European Biotechnology Week del 4 al 7 de septiembre en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Del 4 al 7 de septiembre tendrá lugar en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia la "European Biotechnology Week" evento organizado por la European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association y que cuenta con el apoyo de la ETSIAMN y el departamento de biotecnología. Este evento está abierto a público en general, pero interesará especialmente a estudiantes o investigadores de biotecnología. Durante estos tres días reconocidos científicos en el área de toda Europa hablarán de los últimos avances y aplicaciones de la Biotecnología. La inscripción es gratuita y se concederán diplomas de asistencia.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Afternoon
16:15 Opening address
Jaime Prohens, Director of COMAV Institute, President of the Spanish Society for Horticultural Science (SECH), Universitat Politècnica de Valencia
16:30 The fourth green revolution: feeding the world in the XXI century and improving the environment with transgenic crops resistant to abiotic stresses
Ramón Serrano, Consuelo Montesinos, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia
17:30 Microscopic algae as bioreactors
Juraj Krajčovič, Comenius University, Bratislava
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Morning
9:00 European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association's past and future activities
Munis Dundar, President of EBTNA, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Maria-Pia Viola-Magni, EBTNA General Secretary, Fondazione onlus Enrico Puccinelli, Perugia, Italy
9:30 Enzymes and protein engineering.
Yusuf Deeni, University of Abertay, Dundee, UK
10:15 Antibody engineering in Europe: academic and industrial research and development
Florian Rüker, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Circulating nucleic acids (CNAs) in man, animals and plants (I). CNAs in plasma and serum in early diagnosis, prognosis and treatment monitoring
Peter Gahan, King’s College, London, UK
12:30 The presence and roles of phospholipids in chromatin
Maria-Pia Viola-Magni, Fondazione onlus Enrico Puccinelli, Perugia, Italy
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Morning
9:00 The metabolism and roles of chromatin phospholipids.
Maria-Pia Viola-Magni, Fondazione onlus Enrico Puccinelli, Perugia, Italy
10:00 Circulating nucleic acids (CNAs) in man, animals and plants (II). The biology of CNAs and their involvement in modifying F1 generations
Peter Gahan, King’s College, London, UK
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Molecular methods for detection and typing of food-born pathogen Cronobacter spp.
Hana Drahovská, Eva Kaclíková, Ján Turňa, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
12:30 Biomimetic nanosensors for determination of toxic compounds in food and agricultural products
Lyubov Yotova, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Afternoon
16:00 Use of optimal contribution and simulated annealing algorithms for optimizing selection schemes under restricted inbreeding in farm animal populations.
Edo D’Agaro, University of Udine, Italy
17:00 Coffee break
17:30 Spoilage yeast detection using a fiber optic device
Marisa Manzano, Francesca Cecchini, Lucilla Lacumin, Giuseppe Comi, University of Udine, Italy
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Morning
9:00 Bioinformatics Core Services: a bridge between biologists and software developers
Javier Forment, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
10:00 Mass spectrometric identification of protein-bound glycans
Brigitte Schmitz, University of Bonn, Germany
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 (speaker not yet confirmed)
12:30 Closing of the 'European Biotechnology Week'