DAY 1: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

1st Biotechnology World Congress

February 14–15, 2012, Dubai Men’s College, Dubai, UAE

www.biotechworldcongress.com

 

JOINT PLENARY SESSION

Time

Chairman: R. Zimmerman

Co-Chairman: C. Prakash

Speaker

Title

 9:00

 9:45

a.m.

Location: Auditorium

Ferid Murad (Nobel Laureate)

PL-1

Discovery of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP Cell Signaling and their Role in Drug Development

 9:45

10:30

a.m.

Location: Auditorium

Jean-Marie Lehn (Nobel Laureate)

PL-2

From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry: Bioorganic and Drug Discovery Aspects

INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF CURRENT BIOTECHNOLOGY

10:30 – 10:40 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK: 10:40 – 11:15 a.m.

 

Lecture Hall 1

(L-115)

Lecture Hall 2

 (L-113)

Lecture Hall 3

(CE-103a & b)

Lecture Hall 4

(CE-102a & b)

Lecture Hall  5

(L-217)

 

Bioremediation

Vaccines, Protein Engineering

 

Medical Biotechnology, Cell Based Therapy, Stem Cells, Cell Cultivation

 

Food Biotechnology, Bioethics

Transgenic Plants & Crops

 

Chairman: F. Lenk

Co-Chairman: J. Pozueta-Romero

Chairman: S. Giannattasio

Co-Chairman: J.C.H. Shih

Chairman: K.G. Clarke

Co-Chairman: A.B. Salleh

Chairman: M. Pawlikowski

Co-Chairman: D. Mousdale 

Chairman: S. Dhir

Co-Chairman: J.L. Bennetzen

11:15

11:45

a.m.

S. Sivakami

IL-3

(Plant Biotechnology: Bioremediation)

A Study of Some Enzymes of Biotechnoligical Potential from the Blue-green Alga Spirulina platensis

11:15

11:45

a.m.

Chil-Yong Kang 

IL-4

(Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Vaccines)

Creation of Universal Vectors for Prophylactic and/or Therapeutic Recombinant Virus Vaccines

 

11:15

11:50

a.m.

Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary

SIL-5

(Medical Biotechnology)

Medicinal Plant Biotechnology – A Route to Drug Sustainability

11:15

11:45

a.m.

S. Versari

IL-6

(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering: Bioprocess Engineering & Optimization)

Oxidative Stress & Alterations in actin Cytoskeleton Trigger Glutathione Efflux in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

11:15

11:45

a.m.

Leon Kochian

IL-7

(Plant & Environment: Transgenic Plants and Crops)

Using Molecular Approaches to Improve Cereal Crops for Adaptation to Marginal Soils

 

11:45

12:05

 p.m.

Courtie Mahamadi

SL-8

(Plant Biotechnology: Bioremediation)

Worst Invasive or Most Valuable: Will Biosorption Tilt the Balance for Water Hyacinth?

 

11:45

12:05

 p.m.

Tomasz Pniewski

SL-9

(Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Vaccines)

Pros and Cons of a Plant-derived Oral Vaccine Against HBV

11:50

12:20

 p.m.

Norman M. Ford

IL-10

(Medical Biotechnology: Cell Based Therapy)

Induced Human Pluripotent Stem Cells – Their Therapeutic Potential and Ethical Concerns

 

11:45

12:15

p.m.

Ara Kanekanian

IL-11

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Fermentation and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Milk Proteins: The Case for Production of Bioactive Peptides for their Use as Neutraceuticals

 

11:45

12:15

p.m.

Oliver Kayser

IL-12

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants & Crops)

Synthetic Biology – Challenges and Limits for the Heterologous Biosynthesis of Natural Products as Drugs in Medicinal Plants

 

 

12:05

12:25

p.m.

Sreela Pal Basak

SL-13

(Plant and Environment: Bioremediation)

Isolation and Characterisation of Phenol-resistant Bacteria from Industrial Effluent Contaminated Soil and Study of their Biodegradation Potential

12:05

12:25

p.m.

Dinesh K. Singh

SL-14

(Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Protein Engineering)

Recombinant Salmonella flagellin Protein as an Adjuvant to Plasmid SHIV – DNA

12:20

12:50

p.m.

