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Overview

Bruce S. Dien is affiliated with the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on biofuel production and bioconversion as well as microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction.

The scientist's publication record includes significant contributions to the following main fields of study:

  • Engineering
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of research include:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science

Dien's work prominently addresses several core topics, such as:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis

The recent publications reflect ongoing research in bioenergy and biomass utilization, featuring titles such as:

  • High solids loading biorefinery for the production of cellulosic sugars from bioenergy sorghum, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Production of xylose enriched hydrolysate from bioenergy sorghum and its conversion to β-carotene using an engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Global View of Biofuel Butanol and Economics of Its Production by Fermentation from Sweet Sorghum Bagasse, Food Waste, and Yellow Top Presscake: Application of Novel Technologies, 2020, Fermentation
  • Exploring Proteomes of Robust Yarrowia lipolytica Isolates Cultivated in Biomass Hydrolysate Reveals Key Processes Impacting Mixed Sugar Utilization, Lipid Accumulation, and Degradation, 2021, mSystems
  • Process strategies for recovery of sugars, lipids, and lignin from oilcane bagasse using natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES), 2024, Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Dien include:

  • Patricia J. Slininger
  • Vijay Singh
  • Cong T. Trinh
  • Caleb Walker
  • Yong-Su Jin

The venues in which Bruce S. Dien has published repeatedly demonstrate a focus on applied biotechnology and bioresources, including:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Fermentation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements

Best Publications

  • Bacteria engineered for fuel ethanol production: current status.

    B. S. Dien;M. A. Cotta;T. W. Jeffries

  • Chemical composition and response to dilute-acid pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of alfalfa, reed canarygrass, and switchgrass

    Bruce S. Dien;Hans-Joachim G. Jung;Kenneth P. Vogel;Michael D. Casler

  • Deactivation of cellulases by phenols

    Eduardo Ximenes;Youngmi Kim;Nathan Mosier;Bruce Dien

  • Inhibition of cellulases by phenols

    Eduardo Ximenes;Youngmi Kim;Nathan Mosier;Bruce Dien

  • Adaptive response of yeasts to furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and new chemical evidence for HMF conversion to 2,5-bis-hydroxymethylfuran

    Z. L. Liu;P. J. Slininger;B. S. Dien;M. A. Berhow

  • Composition of corn dry-grind ethanol by-products: DDGS, wet cake, and thin stillage.

    Youngmi Kim;Nathan S. Mosier;Rick Hendrickson;Thaddeus Ezeji

  • Production of butanol (a biofuel) from agricultural residues: Part I – Use of barley straw hydrolysate☆

    Nasib Qureshi;Badal C. Saha;Bruce Dien;Ronald E. Hector

  • Butanol production by Clostridium beijerinckii. Part I: Use of acid and enzyme hydrolyzed corn fiber

    Nasib Qureshi;Thaddeus C. Ezeji;Jennifer Ebener;Bruce S. Dien

  • Production of butanol (a biofuel) from agricultural residues: Part II – Use of corn stover and switchgrass hydrolysates☆

    Nasib Qureshi;Badal C. Saha;Ronald E. Hector;Bruce Dien

  • Tolerance to furfural-induced stress is associated with pentose phosphate pathway genes ZWF1 , GND1 , RPE1 , and TKL1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    S. W. Gorsich;B. S. Dien;N. N. Nichols;P. J. Slininger

  • Microbial lipid-based lignocellulosic biorefinery: feasibility and challenges

    Mingjie Jin;Patricia J. Slininger;Bruce S. Dien;Suresh Waghmode

  • Improved Sugar Conversion and Ethanol Yield for Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Lines with Reduced Lignin Contents

    Bruce S Dien;Gautam Sarath;Jeffrey F. Pedersen;Scott E. Sattler

  • Isolation of microorganisms for biological detoxification of lignocellulosic hydrolysates

    M. J. López;N. N. Nichols;B. S. Dien;J. Moreno

  • Plant cell walls to ethanol.

    Douglas B. Jordan;Michael J. Bowman;Jay D. Braker;Bruce S. Dien

  • Influence of feedstock particle size on lignocellulose conversion--a review.

    Bernardo C. Vidal;Bernardo C. Vidal;Bruce S. Dien;K. C. Ting;Vijay Singh

  • Removal of Fermentation Inhibitors Formed during Pretreatment of Biomass by Polymeric Adsorbents

    Joseph R. Weil;Bruce Dien;Rodney Bothast;Richard Hendrickson

  • Industrial scale-up of pH-controlled liquid hot water pretreatment of corn fiber for fuel ethanol production.

    Nathan S. Mosier;Richard Hendrickson;Mark Brewer;Nancy Ho

  • Fermentations with New Recombinant Organisms

    Rodney J. Bothast;Nancy N. Nichols;Bruce S. Dien

  • Development of new ethanologenic Escherichia coli strains for fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass.

    Bruce S. Dien;Nancy N. Nichols;Patricia J. O’Bryan;Rodney J. Bothast

  • Use of catabolite repression mutants for fermentation of sugar mixtures to ethanol.

    N N Nichols;B S Dien;R J Bothast

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Cotta
Michael A. Cotta National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Rodney J. Bothast
Rodney J. Bothast National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Badal C. Saha
Badal C. Saha National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Nasib Qureshi
Nasib Qureshi US Department of Agriculture
Gautam Sarath
Gautam Sarath Agricultural Research Service
Michael R. Ladisch
Michael R. Ladisch Purdue University West Lafayette
Robert B. Mitchell
Robert B. Mitchell US Department of Agriculture
Bruce E. Dale
Bruce E. Dale Michigan State University
Michael D. Casler
Michael D. Casler Agricultural Research Service
Kenneth P. Vogel
Kenneth P. Vogel Agricultural Research Service

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