Venkatesh Balan Engineering Technology Department, Biotechnology Program, College of Technology University of Houston Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Venkatesh Balan has not added a biography. If you are Venkatesh Balan and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Discovery and Expression of Thermostable LPMOs from Thermophilic Fungi for Producing Efficient Lignocellulolytic Enzyme Cocktails Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Dec, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31792786 Microbial Lipid Alternatives to Plant Lipids Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31148119 Biological Treatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Chaetomium Globosporum: Process Derivation and Improved Biogas Production International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. May, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30684578 Incorporating Anaerobic Co-digestion of Steam Exploded or Ammonia Fiber Expansion Pretreated Sugarcane Residues with Manure into a Sugarcane-based Bioenergy-livestock Nexus Bioresource Technology. Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30384207 The Effect of Alkali-soluble Lignin on Purified Core Cellulase and Hemicellulase Activities During Hydrolysis of Extractive Ammonia-pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass Royal Society Open Science. Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30110471 Ethanol Production Potential from AFEX™ and Steam-exploded Sugarcane Residues for Sugarcane Biorefineries Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29755586 Water-soluble Phenolic Compounds Produced from Extractive Ammonia Pretreatment Exerted Binary Inhibitory Effects on Yeast Fermentation Using Synthetic Hydrolysate PloS One. 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29543873 Conversion of Lignocellulosic Agave Residues into Liquid Biofuels Using an AFEX™-based Biorefinery Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29371883 Conversion of Apple Pomace Waste to Ethanol at Industrial Relevant Conditions Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27364625 Evaluation of Agave Bagasse Recalcitrance Using AFEX™, Autohydrolysis, and Ionic Liquid Pretreatments Bioresource Technology. Jul, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27017132 Effects of Changes in Chemical and Structural Characteristic of Ammonia Fibre Expansion (AFEX) Pretreated Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fibre on Enzymatic Saccharification and Fermentability for Biohydrogen Bioresource Technology. Jul, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27017130 Saccharification of Newspaper Waste After Ammonia Fiber Expansion or Extractive Ammonia AMB Express. Mar, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26936848 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. Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26802184 Comparative Lipid Production by Oleaginous Yeasts in Hydrolyzates of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Process Strategy for High Titers Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26724417 Assessment of Bacterial and Fungal (hemi)cellulose-degrading Enzymes in Saccharification of Ammonia Fibre Expansion-pretreated Arundo Donax Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Mar, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26521250 Sugar Loss and Enzyme Inhibition Due to Oligosaccharide Accumulation During High Solids-loading Enzymatic Hydrolysis Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26617670 A Comprehensive Review of Tropical Milky White Mushroom (Calocybe Indica P&C) Mycobiology. Sep, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26539033 Evolved Strains of Scheffersomyces Stipitis Achieving High Ethanol Productivity on Acid- and Base-pretreated Biomass Hydrolyzate at High Solids Loading Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25878726 Designer Synthetic Media for Studying Microbial-catalyzed Biofuel Production Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25642283 Microbial Lipid-based Lignocellulosic Biorefinery: Feasibility and Challenges Trends in Biotechnology. Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25483049 Current Challenges in Commercially Producing Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass ISRN Biotechnology. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25937989 Lignin Triggers Irreversible Cellulase Loss During Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass Saccharification Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25530803 Engineering and Two-stage Evolution of a Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate-tolerant Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Strain for Anaerobic Fermentation of Xylose from AFEX Pretreated Corn Stover PloS One. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25222864 Identification of Oleaginous Yeast Strains Able to Accumulate High Intracellular Lipids when Cultivated in Alkaline Pretreated Corn Stover Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25052467 A Comparative Study of Ethanol Production Using Dilute Acid, Ionic Liquid and AFEX™ Pretreated Corn Stover Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24917886 Comparison of Enzymatic Reactivity of Corn Stover Solids Prepared by Dilute Acid, AFEX™, and Ionic Liquid Pretreatments Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24910713 Studying the Rapid Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Sugars into Ethanol Using High Cell Density Fermentations with Cell Recycle Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24847379 Novel Thermostable Endo-xylanase Cloned and Expressed from Bacterium Geobacillus Sp. WSUCF1 Bioresource Technology. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24725385 Comparative Metabolic Profiling Revealed Limitations in Xylose-fermenting Yeast During Co-fermentation of Glucose and Xylose in the Presence of Inhibitors Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24404570 Probing the Nature of AFEX-pretreated Corn Stover Derived Decomposition Products That Inhibit Cellulase Activity Bioresource Technology. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24275024 Profiling of Diferulates (plant Cell Wall Cross-linkers) Using Ultrahigh-performance Liquid Chromatography-tandem Mass Spectrometry The Analyst. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24040649 Effect of Storage Conditions on the Stability and Fermentability of Enzymatic Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate Bioresource Technology. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23999256 Phenotypic Selection of a Wild Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Strain for Simultaneous Saccharification and Co-fermentation of AFEXTM Pretreated Corn Stover Biotechnology for Biofuels. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23890073 Increased Enzyme Binding to Substrate is Not Necessary for More Efficient Cellulose Hydrolysis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23784776 Profiling of Soluble Neutral Oligosaccharides from Treated Biomass Using Solid Phase Extraction and LC-TOF MS Carbohydrate Polymers. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23544634 Performance of AFEXTM Pretreated Rice Straw As Source of Fermentable Sugars: the Influence of Particle Size Biotechnology for Biofuels. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23514037 Continuous SSCF of AFEX™ Pretreated Corn Stover for Enhanced Ethanol Productivity Using Commercial Enzymes and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 424A (LNH-ST) Biotechnology and Bioengineering. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23192401 Complex Physiology and Compound Stress Responses During Fermentation of Alkali-pretreated Corn Stover Hydrolysate by an Escherichia Coli Ethanologen Applied and Environmental Microbiology. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22389370 Quantitatively Understanding Reduced Xylose Fermentation Performance in AFEX™ Treated Corn Stover Hydrolysate Using Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 424A (LNH-ST) and Escherichia Coli KO11 Bioresource Technology. May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22366603 Simultaneous Saccharification and Co-fermentation (SSCF) of AFEX(TM) Pretreated Corn Stover for Ethanol Production Using Commercial Enzymes and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST) Bioresource Technology. Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22361075 Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) of AFEX™-pretreated Corn Stover for Ethanol Production Using Clostridium Phytofermentans at a High Solids Loading Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22359098 Optimization of AFEX™ Pretreatment Conditions and Enzyme Mixtures to Maximize Sugar Release from Upland and Lowland Switchgrass Bioresource Technology. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22138594 Process and Technoeconomic Analysis of Leading Pretreatment Technologies for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production Using Switchgrass Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21865030 Comparative Data on Effects of Leading Pretreatments and Enzyme Loadings and Formulations on Sugar Yields from Different Switchgrass Sources Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21816612 Comparative Genomics of Xylose-fermenting Fungi for Enhanced Biofuel Production Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21788494 Comparative Study on Enzymatic Digestibility of Switchgrass Varieties and Harvests Processed by Leading Pretreatment Technologies Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21741233 Conversion for Avicel and AFEX Pretreated Corn Stover by Clostridium Thermocellum and Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation: Insights into Microbial Conversion of Pretreated Cellulosic Biomass Bioresource Technology. Sep, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21683579 Proteomics-based Compositional Analysis of Complex Cellulase-hemicellulase Mixtures Journal of Proteome Research. Oct, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21678892 WITHDRAWN: Comparative Data on Effects of Leading Pretreatments and Enzyme Loadings and Formulations on Sugar Yields from Different Switchgrass Sources Bioresource Technology. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21664813 Restructuring the Crystalline Cellulose Hydrogen Bond Network Enhances Its Depolymerization Rate Journal of the American Chemical Society. Jul, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21661764 Application of Cellulase and Hemicellulase to Pure Xylan, Pure Cellulose, and Switchgrass Solids from Leading Pretreatments Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21596559 Surface and Ultrastructural Characterization of Raw and Pretreated Switchgrass Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21571527 Influence of Physico-chemical Changes on Enzymatic Digestibility of Ionic Liquid and AFEX Pretreated Corn Stover Bioresource Technology. Jul, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21531133 Comparative Material Balances Around Pretreatment Technologies for the Conversion of Switchgrass to Soluble