 Ciro Rinaldi

IL-15

(Medical Biotechnology: Stem Cells)

V617F Mutation Induces Nuclear Localization of JAK2 in CD34+ Cells but Not Granulocytic, Megakaryocytic or Erythroid Cells of Patients With Philadelphia-negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasia

12:15

12:35

p.m.

Claudia N. Troeger

SL-16

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Sustainable Chitin and Chitosan Extraction and their Application in the Food Industry

12:15

12:35

p.m.

Ajay Garg

SL-17

(Plant and Environment: Transgenic Plants and Crops)

Regulated Overexpression of Trehalose Biosynthetic Fusion Gene (TPSP) in Cereal Plants Improves Salinity and Drought Stress Tolerance

 

12:25

12:45

p.m.

M.N.B. Momba

SL-18

(Plant and Environment: Bioremediation)

Toxicity and Synergic Effects of Vanadium and Nickel on Heavy Metal-tolerant Microbial Species in Wastewater Systems

 

12:25

12:55

p.m.

Ernest Giralt

IL-19

(Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Protein Engineering)

Peptide Design for Protein-surface Recognition

 

12:50

1:10

p.m.

Ralf Huss

SL-20

(Medical Biotechnology: Cell Based Therapy)

Pharma-grade Development and Clinical Implementation of Cell-based Therapies

12:35

 12:55

p.m.

Zainoha Zakaria

SL-21

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Protein from Lactic Acid Bacterial and EM-Fermented Prawn Waste for Applications in Aquaculture Diets

 

12:35

12:55

p.m.

Na-Sheng Lin

SL-22

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plant and Crops)

Satellite RNA-mediated Resistance to Bamboo Mosaic Virus Infection in Transgenic Plants

12:451:05

p.m.

Harrison I. Atagana

SL-23

(Plant and Environment: Bioremediation)

Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated-soil by Chromolaena Odorata (L) K & R Plants Treated with Vermicompost

12:55

1:15

p.m.

Shu-Miaw Chaw

SL-24

(Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Protein Engineering)

Tangy Scent in Toona sinensis (Meliaceae) Leaves: Isolation, Functional Characterization, and Regulation of Two Key Terpene Synthase Genes in the Biosynthesis of the Scent Compounds

 1:10

 1:30

p.m.

D.M. Barry

SL-25

(Medical Biotechnology: Cell Cultivation)

Development of Mammalian Embryos at the International Space Station

  12:55

  1:15

  p.m.

Nazanin Zand

SL-26

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Sterilization of Different Packed Meal by Electromagnetic Induction

12:55

1:15

p.m.

Sarwan K. Dhir

SL-27

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants & Crops)

Genetic Transformation of Arundo Donax: A Biomass Energy Plant Using Particle Bombardment

 

1:05

1:25

p.m.

Riyaz Sayyed

SL-28

(Plant and Environment: Bioremediation)

Heavy Metal Resistant PGPR for Biocontrol of Phytopathogens and Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LUNCH BREAK: 1:25 – 2:30 p.m.

 

Lecture Hall 1

(L-115)

Lecture Hall 2

 (L-113)

Hall  3

(CE-103a & b)

Lecture Hall 4

(CE-102a & b)

Lecture Hall 5

(L-217)

 

Bioremediation, Biomonitoring

Imaging, Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, Pharmacogenomics – Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Biomarkers

 

Industrial Enzymes, Energy Crops, Cellulosic Ethanol Industry, Bioprocess Engineering and Optimization

Food Biotechnology, Bionanotechnology

 

Transgenic Plants & Crops

 

Chairman: S. Sivakami

Co-Chairman: H.I. Atagana

Chairman: M.L. Paden

Co-Chairman: C. Rinaldi 

Chairman: K.G. Clarke

Co-Chairman: E.F. Aransiola

Chairman: A. Kanekanian

Co-Chairman:  C.N. Troeger   

Chairman: S.K. Dhir

Co-Chairman: S. Dhir

 2:30

 2:50

 p.m.

S. Saravana Babu

SL-29

(Plant Biotechnology: Bioremediation)

Bioremediation of Textile Mill Effluent Using Marine Fungi

 2:30

 3:00

p.m.

Peter M. Vassilev

IL-30

(Medical Biotechnology: Imaging)

Cell Physiological, Nanobiotechnological and Image Processing Approaches for Characterization of Cellular Trafficking and Nanotubular Extensions

 2:30

 3:00

p.m.

