Publications

When it comes to interdisciplinary collaboration, the titles of GLBRC publications speak for themselves. Each new year of operation has seen more publications from multiple labs that span our research themes, accelerating the Center's production of the basic research that generates technology to convert cellulosic biomass to advanced biofuels and bioproducts.

Year	Publication	Keywords
2016	Sanford, G.R., Oates, L.G., Jasrotia, P., Thelen, K.D., Robertson, P. & Jackson, R.D. "Comparative productivity of alternative cellulosic bioenergy cropping systems in the North Central USA." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 216, 344-355+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.10.018] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Sardi, M., Rovinskiy, N., Zhang, Y. & Gasch, A.P. "Leveraging genetic background effects in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to improve lignocellulosic hydrolysate tolerance." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82,19, 5838-5849+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01603-16] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Sarks, C., Bals, B.D., Wynn, J., Teymouri, F., Schwegmann, S., Sanders, K., Jin, M., Balan, V. & Dale, B.E. "Scaling up and benchmarking of ethanol production from pelletized pilot scale AFEX treated corn stover using Zymomonas mobilis 8b." Biofuels 7,3, 253-262+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1080/17597269.2015.1132368] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction
2016	Sarks, C., Higbee, A., Piotrowski, J., Xue, S., Coon, J.J., Sato, T.K., Jin, M., Balan, V. & Dale, B.E. "Quantifying pretreatment degradation compounds in solution and accumulated by cells during solids and yeast recycling in the Rapid Bioconversion with Integrated recycling Technology process using AFEX™ corn stover." Bioresource Technology 205, 24-33+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.008] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction, Conversion
2016	Sato, T.K., Tremaine, M., Parreiras, L.S., Hebert, A.S., Myers, K.S., Higbee, A.J., Sardi, M., McIlwain, S.J., Ong, I.M., Breuer, R.J., et al. "Directed evolution reveals unexpected epistatic interactions that alter metabolic regulation and enable anaerobic xylose use by Saccharomyces cerevisiae." PLOS Genetics 12,10, (2016). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006372] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Schwartz, T.J., Lyman, S.D., Motagamwala, A.H., Mellmer, M.A. & Dumesic, J.A. "Selective hydrogenation of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in aromatic-containing platform molecules." ACS Catalysis 6,3, 2047-2054+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00072] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Sekhon, R.S., Breitzman, M.W., Silva, R.R., Santoro, N., Rooney, W.L., de Leon, N. & Kaeppler, S.M. "Stover composition in maize and sorghum reveals remarkable genetic variation and plasticity for carbohydrate accumulation." Frontiers in Plant Science 7, 822+ (2016). [DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00822] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Sener, C., Wesley, T.S., Alba-Rubio, A.C., Kumbhalkar, M.D., Hakim, S.H., Riberio, F.H., Miller, J.T. & Dumesic, J.A. "PtMo bimetallic catalysts synthesized by controlled surface reactions for water gas shift." ACS Catalysis 6,2, 1334-1344+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b02028] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Shade, A. "Diversity is the question, not the answer." ISME Journal 11, 1-6+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.118] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Shen, X.-X., Zhou, X., Kominek, J., Kurtzman, C.P., Hittinger, C.T. & Rokas, A. "Reconstructing the backbone of the Saccharomycotina yeast phylogeny using genome-scale data." G3: Genes \| Genomes \| Genetics 6,12, 3927-3939+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.034744] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Shuai, L., Amiri, M.T., Questell-Santiago, Y.M., Héroguel, F., Li, Y., Kim, H., Meilan, R., Chapple, C., Ralph, J. & Luterbacher, J.S. "Formaldehyde stabilization facilitates lignin monomer production during biomass depolymerization." Science 354,6310, 329-333+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7810] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Simpson, J.P. & Ohlrogge, J.B. "A novel pathway for triacylglycerol biosynthesis is responsible for the accumulation of massive quantities of glycerolipids in the surface wax of Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) fruit." The Plant Cell 28,1, 248-264+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00900] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Simpson, J.P., Thrower, N. & Ohlrogge, J.B. "How did nature engineer the highest surface lipid accumulation among plants? Exceptional expression of acyl-lipid-associated genes for the assembly of extracellular triacylglycerol by Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) fruits." Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids 1861,9, 1243-1252+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.01.022] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Skevas, T., Swinton, S.M., Tanner, S., Sanford, G. & Thelen, K.D. "Investment risks in bioenergy crops." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 8, 1162-1177+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12320] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Slininger, P.J., Shea-Andersh, M.A., Thompson, S.R., Dien, B.S., Kurtzman, C.P., Sousa, L. da C. & Balan, V. "Techniques for the evolution of robust pentose-fermenting yeast for bioconversion of lignocellulose to ethanol." Journal of Visualized Experiments 116, (2016). [DOI: 10.3791/54227] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction
2016	Spero, M.A., Brickner, J.R., Mollet, J.T., Pisithkul, T., Amador-Noguez, D. & Donohue, T.J. "Different functions of phylogenetically distinct bacterial complex I isozymes." Journal of Bacteriology 198,8, 1268-1280+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1128/JB.01025-15] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Spero, M.A., Imam, S., Noguera, D.R. & Donohue, T.J. "Electron partitioning in anoxic phototrophic bacteria." in Cytochrome Complexes: Evolution, Structures, Energy Transduction, and Signaling. vol. 41 679-700+ (Springer Verlag, 2016). [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7481-9_32] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Stahlheber, K.A., Watson, B., Dickson, T.L., Disney, R. & Gross, K.L. "Balancing biofuel production and biodiversity: Harvesting frequency effects on production and community composition in planted tallgrass prairie." Biomass and Bioenergy 92, 98-105+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.06.012] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Stefely, J.A., Kwiecien, N.W., Freiberger, E.C., Richards, A.L., Jochem, A., Rush, M.J.P., Ulbrich, A., Robinson, K.P., Hutchins, P.D., Veling, M.T., et al. "Mitochondrial protein functions elucidated by multi-omic mass spectrometry profiling." Nature Biotechnology 34,11, 1191-1197+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3683] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Stelpflug, S.C., Sekhon, R.S., Vaillancourt, B., Hirsch, C.N., Buell, R., de Leon, N. & Kaeppler, S.M. "An expanded maize gene expression atlas based on RNA sequencing and its use to explore root development." The Plant Genome 9,1, 1-16+ (2016). [DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.04.0025] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Tumbalam, P., Hard, K. & Thelen, K.D. "Integrating winter annual cereal rye or triticale into a corn forage biofuel production system." Journal of Crop Improvement 30,5, 526-540+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2016.1189472] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Tumbalam, P., Thelen, K.D., Adkins, A., Dale, B., Balan, V., Gunawan, C. & Gao, J. "Corn stover ethanol yield as affected by grain yield, Bt trait, and environment." Biomass and Bioenergy 85, 119-125+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.12.004] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction, Sustainability
2016	Vinay-Lara, E., Wang, S., Bai, L., Phrommao, E., Broadbent, J.R. & Steele, J.L. "Lactobacillus casei as a biocatalyst for biofuel production." Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 43, 1205-1213+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-016-1797-8] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Walker, A.M., Sattler, S.A., Regner, M., Jones, J.P., Ralph, J., Vermerris, W., Sattler, S.E. & Kang, C.H. "The structure and catalytic mechanism of Sorghum bicolor caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase." Plant Physiology 172,1, 78-92+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00845] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Wenninger, A., Kim, T., Spiesman, B. & Gratton, C. "Contrasting foraging patterns: testing resource-concentration and dilution effects with pollinators and seed predators." Insects 7,2, 23+ (2016). [DOI: 10.3390/insects7020023] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability