PBIO Live blogging Day 1
Coverage of the Plant Bio-Industrial Oils Workshop in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. March 6-7, 2013
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Good morning! I am here at #PBIO2013 covering plant-based oils for industrial applications. Today’s session is a lot about feedstock
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First speaker is from CSIRO on overview of global renewable oils (and challenges) bit.ly/ZpBTZs #PBIO2013
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Room is filling up as #PBIO2013 day 1 is about to start. It’s -4 degree F in Saskatoon by the way 😉 pic.twitter.com/pRSNEnyOVG -
Opening remarks from Ron Kehrig, program mgr, life sciences and biomass, ministry of economy #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/IKIe9Zn4zp -
Kehrig: Saskatchewan has significant acreage on high erucic rapeseed as well as flax. We have room for new crop platforms #PBIO2013
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Alan Green of CSIRO talking about plant oils and its future industrial uses #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/BQscSOkQWS -
MT @dgreenblogger: Kehrig: Saskatchewan has significant acreage on high erucic rapeseed and flax – room for new crop platforms #PBIO2013
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Green: Factors for increasing industrial plant oils production – reduce GHG emissions; food security; fuel security #PBIO2013
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Green: Food oil and crude oil prices reach parity. We have to reconcile oils for food, fuel and also recognize materials demand #PBIO2013
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Green: Plant oils can’t solve energy problems. Plant oils production120 MT, crude oil 4.3bt, 400MT for petrochems. Focus on petro #PBIO2013
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Green: Plant oils production treble since 1985 to the current 120m tonnes. We need more as per capita consumption still increases #PBIO2013
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Green: If we want to replace 40% of petrochem with plant oils, production needs to reach 430m MT in next several years #PBIO2013
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Green: Palm is an oil machine – 6t/hectare of oil. PKO oil content however is flat at 40%. Can we rely on acreage expansion? #PBIO2013
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Green: We have to consider increase production of grains for food. Improvements in crop productivity will only keep pace w/ food #PBIO2013
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Green: Oils are 2-5x more valuable than protein meals. Increasing oil content of soy, canola, cottonseed will drive more value #PBIO2013
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Green: New plant oil sources – camelina, crambe, carinata, cress – they will still compete in land source. #PBIO2013
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Green: Engineering oil in non-seed tissues another potential for increase industrial oil production. #PBIO2013
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Green: Algae oil will be fantastic if its viable but still challenges on cost and scalability #PBIO2013
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Green: How do we to treble oil production? Maximize seed oil content, new plant oil sources, productivity gains #PBIO2013
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Next speaker Peter Eastmond, sr. Research scientist,Rothamstead Research on role of lipases in plant oils #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/gHruqz8ccZ -
Comprehending genetic engineering in plants is beyond me :(. Summary of Eastmond’s presentation bit.ly/W5icqS #PBIO2013
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Next speaker is Anthony J. Kinney, research dir. DuPont Experimental Station on soy industrial use #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/4Y8Yg5zXuH -
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Kinney: Soy oil has cost advantage over other oils. High oleic soy oil is more oxidative stable than other high oleic oils #PBIO2013
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Kinney talking about DuPont’s Plenish high oleic soy oil. Says it has high fry life 🙂 #PBIO2013
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Kinney: High oleic soy oil behaves similar to mineral oil. Good for replacement as biodegradable oil in transformer fluids #PBIO2013
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Abstract on Kinney’s presentation bit.ly/W5mI8U #PBIO2013
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Kinney talking about DuPont’s research in increasing oil yields in soybean. One is gene shuffling, something about DGAT expression #PBIO2013
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Kinney: DuPont says its Plenish high oleic soy oil is available today in limited quantities for both food and industrial use #PBIO2013
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Kinney: Just increasing 3-4 percentage oil is extremely valuable. Translates to hundreds of millions of dollars #PBIO2013
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@KellyC_Martin @janicetranberg networking at #pbio2013 in Saskatoon plant oils to replace petroleum pic.twitter.com/7dZcSv4eNd -
Next speaker is Timothy Durrett of KSU on triacylglycerols #PBIO2013 event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0… pic.twitter.com/FGgOQ38cXp -
Durrett: KSU researching on improving straight vegetable oil (SVO) for biofuel using acetyl-triacelglycerols (acTAGs) gene #PBIO2013
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Learning all about plant bio-industrial oils at #PBIO2013! @agwestbio #yxebio #westcdnag #saskbio #yxe pic.twitter.com/WcdIgfSUoI -
@SIASTBioScience @WilfKeller @mcey1 #pbio2013 in #yxe at Delta Bessborough Tim Durrett talk on “burning bush” seeds potential uses
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Technical talk by Tim Durrett at #pbio2013: using novel acetyltransferase to alter properties of plant TAGs #saskbio pic.twitter.com/wc1VO3EEwX -
Durrett: acTAGs coming soon on a 2 acre field for MSU camelina planting – Spring 2013 #PBIO2013
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Next speaker is Per Hofvander of Swedish University of Ag Sciences event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0… #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/QOmThcaSfE -
Hofvander talking about a plant called yellow nutsedge. It’s like a potato but much smaller. Has 15% oil of fresh weight #PBIO2013
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I’m curious about the plant so here’s a US Dept. of Agriculture profile on yellow nutsedge 1.usa.gov/10fuK2z #PBIO2013
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Hofvander: Yellow nutsedge is actually not a nut but a tuber. Collaboration with MSU on analysis of the plant’s genes #PBIO2013
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Exploring tuber (nutsedge) oil technology at #pbio2013 in Saskatoon…
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#pbio2013 Per Hofvander: can tuber crops be used for biosynthesis of oil?
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Hofvander: Composition of oil in yellow nutsedge is quite similar to olive oil #PBIO2013
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Next speaker is Edgar Cahoon of University of Nebraska-Lincoln event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0… #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/MsrTtSaNTu -
Edgar Cahoon at #pbio2013 potential of camelina as platform for metabolic engineering of fatty acid oil compositions: expanding production
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Cahoon: Expanding oilseed production in areas where there are more limited production e.g. Great Plains, East Wash. and Oregon #PBIO2013
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Cahoon: Camelina is ideal crop. Somewhat productive on marginal land, not use for food, genetically similar to arabidopsis #PBIO2013
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MT @agwestbio: potato is a nice crop to work with says Hofvander but hard to get oil production in sugar beets #PBIO2013
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Cahoon: Camelina has 30-40% of oil content in seed weight. Requires 1/3 of fertility as canola #PBIO2013
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Camelina double oil content of soy; low in glucosinolates; grows well in dry areas…Cahoon at #pbio2013
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Cahoon: Very easy to work with camelina via metabolic engineering vs soy oil. High school students can do it. #PBIO2013
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Cahoon: Check out website: Camelinagenome.org #PBIO2013
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Cahoon: Conventional camelina oil is poorly suited for biodiesel. High oleic acid oils is the best compromise for biodiesel #PBIO2013
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln looking to develop high oleic camelina oil. Oleic acid content is 68% with recent devt #PBIO2013
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First time I’ve heard of omega-7 fatty acid. Cahoon said it can be precursors of polyethylene monomers #PBIO2013
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Cahoon talking about cuphea species that has high levels of short and medium chain fatty acids. Transferring genes to camelina #PBIO2013
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Cahoon: Engineering protein composition of camelina for higher value protein + high value oils #PBIO2013
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Cahoon: Camelina can be engineered so easily. We have to come up with higher oil camelina and higher fatty acid content #PBIO2013
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Edgar Cahoon at #PBIO2013 discussing Camelina designed to produce oil profiles which mimic jet fuel.
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Cahoon: Camelina needs more acreage and a market. Promise is there but we have to deliver on that #PBIO2013
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lunch is served at #pbio2013 in Saskatoon…great talks this morning on plant bio-industrial oils #yxe #saskbio pic.twitter.com/leJh2bQGto -
Hungry crowd – pizza for lunch at #pbio2013 in Stoon! pic.twitter.com/j7VZiSlPGK -
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learning to tweet at #pbio2013 with Jackie Robin (Ag-West Bio)
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Speaking is Ivo Feussner of Goettingen Centre for Molecular Biosciences, Germany event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0… #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/SEkrTWXvZb -
Feussner talking about wax esters in plants via genetic engineering #PBIO2013
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Feussner: 50m tons of lubricants are used yearly. Wax esters can be found naturally in jojoba but the plants not mass cultivated #PBIO2013
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Feussner: We decided to look at crambe (which has high erucic acid profile), and camelina #PBIO2013
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We’ve come a long way in understanding oil production in non-food crops. #mindblown #pbio2013
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Next speaker is Nick Roberts of AgResearch, Phytagro, Zeakal & Algenetix event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0… #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/WW3G0upXzl -
Head now spinning on trying to absorb plant genetics and biotechnology jargons. #PBIO2013
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Me too “@DGreenblogger: Head now spinning on trying to absorb plant genetics and biotechnology jargons. #PBIO2013” #biochemflashbacks
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Global vegetable oil demand is projected to double by 2013 #PBIO2013
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Speaking now is Randall Weselake of University of Alberta on modification of flax for industrial use #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/uFFPIs3P9T -
Weselake: Canada is a major producer and exporter of flax. Flax oil is enriched in alpha linolenic acid #PBIO2013
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Weselake: Flax has been noted for its industrial use as drying agent for a long time. #PBIO2013
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Randy Weselake at #pbio2013 in Stoon.. Mechanisms to increase production of fatty acids in various plants.#saskbio
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@DGreenblogger Would like to know if extracting the oil from flax is compatible with using the fibres (great for composites) #PBIO2013
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@DGreenblogger hehehe, I know, difficult subject. Currently doing a project on oilseeds, so perfect info, thanks for tweeting #PBIO2013
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RT @karidoerksen: @luciacd it is! Several groups working on composites, including one in Manitoba. Composites Innovation Centre. #PBIO2013
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Related to recent plant eng’g topics: MSU Engineer Plant with Oily Leaves to Enhance Biofuel Production bit.ly/XTspHC #PBIO2013
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Speaking now is Doug Hooper of Waterfall Group about biodiesel mkt in Canada event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0… #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/yecqOU7Fqs -
More to come: Doug Hooper, Colleen @Christensen741 and Mark Matlock final session of the day at #pbio2013 in #yxe pic.twitter.com/voLa1kc4sA -
Hooper: Canada biofuel demand projected total is 560m liters/year. BC has highest mandate level. #PBIO2013
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#pbio2013 Doug Hooper: renewable diesel markets in Canada…3 plants to commission in 2013
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Hooper: Major feedstock for biofuel in Canada is canola. Mandates are less effective in driving biofuel demand in Canada #PBIO2013
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More to come: Doug Hooper, Colleen @Christensen741 and Mark Matlock final session of the day at #pbio2013 in #yxe pic.twitter.com/voLa1kc4sA
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Hooper: Biodiesel has much lower carbon intensity than ethanol. Carbon intensity is very high for palm in terms of feedstock #PBIO2013
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Hooper: Canada biofuel demand projected total is 560m liters/year. BC has highest mandate level. #PBIO2013
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Hooper talking about carbon monetization in Canada and RINs in US biofuels #PBIO2013
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Hooper: EU renewable energy directive will twist a lot of market activity and valuations for various biofuel feedstock #PBIO2013
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#pbio2013 Hooper: EU traditional leader in biofuels..proposed measures to cap crop based fuels…new policies may twist markets..
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Hooper: Canadian canola/camelina/fats certified for use under RFS2. Canola biodiesel has EPA carbon reduction of -50.5% #PBIO2013
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Hooper: Major US petroleum refiners retailing B5/B11/B20/B50/B99. Illinois largest biodiesel market #PBIO2013
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#pbio2013 Key to biofuel market is good quality products…rigorous quality standards in place, eg bio jet: Hooper
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Hooper: Canadian average spot mkt premium to refiners of low level B2 blending of biodiesel was $0.0036/liter #PBIO2013
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#pbio2013 biofuel economic issue: thin supply tolerance…outages cost $$ Hooper
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Speaking now is Colleen Christensen of Feeds Innovation Institute event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0…. #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/jGEbYG2tAy -
Christensen talking about regulation in Canada for listing novel oilseed meals and oils either as protein source or energy source #PBIO2013
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Christensen: When it comes to registration for oilseed meals, bottleneck is toxicity background #PBIO2013
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Learning about regulatory process for feed products in Canada from @Christensen741 at #PBIO2013 @agwestbio @SREDA_SK #yxebio #saskbio
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Christensen: Novel feed ingredient approval requires both safety and efficacy review #PBIO2013
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@Christensen741 lessons on using oilseed meal for animal feed #pbio2013 Science AND regulation expert #weneedmore #ag pic.twitter.com/1UMGBHg2BN -
Last speaker of the day is Mark Matlock of ADM on glycerin-to-PG event-wizard.com/PBIO2013/0… #PBIO2013 pic.twitter.com/WQSZOqNloM -
Mark Matlock final speaker of day1 #pbio2013 Petroleum cheap, reliable for long time. Today Ag +biotech advances making bioproducts feasible
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Matlock: There is resurgence in biobased chems from risk in petro supply; new catalysis & biotech devt; advances in ag #PBIO2013
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Matlock: Biobased chems opportunities significant. Direct replacement ex. PG, acrylic acid. Bioadvantaged Molecule e.g isosorbide #PBIO2013
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Matlock: C3 chemical platform opportunities from glycerol such as ECH, acrylic acid, PG. #PBIO2013
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Matlock: Biobased PG in deicers market is increasing. GHG emissions of ADM’s bio-PG estimated 61% lower than petro-derived #PBIO2013
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Matlock: ADM is piloting biobased acrylic acid and AA esters from biomass via DOE grant #PBIO2013
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some biobased chems desirable even if more expensive why? biodegradable eg. Propylene glycol vs ethylene glycol: Matlock #pbio2013
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Matlock: Fastest growth area for AA is in developing countries bec. of disposable diaper use with superabsorbent (SAP) polymers #PBIO2013
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Matlock: Strategy is to make more efficient use of crops/biomass; prevent waste of crops; increase yields on existing land #PBIO2013
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#pbio2013 need extra Ag output..too much waste…more efficiency needed…use biomass, increase yields…future very interesting: Matlock
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#pbio2013 important to use whole plant, cellulose…look at whole pic. Investment, partnership, required: storage, etc. Matlock
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Learning about regulatory process for feed products in Canada from @Christensen741 at #PBIO2013 @agwestbio @SREDA_SK #yxebio #saskbio
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#pbio2013 need extra Ag output..too much waste…more efficiency needed…use biomass, increase yields…future very interesting: Matlock
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Matlock: Strategy is to make more efficient use of crops/biomass; prevent waste of crops; increase yields on existing land #PBIO2013
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Day 1 for #PBIO2013 has ended. See you tomorrow for Day 2. I am also presenting in the morning and already getting nervous!
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#pbio2013 networking reception begins! pic.twitter.com/W6cwuflM4G
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