<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><b>DATE:</b> Friday, October 31st, 2014<br><br><b>TITLE:</b> Modeling the conversion of cellulose to biofuels<br><br><b>TIME:</b> 3:30 PM<br><br><b>LOCATION:</b> GMCS 214<br><br><b>SPEAKER:</b> Dr. Antonio Redondo. Los Alamos National Laboratory<br><br><b>ABSTRACT:</b> In this seminar we will describe how we can model the conversion of cellulosic materials to biofuels. To do this, we have developed a coarse-‐grained dynamical model that captures the key events associated with the enzymatic degradation of cellulose. The model accounts for the mobility and action of a single enzyme as well as for the synergy of multiple enzymes on a homogeneous cellulose surface. The quantitative description of cellulose degradation is calculated on a spatial model by including free and bound states of all enzymes with explicit reactive surface terms (e.g., hydrogen bond reformation) and corresponding reaction rates. The dynamical evolution of the system is based on physical interactions between enzymes and cellulose. We will also discuss details of the construction of the interatomic potentials used in the model.<br><br><b>HOST:</b> Dr. Jose Castillo<br><br>For future events, please visit our website at:<br><br><a href="http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/colloquium.html" target="_blank">http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/colloquium.html</a>
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