franke, Department of Ecophsiology, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Bonn, NRW, Germany.

Poster Presentations

Plant Lipid Feedstocks for Industrial Chemistry

Development of Bioplastics from Oil Plant By-products. T. Johansson¹, W.R. Newson², E. Johansson² and M. Gällstedt¹, ¹Packaging, Media and Materials, Innventia AB, Sweden, ²Dept. of Agriculture-Farming Systems, Technology and Product Quality, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.

Metabolic Engineering of Fatty Acid Biosynthetic Pathways

Lysophosphatidic Acid Acyltransferase Gene from Litchi: Selectivity for the Incorporation of BCFAs. M. Nlandu Mputu¹, S. Gougeon², E. Wallington³, J. Wilmer³, E. Gontier² and B. Thomasset¹, ¹Université de Technologie de Compiegne, UMR CNRS 6022, France, ²Université de Picardie Jules Verne, BioPI EA3900, UFR des Sciences, France, ³BIOGEMMA, Chemin de Panedautes, France.

The Involvement of Arabidopsis and Lesquerella fendleri Lysophosphatidylcholine Acyl Transferases in Acyl Editing of Phosphatidylcholine (PC) with Common and Hydroxylated Acyl Groups. M. Kazachkov¹, J. Lindberg Yilmaz², I. Lager^2,3, S. Stymne³, R. Weselake⁴, J. Dyer⁵, M. Smith¹ and J. Zou¹, ¹NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute, Canada, ²Scandinavian Biotechnology Research (ScanBiRes) AB, Sweden, ³Dept. Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Sweden, ⁴Dept. Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Canada, ⁵USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, USA.

Plant Oil Biolubricants

Toward the Production of Methyl-branched Fatty Acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. E. El Kassis and B. Thomasset, Université de Technologie de Compiegne, UMR CNRS 6022, France.

Characterisation of Specificity of Mouse Wax Synthase Expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. M. Miklaszewska, A. Kawinski and A. Banas, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.

Cloning of Phospholipase A2s from Lesquerella fendleri. G. Chen¹, R. Krishnamurthy¹, E. Mietkiewska¹, C. Snyder¹, J. Dyer² and R. Weselake¹, ¹University of Alberta, Canada, ²Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, USA.

Increasing Plant Oil Productivity

Investigation of a Potential Role of Phospholipase D Zeta in Arabidopsis Seed Oil Accumulation. L. Shi, Y. Yu, V. Katavic, G. Haughn and L. Kunst, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Algal Lipid Biofuels and Biomaterials

Lipid Profile of in vitro Oil Produced Through Cell Culture of Jatropha curcas.S. Correa and L. Atehortúa, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Identification of Candidate Genotypes for Plantation Culture of Pongamia pinnata. M.G. Lihou, C.E. Blackman and R.J. Miller, Evergreen Fuels P/L, Mossman, Australia.

Algal Species with Potential for Biodiesel Applications: A Literature-based Database. G. Threlfall, T. Beer and P. Campbell, CSIRO, Australia.

Lipid Profiles of Tropical Microalgae: Strain Selection for Biofuel Production. K. Heimann, R. Huerlimann, M. Magnusson, N. von Alvensleben, S. Hudson, M. Ellison and R. de Nys, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Australia.

Low-Cost Algal Cultivation Techniques for Pilot-Scale Triacylglyceride Production. S. Magarry, S. Garg, K. Sharma, R.R. Narala , D. Lim, F. Vernen, M. Deme and P.M. Schenk. School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.

Agro-industrial Challenges for GM Industrial Oils

Proteomic Analysis of Transgenic and Non-transgenic Developing Seeds of Brassica napus by 2-D Gel Electrophoresis and Mass Spectrometry: Comparative Study.E. Rosiau¹, M. Rossignol², C. Pichereaux² and B. Thomasset¹, ¹Université de Technologie de Compiegne, UMR CNRS 6022, France, ²Plateforme Protéomique Genopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, UMR CNRS 5089, IFR40, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, France.

Destauration and Long-chain PUFA

Cloning and Characterization of Acyltransferases from High Long Chain PUFA Producing Organisms. I. Lager¹, T. Senger², J. Bauer², S. Stymne¹ and J. Lindberg Yilmaz¹, ¹Scandinavian Biotechnology Research (ScanBiRes) AB, Sweden, ²BASF Plant Science, Germany.

Transgenic Production of Arachidonic Acid in Plants and the Availability of LC-PUFA to Germinating Seedlings. P. Shrestha^1,3, J. Petrie^1,3, S. Belide¹, M. Mansour², Q. Liu^1,3, P. Nichols² and S. Singh^1,3, ¹CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia, ²CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia, ³CSIRO Food Futures Flagship, Australia.

Investigation of γ-Linolenic and Stearidonic Acid Biosynthesis via Δ6-Desaturase During a Life Circle of Borago officinalis L. K. Stähler¹, S-Y. Quek¹ and M.R. Miller², ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Plant & Food Research, Nelson, New Zealand.

Berry Seeds: A Source of Specialty Oils with High Nutritional Value. R. Verhé¹, V. Van Hoed¹ and N. De Clercq², ¹Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Organic Chemistry, Ghent, Belgium, ²Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Ghent, Belgium.

Lipid Trafficking and Signalling

Aluminium Ions Inhibit Formation of Diacylglycerol Generated by Phospholipase C Hydrolysing Phosphatidylcholine in Tobacco Cells. P. Pejchar¹, M. Potocký¹, Z. Novotná², Š. Veselková¹, D. Kocourková¹, O. Valentová², K. Schwarzerová³ and J. Martinec¹, ¹Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic, ²Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Czech Republic, ³Dept. of Experimental Plant Biology, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

Storage Lipid Synthesis and Mobilisation

Lipids of Egyptian Sweet Potatoes from Two Varieties. A.E.M. Abd El Haleem, A. Adel Y. Shehata and H. Abou Gharbia, Alexandria University, College of Agriculture, Egypt.

Mobilization of Lipid Reserves During Germination of Oat (Avena sativa L.), a Cereal Rich in Endosperm Oil. S. Leonova¹, Å. Grimberg¹, S. Marttila², S. Stymne¹ and A.S. Carlsson¹, ¹Dept. of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden, ²Dept. of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.

Abiotic Stress Affects Accumulation of Polyisoprenoid Alcohols and Expression of cis-Prenyltransferases in Arabidopsis Roots. A. Jozwiak¹, E. Swiezewska¹, K. Skorupinska-Tudek¹, J. Maluszynska², W. Danikiewicz³ and M. Kania³, ¹Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, ²University of Silesia, Poland, ³Institute of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Fatty Acid Profile and Yield of Seed Oils of Species of Annona. D.Y.A.C. Santos and A.P.M. Egydio, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Arabidopsis sn-1 Specific Acylhydrolase is Involved in Seed Viability and Longevity. J. Seo, E.Y. Kim and W.T. Kim, Dept. of Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Korea.

Overexpression of Arabidopsis sn-1 Specific Acylhydrolase Inhibits Utilization of Storage Lipids for Seedling Establishment. E.Y. Kim, J. Seo and W.T. Kim, Dept. of Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Korea.

A New Role for the Arabidopsis Sucrose Transporter AtSUC5 in Embryo-specific Biotin Transport. B. Pommerrenig¹, N. Sauer¹, M. Heilmann² and I. Feussner², ¹Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences University of Göttingen, Germany.

Isolation of Plastids from Soybean Somatic Embryos for Studies of Lipid Biosynthesis. K.R. Clark¹, Y. He¹, T.E. Young¹, K.F. Kleppinger-Sparace^1,2 and S.A. Sparace¹, ¹Clemson University, USA, ²Tri-County Technical College, USA.

Functional and Topological Analysis of Type-2 Acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase from Yeast. Q. Liu, R.M.P. Siloto and R.J. Weselake, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science; University of Alberta, Canada.

Surface Lipids

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored Lipid Transfer Protein Gene (LTPG1) Contributed to Cuticular Lipid Accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. S.B. Lee, Y.S. Go and M.C. Suh, Dept. of Bioenergy Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Korea.

Two Arabidopsis 3-Ketoacyl CoA Synthase Genes are Functionally Redundant in Cuticular Wax and Root Suberin Biosynthesis, but Differentially Controlled by Osmotic Stress. S.B. Lee S.J. Jung and M.C. Suh, Dept. of Bioenergy Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Korea.

The Role of CYP86A1 and CYP86B1 in Suberin Formation. P. Diehl, L. Schreiber and R.B. Franke, Dept. of Ecophysiology, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Germany.

