Programme

Summer School „Biotransformations 2014“

24 - 27 August 2014, Bad Herrenalb, Germany

Sunday, 24 August 2014

14:00

Opening

Jürgen Eck, Andreas Liese, Christoph Syldatk

 

Protein Discovery 2.0

 

14:15-15:00

Engineering Biology - Novel Enzymes & Pathways

Jessica Rehdorf, BRAIN AG, D

15:00-15:45

Navigating directed evolution: shortcuts and higher throughput

Florian Hollfelder, University of Cambridge, UK

15:45-17:15

Speed poster presentations (2 min each) and coffee snacks

 

From dry to wet lab

 

17:15-18:00

Combining bioinformatics and molecular modeling to understand enzymes

Jürgen Pleiss, Universität Stuttgart, D

18:00-18:45

Protein superfamily data to guide protein engineering

Henk Jan Joosten, Bio-Prodict, NL

18:45-20:15

Dinner

 

 

Evening lecture

 

20:15-21:15

Stumbling blocks to a public understanding (and acceptance) of science: A psychological perspective

Dorothe Kienhues, WWU Münster, D

 

Monday, 25 August 2014

 

Pimp the production host

 

08:30-09:15

Speeding up strain and enzyme development using genetically encoded biosensors

Michael Bott, FZ Jülich, D

 

Multi-purpose biocatalysis

 

09:15-10:00

Development of economically and ecologically efficient synthetic enzyme cascades

Dörte Rother, FZ Jülich & Jens Rudat, KIT, D

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-11:15

Tba

Sven Panke, ETH Zürich, Basel, CH

11:15-12:00

Enzymatic cascade synthesis of carboxylic acid derivates and oligomers

Uwe Bornscheuer, Uni Greifswald, D

12:00-14:00

Lunch

 

 

Multi-purpose biocatalysis

 

14:00-14:45

Non-conventional biotransformations

Andreas Liese, TU Hamburg-Harburg, D


Pimp the production host

 

14:45-15:30

Computer-aided design of microbial cell factories

Kiran Patil, EMBL, Heidelberg, D

15:30-16:15

Microbial Production of Vitamins with Emphasis on Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) and L-Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)

Hans-Peter Hohmann, DSM Nutritional Products, Kaiseraugst, CH

16:15-16:45

Coffee Break

 
Pimp the production host / Higher-Faster-Further

 

16:45-17:30

Engineering Nature’s Protein Repertoire for Industrial Applications

Rene de Jong, DSM Biotechnology Center, Delft NL

17:30-19:00

Speed poster presentations (2 min each)

19:00-20:15

Dinner

 

 

Evening lecture

 

20:15-21:15

Innovation Management

Werner Klaffke, Bayern Innovativ, Nürnberg, D

 

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

 Higher-Faster-Further

 

08:30-09:15

Steering directed enzyme evolution

Ulrich Schwaneberg, RWTH Aachen University, D

09:15-10:00

Raising Questions or Providing Answers? Puzzling Case-Studies at the Frontiers of Enzymology

Marc Creus, Universität Basel, CH

 

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

 

From reaction to process

 

10:30-11:15

Scaling up at the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

Wim Soetart, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Gent, B

11:15-12:00

Bioprocess intensification

John Woodley, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, DK

12:00-14:00

Lunch

 

 

From reaction to process

 

14:00-14:45

Pichia pastoris  as expression host: from protein production to whole-cell catalysis

Martina Geier, ACIB, Graz, A

14:45-15:30

From Enzyme to Biocatalyst - Immobilisation Technology

Marion Ansorge-Schumacher, TU Dresden, D

15:30-16:00

Coffee break

 

16:00-16:45

Case studies in industrial environment

Karl-Heinz Maurer, AB Enzymes, Darmstadt, D

16:45-17:30

Application of Biocatalysis in API Synthesis

Ania Fryszkowska, Dr. Reddys, UK

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00- open end

Poster session

 

 

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

 Downstream Processing

 

08:30-09:15

Downstream processing of enzymes

Mathias Franzreb, KIT, D

09:15-10:00

Purification on industrial scale

Andreas Karau, Evonik, Hanau,D

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

 

New Topics

 

10:30-11.15

Enzymatic and microbial electrosynthesis

Dirk Holtmann, DFI, Frankfurt/Main, D

11:15-12:00

Gaseous C1 substrates in biotechnological fermentations

Peter Dürre, Universität Ulm, D

12:00-12:15

Closing remarks

Jürgen Eck, Andreas Liese, Christoph Syldatk

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