Jason C.H. Shih

IL-31

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Biofuels and Industrial Enzymes)

Biogas Energy and Keratinase Enzyme: From Discoveries to Commercialization

 2:30

 2:50

p.m.

Mahmoud A. Halablab

SL-32

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Safety of Raw Vegetables Grown in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

 2:30

 3:00

 p.m.

Jeff Bennetzen

IL-33

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants & Crops)

Date Palm Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology for Basic Research and Crop Improvement

 

 

 2:50

 3:20

 p.m.

Felix Lenk

IL-34

(Plant Biotechnology: Biomonitoring)

Optimization of Hairy Root  Tissue Growth Using Structured Growth Model Simulations and a Customized Image Recognition Solution for Data Acquisition

 

 

 3:00

 3:30

p.m.

 

Nicolas Mermod

IL-35

(Medical Biotechnology: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing)

Engineered CHO Cells and Vectors for Fast and High-level Antibody Production

 3:00

 3:20

p.m.

Abu Bakar Salleh

SL-36

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Industrial Enzymes)

Effect of One Point Mutation on Protein Structure

 2:50

 3:10

p.m.

Hans De Steur

SL-37

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Ex-ante Evaluation of GM Food Crops with Health Benefits: The Case of Folate Biofortified Rice in China

 3:00

 3:20

 p.m.

Hunseung Kang

SL-38

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants & Crops)

Development of Stress-tolerant Transgenic Plants via the Regulation of RNA Metabolism

 3:20

 3:40

 p.m.

J. Pozueta-Romero

SL-39

(Plant Biotechnology:Biomonitoring)

Microbial Volatiles Induced Accumulation of Exceptionally High Levels of Starch Involves a Process wherein Starch Synthases Class III and IV and NTRC-mediated Changes in Redox Status of Plastidial Enzymes Play Important Roles

 3:30

 4:00

p.m.

William G. Whitford

IL-40

(Medical Biotechnology: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing)

Single Use Technology Enabling Biosimilar Manufacturing

 

 3:20

 3:40

 p.m.

Muhammad Mozammel Hoq

SL-41

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Industrial Enzymes)

Biotechnological Production and Application of Environmentally Friendly Industrial Enzymes in Bangladesh

3:10

 3:30

 p.m.

Katarzyna Chojnacka

SL-42

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Biologically Active Compounds in Seaweed Extracts – The Prospects for the Application

3:20

 3:40

 p.m.

Ratnakar Chitte

SL-43

(Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Biopharmaceutical Discovery)

Fibrinolytic Enzyme 'Actinokinase' - An in-vitro Evaluation

 3:40

 4:00

 p.m.

M. Hosseini Nezhad

SL-44

(Plant Biotechnology:Biomonitoring)

Antibacterial Effects of Some Essential Oils on the Growth of Ralstonia solanacearum (Race 3, Biotype 2)

 4:00

 4:20

p.m.

Sergio Giannattasio

SL-45

(Medical Biotechnology: Pharmacogenomics – Personalized Medicine)

Yeast Programmed Cell Death: A New Experimental Platform for Biomedical and Agri-food Sciences

 3:40

 4:00

p.m.

Rashidah Abdul Rahim

SL-46

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Industrial Enzymes)

Crystallization of Thermophilic Lipase

 

 

 3:30

 3:50

p.m.

Senka S. Vidovic

SL-47

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Mushrooms: a Functional Food and Source of Valuable Components

 3:40

 4:00

 p.m.

Khairy Mohamed Soliman

SL-48

(Plant Biotechnology:Transgenic Plants & Crops)

Gene Expression Profiling under Aluminum Stress in Soybean

 

 4:00

 4:20

p.m.

Aqnieszka Saeid

SL-49

(Plant and Environment: Biomonitoring)

Biotechnological Production of Phosphorus Fertilizers

 4:20

 4:40

p.m.

Teimuraz Lezhava

SL-50

(Medical Biotechnology: Pharmacogenomics)

Nanopeptide Bioregulators Induce Reactivation of “Aged” Heterochromatin

 4:00

 4:20

p.m.

Laigeng Li

SL-51

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Energy Crops, Cellulosic Ethanol Industry)

Beyond the Barriers: Modification of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biofuel Production

 

 3:50

 4:20

p.m.