Cuticular Waxes of Brazilian Native Species Submitted to Water Stress. D.Y.A.C. Santos¹, F.M. Rezende² and C.M. Furlan³, ¹University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, ²State University of São Paulo, Brazil, ³Federal University of ABC, Brazil.

Three GPAT4 Homoeologues from Brassica napus Exhibit Different Expression Patterns and Functional Divergence. X. Chen¹, M. Truksa¹, S. Shah² and R. Weselake¹, ¹Agricultural Lipid Biotechnology Program, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Canada, ²Plant Biotechnology, Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, Canada.

Lower Plant Lipids

Climate Change Implications for Freshwater Food Chains. I. Guschina¹, J. Fuschino², M Arts³ and J. Harwood¹, ¹Cardiff University, UK, ²York University, Canada, ³National Water Research Institute, Canada.

The Search for the Sphinx: Characterization of Unusual Fatty Acid Desaturases from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Annotation of Sphingolipid-related Genes. S. Zäuner¹, J.E. Markham², D. Warnecke³ and C. Benning¹, ¹Michigan State University, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, USA, ²Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA, ³Biocenter Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Diversity of Lipid Compositions of Marine and Freshwater Microalgae. J.K. Volkman¹, S.I. Blackburn¹, G.A. Dunstan¹, I.D. Jameson¹ and N. Labrière^1,2, ¹CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia, ²Ecole Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, France.

Oxylipins

Study of Oxylipins Pathways by a Transcriptomic Analysis of Two Varieties of Tomato in Response to Salt Stress. M.A. Ghars¹, Y. Muhovski², M.E. Ghanem³, P. Frettinger¹, M.L. Fauconnier¹ and P. DuJardin¹, ¹Plant Biology Unit, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Bioengineering, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège 2, Belgium, ²Département Science du vivant Centre wallon de Recherches Agronomiques Chaussée de Charleroi, Belgium, ³Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Research Group in Plant Physiology (GRPV), Belgium.

Arabidopsis Acyl-CoA-Binding Protein 2 and Lysophospholipase 2 Confer Protection During Oxidative Stress. W. Gao, H.Y. Li, S. Xiao and M.L. Chye, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Role of Dual Positional Substrate Specific Lipoxygenase and Allene Oxide Synthase in Octadecanoid Pathway. S. Jang, K. Cho, T. Huon, S. Youn and O. Han, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea.

Membrane Lipids

Regulation of the Chloroplast Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Synthase, MGD1, by Phosphatidic Acid and Phosphatidylglycerol. E. Dubots¹, M. Audry², Y. Yamaryo¹, O. Bastien¹, H. Ohta³, C. Breton², E. Maréchal¹ and M. Block¹, ¹Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, CNRS / CEA / INRA / Université Joseph Fourier, FFrance, ²Centre de Recherche sur les Macromolécules Végétales-CNRS, France, ³Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

Analysis of Neutral Glyceroglycolipids (GGL) in Plants as Fluorinated Derivatives by Gas-Liquid Chromatography. E.V. Nekrasov and M. Vyssotski, Industrial Research Limited, New Zealand.

Structure and Function of Novel Glycolipids from Agrobacterium and Mesorhizobium. G. Hölzl¹, E. Devers², T. Geske² and P. Doermann¹, ¹IMBIO, University of Bonn, Germany, ²Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany.

Hypoxia-induced Change in Expression of Genes Involved in Fatty Acid Biosynthesis of Mucor rouxii. K. Laoteng¹, S. Suttiwattanakul², S. Jitsue³, S. Cheevadhanarak^2,3, ¹Biochemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Research and Development Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkuntien, Bangkok 10150, Thailand, ²School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkuntien, Bangkok 10150, Thailand, ³Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkuntien, Bangkok 10150, Thailand.

Advancing the Nutritional Quality of Canola Oil Through Saturate Reduction. J. Schnurr, D. Coonrod and L. DeBonte, Cargill Specialty Canola Oils, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

Alternative Technologies for the Production of Biodiesel and Biofuels from Plant Oils Processes. R. Verhé¹, V. Van Hoed¹, C. Echim^1,2, J. Maes², N. Zyaykina² and W. De Greyt². ¹Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, CoupureLinks 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium–²DesmetBallestraR&D center, Zaventem, Belgium.