9th European Symposium on Biopolymers

Registration

Introduction

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Plenary lecture: PHA production for resource recovery from industrial wastewater

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R. Kleerebezem

Coffee break

Plenary lecture : From biomass to innovative renewable polymer materials

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L. Averous

Key-Note : Alginate-like extracellular polymers from granular sludge: property and application

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Y. Lin

Key-Note: Autotrophy for the production of biopolymers: state of the art and current technological developments

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M. Zinn

Lunch and poster session

Molecular basis of the biopolymer synthesis and metabolic engineering

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› Key-Note: An updated view of medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate production - Auxiliadora Prieto, Biological Research Center (CSIC) 14:20-14:50 (30min)

› 30 Years of Research on PHB Metabolism in Ralstonia eutropha: Unexpected Insights in Regulation of PHB Synthesis and PHB Mobilization - Dieter Jendrossek, Institute of Microbiology, University Stuttgart 14:50-15:10 (20min)

› Phasins at hydrophylic-hydrobobic interfaces: a promising tool for new biotechnological applications - Aranzazu Mato, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 15:10-15:30 (20min)

› Genetic Modifications of Cupriavidus necator for Industrial Production of PHBH, and Development of Novel PHA Polymers - Shunsuke Sato, KANEKA CORPORATION 15:30-15:50 (20min)

› Directing the metabolism of xylose towards polyhydroxyalkanoates in Burkholderia sacchari - M. Teresa Cesário, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Bioengineering Department, Instituto Superior Técnico 15:50-16:10 (20min)

Coffee break

Molecular basis of the biopolymer synthesis and metabolic engineering

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› Key-Note: Cyanophycin – Features and current research of a biotechnologically relevant polyamide - Lars Wiefel, WWU Münster 16:40-17:10 (30min)

› PHAscl-producing bacteria from the marine environments: detection, production and valorisation. - Caroline JAIN BEUGUEL, Laboratoire de microbiologie des environnements extrêmophiles 17:10-17:30 (20min)

› System analysis of the PHA cycle with a focus on PhaZ in the metabolic robustness of Pseudomonas putida - Maria-Tsampika Manoli, Biological Research Center (CSIC) 17:30-17:50 (20min)

Materials: formulation and applications

› Gel-forming polymers as an opportunity for resource recovery from wastewater (treatment) - Simon Felz, Delft University of Technology 17:50-18:10 (20min)

› Biobased networks based on semi-interpenetrating poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s and sunflower oil. - Agustin Rios de Anda, Institut de Chimie et Matériaux Paris Est - Université Paris Est Créteil UMR 7182 CNRS 18:10-18:30 (20min)