ESF-BU-CeBiTec Conference
Microbes and Industrial Biotechnology 2010
21-24 November 2010
| SUNDAY 21 November |
12.00–14.00: Registration
14.00–14.30: Conference Opening & Welcome
SESSION 1: Systems Biology
CHAIR: Karsten Niehaus, Bielefeld University, DE
14.30–15.15: Uwe Sauer, ETH Hönggerberg, CH
Transcriptional control of metabolic function and the governing principles behind it
15.15–16.00: Sef Heijnen, University of Technology Delft, NL
Impact of thermodynamics on Systems Biology
16.00–16.30: Coffee
16.30–17.15: Frederic Srienc, University of Minnesota, USA
Metabolic pathway analysis and evolution
17.15–18.00: Verena Siewers, Chalmers University of Technology, SE
Yeast as a platform cell factory for production of fuels and chemicals
18.00–20.00: Poster session
20.00 Dinner
| MONDAY 22 November |
SESSION 2: ME-chemicals
CHAIR: Oskar Zelder, BASF AG, DE
08.30–09.00: Alvaro R. Lara, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, MX
New strains and cultivation techniques for the production of plasmid DNA by E. coli
09.00–09.30: Kay Marin, University of Cologne, DE
Identification of the membrane protein SucE and its role in succinate transport in C. glutamicum
09.30–10.00: Atsushi Yokota, Hokkaido University, JP
Alterations of glucose metabolism in Escherichia coli mutants defective in respiratory-chain enzymes
10.30–11.00: Coffee
11.00–11.45: Philippe Soucaille, METabolic EXplorer S.A., FR
Engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of 1,2-propanediol
11.45–12.15: Matti Karp, Tampere University of Technology, FI
Biohydrogen and 1,3-Propanediol Production using Halophilic Fermentative Bacteria
12.15–14.00: Lunch
SESSION 3: Synthetic Biology
CHAIR: Jörn Kalinowski, Bielefeld University, DE
14.00–14.45: Akihiko Kondo, Kobe University, JP
Production of bio-fuels and chemicals from biomass by cell surface engineered microbial cells
14.45–15.15: Trygve Brautaset, SINTEF, NO
Novel expression tools for controlled and high-level expression of genes and pathways in gram-negative bacteria
15.15–15.45: Julia Frunzke, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, DE
Development of novel biosensors for the intracellular detection of metabolites
15.45–16.15: Miroslav Pátek, Institute of Microbiology AV CR, v.v.i., CZ
Role of multiple promoters in transcriptional control of Corynebacterium glutamicum genes
16.15–16.45: Coffee
SESSION 4: Biofuels
CHAIR: Olaf Kruse, Bielefeld University, DE
16.45–17.30: Jin-Ho Seo, Seoul National University, KR
Integration of protein engineering and metabolic engineering for production of ethanol from cellulosic biomass
17.30–18.15: Eckhard Boles, Goethe-University Frankfurt & Bultalco, DE
Genetic engineering of industrial yeast strains for the production of Bioethanol and Bobutanol from C5 and C6 sugars
18.15–20.00: Poster session
20.00 Dinner
| TUESDAY 23 November |
SESSION 5: Biofuels II
CHAIR: Michael Bott, Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE
08.30–09.15: Xinqing Zhao, Dalian University of Technology, CN
Molecular studies of a unique flocculating yeast for very high gravity ethanol production
09.15–09.45: Stefan Krahulec, Graz University of Technology, AT
Limitations in Xylose fermenting strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Is Coenzyme recycling between Xylose Reductase and Xylitol Dehydrogenase sufficient to prevent Xylitol formation?
09.45–10.30: Harald Ruijssenaars, BIRD Engineering, NL
Biochemistry and genetics of furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural catabolism in Cupriavidus basilensis HMF14
10.30–11.00: Coffee
SESSION 6: Sec. Metabolites
CHAIR: Helmut Schwab, Graz University of Technology, AT
11.00–11.45: Jose Salas, Universidad de Oviedo, ES
Using combinatorial biosynthesis to increase structural biodiversity in natural products
11.45–12.30: Roel Bovenberg, DSM Biotechnology Center, NL
Novel engineered fungal strains for production of generic-type pharmaceuticals
12.30–13.30: Lunch
13.30–19.00: Excursion
20.00: Dinner
| WEDNESDAY 24 November |
SESSION 7: Sec. Metabolites II
CHAIR: Helmut Schwab, Graz University of Technology, AT
08.30–09.00: Rebecca Goss, University of East Anglia, UK
Elucidating and Harnessing Biosynthesis
09.00–09.30: Sergey B. Zotchev, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO
Exploiting potential of marine-derived actinobacteria for drug discovery
SESSION 8: Protein production & Metagenomics
CHAIR: Thomas Noll, Bielefeld University, DE
09.30–10.15: Jozef Anné, Katholieke Universite Leuven, BE
Recombinant protein production in streptomycetes
10.30–11.00: Coffee
11.00–11.45: Mirjam Czjzek, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FR
From the genome to structure and function: treasure hunting in the genome of the heterotrophic marine bacteria Zobellia galactanivorans
11.45–12.30: Andreas Schlüter, Bielefeld University/ CeBiTec, DE
Biogas plant Metagenomics
12.30: Conference closes
A packed lunch will be available for departure