Suresh Neethirajan

IL-52

(Other Areas: Bionanotechnology)

Emerging Trends – Nanotechnology for Agriculture and Biosystems

 4:00

 4:20

 p.m.

Ahmed Regina

SL-53

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants & Crops)

Cereal Grain Modification for Improved Human Health

 

 4:20

 4:40

 p.m.

Pi-Fang Linda Chang

SL-54

(Plant Biotechnology: Biomonitoring)

Development of the Molecular Detection Methods for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum

 

 4:40

 5:00

p.m.

Masroor Ellahi Babar

SL-55

(Medical Biotechnology: Biomarkers)

Indigenous Sheep Breeds of Pakistan as Reservoir of Genetic Diversity

 

 

 4:20

 4:50

 p.m.

Alois Jungbauer

IL-56

(Industrial and Manufacturing: Bioprocess Engineering and Optimization)

Scalability of Downstream Processing: From ul to m3

 4:20

 4:40

p.m.

Valentinas Snitka

SL-57

(Other Areas: Bionanotechnology)

Tip-enhanced Raman Fingerprinting of Membrane Proteins of Genetically Modified Yeast Cells

 

 4:20

 4:40

 p.m.

Mauricio G. Fonseca

SL-58

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plant and Crops)

Seeds – Potential Energy Source, Total Use Policy: Oil, Biodiesel and Charcoal, Gas and Bio-Oil by Ltc

 

 4:40

 5:00

 p.m.

Samir Jaoua

SL-59

(Plant Biotechnology: Biomonitoring)

Bacillus thuringiensis Biological Active Molecules: Delta-endotoxins, Bacteriocins and Enzymes of Biotechnological Interests

 

 

 

 4:50

 5:10

 p.m.

Muhammad Asgher

SL-60

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Industrial Enzymes)

Activity and Thermostabilty Improvement of Laccase from Pleurotus ostreatus IBL-02 by Hydrophobic Gel Entrapment Immobilization

 

4:40

 5:00

p.m.

Vladimir Jirku

SL-61

(Other Areas: Nanobiotechnology)

The Cytotoxicity of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles

 4:40

 5:00

 p.m.

Yaroslav Blume

SL-62

(Plant & Environment: Transgenic Plants and Crops)

Transgenic Barley as Bioreactor for Human Lactoferrin Production

Posters Session:  5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Departure for Gala Dinner:  6:00 p.m.

The Buses will leave for Hotel at 8:30 p.m.

 

 

DAY 2: Wednesday, February 15, 2012

JOINT PLENARY SESSION

Time

Chairman: J.-M. Lehn

Co-Chairman: M.I. Choudhary

Speaker

Title

 8:45 

9:30

a.m.

Location: Auditorium

Ron Zimmerman

PL-63

Plx Pharma – Developing A GI Safer Aspirin

 

 9:30

10:15

a.m.

Location: Auditorium

John W. Hadden II

PL-64

IRX-2 – A Novel Immunomodulator for Cancer

 

Lecture Hall 1

(L-115)

Lecture Hall 2

 (L-113)

Lecture Hall 3

(CE-103a & b)

Lecture Hall 4

(CE-102a & b)

Lecture Hall 5

(L-217)

 

Biomonitoring

 Stem Cells, Diagnostics

 

 

Biofuels, Industrial Enzyme

Discovery, Nanobiotechnology

Transgenic Plants and Crops, Biosafety

 

 

Chairman: M.H. Nezhad

Co-Chairman: J. Pozueta-Romero

Chairman: P.M. Vassilev

Co-Chairman: N. Mermod

Chairman: R. Huss

Co-Chairman: L. Li

Chairman: S. Neethirajan

Co-Chairman: H. De Steur

Chairman: B. Schoefs

Co-Chairman: Y. Blume

10:15

10:35

a.m.

Noraziah Mohamad Zin

SL-65

(Plant & Environment: Biomonitoring)

Molecular Characterization of Endophytic Streptomyces kebangsaan sp. Nov. that Produces Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid

 

10:15

10:45

a.m.

Sailing He

IL-66

(Medical Biotechnology: Imaging)

Surface – Modified Nanoparticles as Designed Biomarkers for Optical Imagine

10:15

10:35

a.m.

Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes

SL-67

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Biofuels)

Influence of the Plasma Membrane Fluidity on the Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Hydrostatic Pressure Stress

 

10:15

10:35

a.m.

C.N. Khobragade

SL-68

(Other Areas)

In vitro Evaluation of Barleria prionitis L Extract on Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Causing Multidrug Resistant E. coli Membrane by Fluorescence Study

10:15

10:45

a.m.

Seema Dhir

IL-69

(Plant Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants & Crops)

Plant Regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated Genetic Transformation in Valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.)

 

10:35

10:55

a.m.

Abbass Hashim

SL-70

(Plant Biotechnology: Biomonitoring)

Detection of Ionization Radiation Effect Using Microorganism (Escherichia coli)

10:45

11:05

a.m.

Myoung Hee Kim

SL-71

(Medical Biotechnology: Stem Cells)

Structural Dynamics and Epigenetic Modification of Hoxc Loci along the Anteroposterior Body Axis in Developing Mouse Embryos

 

10:35

10:55

a.m.

Haq Nawaz Bhatti

SL-72

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Industrial Enzyme)

Utilization of Agricultural Wastes for Production of Lipase by Penicillium notatum

 

10:35

10:55

a.m.

Dimitre Karamanev

SL-73

(Other Areas: Discovery)

Chemotrophs, Phototrophs, - Electrotrophs?

 

10:45

11:05

a.m.

Afif Hassairi

SL-74

(Plant & Environment: Transgenic Plants and Crops)

The Extremophile Grass Aeluropus littoralis: A Source of Candidate Genes for Improving

10:55

11:15

a.m.

Davoud Farajzadeh

SL-75

(Plant Biotechnology: Biomonitoring)

Tranformation of Azotobacter vinelandii FY10 with an ACC Deaminase Encoding Gene from Pseudomonas fluorescens FY32

11:05

11:35

a.m.

Albert Cheung-Hoi Yu

IL-76

(Medical Biotechnology: Diagnostics)

EFADchip ® - Revolutionizing Clinical Diagnosis of 21st Century Through Multifaceted Applications of LOAC

10:55

11:15

a.m.

Elizabeth Funmilayo Aransiola

SL-77

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Biofuels)

A Study of Biodiesel Production from Non-edible Oil Seeds

 

10:55

11:25

a.m.

P. Basmaji

IL-78

(Other Areas: Nanobiotechnology)

Nanolux® Fibers as New Natural Food Applications

 

11:05

11:25

a.m.

Meera Srivastava

SL-79

(Plant & Environment: Transgenic Plants and Crops)

Efficacy of Certain Plant Extracts Against Pulse Beetle Callosobruchus chiensis L.

 

 

 

 

 

11:15

11:35

a.m.

Farooq Latif

SL-77(a)

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Industrial Enzymes)

A Thermophilic B-glucosidase from Thermotoga Maritima Extends the Upper Limit of Thermotolerance, Solution to Global Challenges in Bioethanol Production

 

 

 

 

COFFEE BREAK: 11:35 – 12:00 p.m.

 

Lecture Hall 1

(L-115)

Lecture Hall 2

 (L-113)

Lecture Hall 3

(CE-103a & b)

Lecture Hall 4

(CE-102a & b)

Lecture Hall 5

(L-217)

 

Biomonitoring, Microbial Diversity, Clinical Research, Vaccine, Bioprocess Engineering and Optimization, Bioprocess Engineering

 Tissue Engineering, Personalized Medicine

Biofuels, Ethanol Production, Biomarkers, Diagnostics

 

 Marine Biotechnology, System Biology, Bioethics

Business Development, Biosafety

 

Chairman: P.-F.L. Chang

Co-Chairman: S.S. Babu

Chairman: M.I. Choudhary

Co-Chairman: W.G. Whitford

Chairman: H.N. Bhatti

Co-Chairman: M.M. Hoq

Chairman: C.N. Khobragade

Co-Chairman: K. Chojnacka

Chairman: L. Kochian

Co-Chairman: V. Snitka

 

12:00

12:20

p.m.

Peng Zhang

SL-80

(Plant Biotechnology:Biomonitoring)

Value-added Cassava for Bio-industrial Development Using Biotechnological Approaches

 

 

12:00

12:30

p.m.