Sugars Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21524908 Effects of Enzyme Loading and β-glucosidase Supplementation on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Switchgrass Processed by Leading Pretreatment Technologies Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21507624 Investigation of Enzyme Formulation on Pretreated Switchgrass Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21478012 Rapid Quantification of Major Reaction Products Formed During Thermochemical Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using GC-MS Journal of Chromatography. B, Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21444255 Binding Characteristics of Trichoderma Reesei Cellulases on Untreated, Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX), and Dilute-acid Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21437882 Hemicellulases and Auxiliary Enzymes for Improved Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Monosaccharides Biotechnology for Biofuels. Feb, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21342516 Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) Performance of Clostridium Phytofermentans on AFEX-treated Corn Stover for Ethanol Production Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Jun, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21280028 Evaluating the Impact of Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) Pretreatment Conditions on the Cost of Ethanol Production Bioresource Technology. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 20826086 Comparative Lipidomic Profiling of Xylose-metabolizing S. Cerevisiae and Its Parental Strain in Different Media Reveals Correlations Between Membrane Lipids and Fermentation Capacity Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 20803565 Multifaceted Characterization of Cell Wall Decomposition Products Formed During Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) and Dilute Acid Based Pretreatments Bioresource Technology. Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20598525 Two-step SSCF to Convert AFEX-treated Switchgrass to Ethanol Using Commercial Enzymes and Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST) Bioresource Technology. Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20580549 Enzymatic Digestibility and Ethanol Fermentability of AFEX-treated Starch-rich Lignocellulosics Such As Corn Silage and Whole Corn Plant Biotechnology for Biofuels. Jun, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20534126 Alkali-based AFEX Pretreatment for the Conversion of Sugarcane Bagasse and Cane Leaf Residues to Ethanol Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Oct, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20521302 Comparing the Fermentation Performance of Escherichia Coli KO11, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 424A(LNH-ST) and Zymomonas Mobilis AX101 for Cellulosic Ethanol Production Biotechnology for Biofuels. May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20507563 Effect of Compositional Variability of Distillers' Grains on Cellulosic Ethanol Production Bioresource Technology. Jul, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20223655 Evaluation of Ammonia Fibre Expansion (AFEX) Pretreatment for Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Switchgrass Harvested in Different Seasons and Locations Biotechnology for Biofuels. Jan, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20047650 Mixture Optimization of Six Core Glycosyl Hydrolases for Maximizing Saccharification of Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) Pretreated Corn Stover Bioresource Technology. Apr, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19948399 Process Optimization to Convert Forage and Sweet Sorghum Bagasse to Ethanol Based on Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) Pretreatment Bioresource Technology. Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19811909 Optimizing Harvest of Corn Stover Fractions Based on Overall Sugar Yields Following Ammonia Fiber Expansion Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Biotechnology for Biofuels. Nov, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19930679 Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment Using AFEX Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19768616 Integrating Alkaline Extraction of Proteins with Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose from Wet Distiller's Grains and Solubles Bioresource Technology. Dec, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19620002 'Cradle-to-grave' Assessment of Existing Lignocellulose Pretreatment Technologies Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Jun, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19481437 Optimization of Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Ethanol Fermentation from AFEX-treated Rice Straw Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19399494 Physical and Chemical Characterizations of Corn Stover and Poplar Solids Resulting from Leading Pretreatment Technologies Bioresource Technology. Sep, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19362819 Enzymatic Digestibility and Pretreatment Degradation Products of AFEX-treated Hardwoods (Populus Nigra) Biotechnology Progress. Mar-Apr, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19326425 High-throughput Microplate Technique for Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Apr, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18306256 Mushroom Spent Straw: a Potential Substrate for an Ethanol-based Biorefinery Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18180966 Enzyme Hydrolysis and Ethanol Fermentation of Liquid Hot Water and AFEX Pretreated Distillers' Grains at High-solids Loadings Bioresource Technology. Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18023338 Enzyme Characterization for Hydrolysis of AFEX and Liquid Hot-water Pretreated Distillers' Grains and Their Conversion to Ethanol Bioresource Technology. Aug, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17996446 Ethanolic Fermentation of Hydrolysates from Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) Treated Corn Stover and Distillers Grain Without Detoxification and External Nutrient Supplementation Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Feb, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 17705225 Ammonia Fiber Expansion Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Two Different Growth Stages of Reed Canarygrass Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Apr, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 18478404 Heterologous Acidothermus Cellulolyticus 1,4-beta-endoglucanase E1 Produced Within the Corn Biomass Converts Corn Stover into Glucose Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Apr, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 18478390 Extraction of Proteins from Switchgrass Using Aqueous Ammonia Within an Integrated Biorefinery Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Nov, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 18025607 Optimization of Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Miscanthus X Giganteus to Fermentable Sugars Biotechnology Progress. Jul-Aug, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17585779 Enhanced Conversion of Plant Biomass into Glucose Using Transgenic Rice-produced Endoglucanase for Cellulosic Ethanol Transgenic Research. Dec, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17237981 Effect of Particle Size Based Separation of Milled Corn Stover on AFEX Pretreatment and Enzymatic Digestibility Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Feb, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 16903002 Studies on Nitrosyl Hemes in Ni(II)-Fe(II) Hybrid Hemoglobins Nitric Oxide : Biology and Chemistry. Dec, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16126420 Use of GFP Tags to Monitor Localization of Different Luciferases in E. Coli Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences : Official Journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology. Sep, 2005 | Pubmed ID: 16121286 Studies on Heme Release from Normal and Metal Ion Reconstituted Hemoglobin Mediated Through Ionic Surfactant Biopolymers. 2005 | Pubmed ID: 15614803 Oxygen Equilibrium and EPR Studies on Alpha1beta1 Hemoglobin Dimer Journal of Biochemistry. Nov, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15632298 GroEL Chaperone Binding to Beetle Luciferases and the Implications for Refolding when Co-expressed Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry. Oct, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15502355 Coordination Geometry of Cu-porphyrin in Cu(II)-Fe(II) Hybrid Hemoglobins Studied by Q-band EPR and Resonance Raman Spectroscopies Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. Feb, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11897345 Ammoniakk fiber ekspansjon (AFEX) Forbehandling av Lignocellulosic Biomass Shishir P. S. Chundawat1, Ramendra K. Pal1, Chao Zhao1, Timothy Campbell2, Farzaneh Teymouri2, Josh Videto2, Chandra Nielson2, Bradley Wieferich3, Leonardo Sousa3, Bruce E. Dale3, Venkatesh Balan4, Sarvada Chipkar5, Jacob Aguado5, Emily Burke5, Rebecca G. Ong5 1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers-State University of New Jersey, 2Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI), 3Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 4Engineering Technology Department, Biotechnology Program, College of Technology, University of Houston, 5Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University JoVE 57488 Environment Teknikker for utviklingen av Robust Pentose-fermen gjær for biokonversjon av lignocellulose til Etanol Patricia J. Slininger1, Maureen A. Shea-Andersh1, Stephanie R. Thompson1, Bruce S. Dien1, Cletus P. Kurtzman2, Leonardo Da Costa Sousa3, Venkatesh Balan3 1Bioenergy Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 2Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 3Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Great Lakes Bioenergy Center, Michigan State University JoVE 54227 Bioengineering
Ammoniakk fiber ekspansjon (AFEX) Forbehandling av Lignocellulosic Biomass Shishir P. S. Chundawat1, Ramendra K. Pal1, Chao Zhao1, Timothy Campbell2, Farzaneh Teymouri2, Josh Videto2, Chandra Nielson2, Bradley Wieferich3, Leonardo Sousa3, Bruce E. Dale3, Venkatesh Balan4, Sarvada Chipkar5, Jacob Aguado5, Emily Burke5, Rebecca G. Ong5 1Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers-State University of New Jersey, 2Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI), 3Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 4Engineering Technology Department, Biotechnology Program, College of Technology, University of Houston, 5Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University JoVE 57488 Environment
Teknikker for utviklingen av Robust Pentose-fermen gjær for biokonversjon av lignocellulose til Etanol Patricia J. Slininger1, Maureen A. Shea-Andersh1, Stephanie R. Thompson1, Bruce S. Dien1, Cletus P. Kurtzman2, Leonardo Da Costa Sousa3, Venkatesh Balan3 1Bioenergy Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 2Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 3Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Great Lakes Bioenergy Center, Michigan State University JoVE 54227 Bioengineering
