Sustainable production of biopolymers and other bio-based products

Jul 25 / Jul 26, 2012

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM July, 25th, Wednesday – Scientific day 09:00 Welcome coffee 09:30 Opening ceremony 10:00 BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES   Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains of biotechnological interest from complex microbial systems. The case of PHAs and biosurfactants production Mercedes Berlanga, University of Barcelona, Spain Biopolymers produced by specific bacterial genus Silvia Batista, Institut of Biological Investigations Clemente Estable, Uruguay Genomic and functional studies of the metabolism of aromatic compounds in Burkholderia” Michael Seeger, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, Chile 11:35 PRODUCTION OF BIOPOLYMERS/BIOPRODUCTS FROM BIOMASS   Mixed microbial cultures to obtain bioproducts Maria Reis, New Lisbon, Portugal PHA and ethanol production from sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate and other carbon sources – Production of PHAmcl Luiziana Ferreira da Silva and Jose Gregorio Cabrera Gomez, Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo, Brazil 12:35 Lunch (restaurants around FAPESP) 14:30 GENETIC ASPECTS OF BIOPOLYMER PRODUCTION   Genome sequence of the polyhydroxybutyrate producer Pseudomonas extremaustralis a highly stress resistant Antarctic bacterium Nancy Lopez, University of Buenos Aires - CONICET, Argentina Genetic analysis of Polyhydroxybutyrate depolimerases in Azotobacter vinelandii Daniel Segura, UNAM, Mexico Control post-transcriptional of genes involved in polyhydroxybutyrate biosynthesis inAzotobacter vinelandi Guadalupe Espin, UNAM, Mexico 15:30 Coffee break 16:00 METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPLIED TO BIOPRODUCTS   Addressing PHA production from a molecular point of view Maria Auxiliadora Prieto, CSIC – Biological Research Center, Spain Recent advances in understanding of PHB metabolism in Ralstonia eutropha Dieter Jendrossek, University of Stuttgart, Germany Fermentative production of butanol – chalenges and solutions Peter Dürre, Institut of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Universität Ulm, Alemanha July, 26th, Thursday – Applied Bioresource Technology for Biorefinery: industrial and institutional experiences 09:00 INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCES ON BIO-BASED PRODUCTS/BIOREFINERIES   Integrated production of sugar, ethanol and biodegradable plastics Roberto Nonato, PHB Industrial, Brazil Fuel and Chemicals production from low grade biomass Kirsten Steinbusch, Waste2Chemical, Wageningen, The Netherlands New opportunities to develop bio-based products related to 2nd generation ethanol production José Pradella, The Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil 10:30 Coffee break 11:00 BIOREFINERY APPROACHES   Braskem - news ways to look at the world Mateus Lopes, Braskem, Brazil   Biorefineries - new opportunities for petrochemical industry Lidia Maria Melo Santa Anna, Petrobrás, Brazil 12:00 Lunch (restaurants around FAPESP) 14:00 APPLICATIONS OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS   Biobased products – from lab to market Evonics Brasil, Brazil – TBC   Biobased products – from lab to market TBC 15:00 Closing ceremony