Maxim Shevtsov

IL-81

(Medical Biotechnology: Tissue Engineering)

Porous Titanium Composite as a Perspective Material for Reconstructive Surgery

12:00

12:20

p.m.

Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes

SL-82

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Bio-fuels, Ethanol Production)

High Hydrostatic Pressure Activates Stress Transcription Factors which are involved in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Stress Tolerance

12:00

12:30

p.m.

Benoit Schoefs

IL-83

(Other Areas: Marine Biotechnology)

The Potential of Microalga for the Production of Bioactive Molecules of Pharmaceutical Interest

12:00

12:30

p.m.

Albert Cheung-Hoi Yu

IL-84

(Business Development)

Biotechnology Opportunities in Hong Kong and the PRD Region, China

 

 12:20

 12:50

 p.m.

Jeffrey L. Bennetzen

IL-85

(Plant Biotechnology: Microbial Diversity)

Carbon Capture, Soil Enrichment and Crop Improvement by Manipulating the Genetics of Plant: Microbe Interactions

 

12:30

1:00

 p.m.

George Altankov

IL-86

(Medical Biotechnology: Tissue Engineering)

Fibrinogen Based Nanofibres for Guiding the Behavior of Endothelial Cells

 

12:20

12:40

p.m.

Safia Ahmed

SL-87

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Industrial Enzymes)

Production and Characterization of Peroxidases from Fungal Isolate Aspergillus niger SA1

 

 

 

12:30

1:00

p.m.

Maciej Pawlikowski

IL-88

(Other Areas: System Biology)

Atomic Structural Templates of the Earliest Life on Earth: Vibration and Lighting Experiments with Quartz and Amino Acids

12:30

1:00

p.m.

David Mousdale

IL-89

(Business Development)

Economic Models for Future Biorefineries: Challenges and Opportunities

 12:50

 1:10

p.m.

Farida Boulia

SL-90

(Plant Biotechnology: Microbial Diversity)

Molecular Analysis of Endosymbiotic Bacteria Nodulating Retama Shrubs Legumes in Northeast of Algeria

1:00

 1:30

 p.m.

Peter Frey

IL-91

(Medical Biotechnology: Tissue Engineering)

Collagen-engineered Fibrin Matrix Technologies for Urological Tissue Engineering

12:40

1:10

p.m.

C. Rinaldi

IL-92

(Medical Biotechnology: Biomarkers)

GATA 1 is Overexpressed in Patients with Essential Thrombocythemia and Polycythemia Vera but not in Patients with Primary Myelofibrosis or Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

1:00

1:20

p.m.

S. Sreekumar

SL-93

(Other Areas: Systems Biology)

Identification of SNP Markers Linked to Genes Controlling Cocoon and Post-cocoon Traits in the Mulberry Silkworm, Bombyx mori

1:00

1:20

p.m.

Mohammad Reza Bakhtiari

SL-94

(Business Development)

Patentability of Biotechnological and Medical Inventions in Iran

 1:10

 1:40

p.m.

Matthew L. Paden

IL-95

(Other Areas: Clinical Research)

The End of the Mechanical Ventilator? Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) v2.0

 1:30

 2:00

p.m.

Norman M. Ford

IL-96

(Medical Biotechnology: Personalized Medicine)

Person – The Focus of Health Care Ethics

 

 

 

1:10

 1:30

 p.m.

Ali Pervez

SL-97

(Medical Biotechnology: Biomarkers)

Using Cutting-Edge Computational Mass Spectrometry to Identify Microorganisms – A Microbial Microscope

1:20

1:40

p.m.

Albert Sorribas

SL-98

(Other Areas: Systems Biology)

Dealing with Realistic Kinetic Models: New Developments in Global Optimization Techniques

 

1:20

1:40

p.m.

George Sakellaris

SL-99

(Business Development)

Lateral Issues of Modern Biotechnology: Social, Regulatory, Ethical Aspects and Communication

 1:40

 2:00

p.m.

 

Halima Resic

SL-100

(Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Vaccines)

Immune Response to New Hepatitis B Vaccination Protocols in Patients on Hemodialysis – Single Center Experience

 2:00

 2:30

p.m.

 

P. Basmaji

IL-101

(Medical Biotechnology: Tissue Engineering)

Nanoskin Bacterial Cellulose: As Alternative Routes for Regenerative Medicine

 

 1:30

 1:50

 p.m.

 

H.Won Kim

SL-102

(Medical Biotechnology: Diagnostics)

New Approaches Controlling Cancer

1:40

2:00

p.m.

Paolo Benanti

SL-103

(Other Areas: Bioethics)

The Cyborg: a Core Concept for Answers and Questions of Neurotechnology

 

1:40

2:10

p.m.

Oliver Kayser

IL-104

(Business Development)

Vertical Farming for Urban Production of Medicinal Plants

2:00

2:20

p.m.

Kim G. Clarke

SL-105

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Bioprocess Engineering and Optimization)

The Complex Behaviour of the Oxygen Transfer Coefficient in Hydrocarbon-based Bioprocesses

 

 2:30

 2:50

 p.m.

 

Md. Enamul Hoque

SL-106

(Medical Biotechnology: Tissue Engineering)

Single-and Hybrid-design Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Investigation on Accelerated In Vitro Degradation

 

 1:50

 2:10

 p.m.

 

Syed Mohammad Jazayeri

SL-107

(Medical Biotechnology: Diagnostics)

High Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Children Born to HBsAg-positive Mothers Using High Tech Molecular Approaches

2:00

2:20

p.m.

Amel Alghrani

SL-108

(Other Areas: Bioethics)

Regulating Novel Methods of Reproduction: Womb Transplantation, the Next Breakthrough?

 

2:10

2:40

p.m.

Maciej Pawlikowski

IL-109

(Other Areas: Biosafety)

Osteoporosis as a Source of Tissues Mineralization.  Initial Results of a Research on Osteoporosis Therapy and Dissolution of Arteries Mineralization

 

2:20

2:40

p.m.

D. Karamanev

SL-110

(Industrial & Manufacturing: Bioprocess Engineering)

BioGenerator – The First Biotechnological Process for Large-scale Stationary Power Generation

 2:50

 3:10

 p.m.

 

J.F. Stoltz

SL-111

(Medical Biotechnology: Tissue Engineering)

Human Bone Marrow and Wharton Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cartilage Engineering

 2:10

 2:30

 p.m.

 

Kestutis Bendinskas

SL-112

(Medical Biotechnology: Biomarkers)

Effects of Lead and Mercury on the Blood Proteome of Children: the Focus on Apolipoprotein

2:20

2:40

p.m.

Salome Mamokone Mahlo

SL-113

(Plant Biotechnology: Biomonitoring)

The Potential Use of Acetone Leaf Extracts of Breonadia Salicina and Urolic Acid Against Penicillium spp.  Infecting Oranges

2:40

3:00

p.m.

Paolo Benanti

SL-114

(Other Areas: Biosafety)

Ethical Paradigms for the Evaluation of Neurotechnologies in Human Enhancement

 

2:40

3:00

p.m.

Hyun Woung Shin

SL-115

(Other Areas: Marine Biotechnology)

Characterization of Fouling Attractants to Enhance the Recruitment of Benthic Assemblages on Artificial Surfaces

 

 

2:30

2:50

 p.m.

 

Arun C. Gulani

SL-116

(Medical Biotechnology: Cell  Based Therapy)

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Next Day Cosmetic Outcomes of Pterygium Eye Surgery Using Human Placenta

 

2:40

3:00

p.m.

Mark M. Dookeran

SL-117

(Other Areas: Food Biotechnology)

Assessing Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella on Cooked Broiler Chicken Carcasses in Trinidad and Tobago

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:50

3:10

a.m.

W.L. Wendy Hsiao

SL-118

(Medical Biotechnology: Diagnostics)

Detection of β-catenin DNA in the serum of Colon Cancer Patients – A Nonivasive Tool for Early Diagnosis of Colon Cancer

 

 

 

 

 

LUNCH BREAK:  3:00 –  3:50 p.m.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:  3:50 – 4:50 p.m.

CASH PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THREE BEST POSTERS: 4:50 p.m.

POSTER PRESENTER’S PRESENCE IS ESSENTIAL TO RECEIVE THE CASH AWARD AND CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

Shopping Visit: Departure at 5:00 p.m.

IMPORTANT: The buses will leave daily from all Hotels at 8:15 a.m. for the conference venue. 

 

PL: Plenary Lecture

SIL: Special Invited Lecture

IL: Invited Lecture

SL: Session Lecture