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Session 8
Environmental Biotechnology

Jointly with ISEB

Chair:
Piet Lens, Wageningen University & EFB Chairman, The Netherlands

Co-chairs:
Giovanni Sannia, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Ulrich Stottmeister, Centre for Environmental Research & ISEB, Germany
Eliora Z. Ron, Tel Aviv University & FEMS Chairman, Israel
Murray Moo Young, University of Waterloo & ISEB, Canada
Eugenia J. Olguin, Institute of Ecology & ISEB, Mexico
Hisao Ohtake, Osaka University & ISEB, Japan

Keynote:
Murray Moo Young, University of Waterloo & ISEB Canada
– Biomass-derived clean fuels: techno-economic imperatives

Main Lectures:
Masao Fukuda, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
– Cometabolism of PCBs and DDE by aromatic degradation system of a Rhodococcus bacterium

Piet Lens, University of Wageningen & EFB Chairman, The Netherlands
– Environmental biotechnology in support of paradigm shifts required for sustainable development

Ulrich Stottmeister, Leipzig University & ISEB, Germany
– Environmental biotechnology research and technology transfer as basis for new regulation and new markets

Eugenia J. Olguin, Institute of Ecology & ISEB, Mexico
– Phycoremediation and phytoremediation: powerful tools for the mitigation of global change

Danny Reible, University of Texas at Austin, USA
– Biotransformation and Biodegradation Processes in Sediment Caps

Eliora Z. Ron, Tel-Aviv University & FEMS Chairman, Israel
– The energy crisis – how can bacteria be put to work

Spiros Agathos, University of Louvain, Belgium
– Harnessing the power of enzymes for environmental stewardship

Davide Zannoni, University of Bologna, Italy
– Bacterial processing of metalloids as a tool in Biotechnology

Main lecture on a EU project:
Jan Roelof Van Der Meer, University of Lausanne, Switzerland & FP7  EU Project BACSIN
– BACSIN(s): A European project focused on targeted applications of bacterial strains for pollutant bioremediation

Christian Marie Bols, Wetland Ltd, Belgium & FP6 EU project SOPHIED
– From science to business: the FP6 "Sophied" project success story

Topics

• Microbial diversity
  - Bioconsortia
  - Environmental metagenomic
• Environmental processes
  - Heavy metal bioadsorption, bioaccumulation and biotransformation
  - Gene transfer
  - Trace pollutants
• Biomonitoring and biosensing
  - Immunoassay
  - Functional genes
  - Biomarkers
  - Biosensors
• Bioprevention and biorecovery
  - Fixation of carbon dioxide
  - Solid waste recovery and recycling
  - Bioleaching
  - Water resources, reuse, recycling, recovery
  - Integrated chemical/biological/physical technologies for remediation
• Bioremediation and biodegradation
  - Biodegradation of chlorinated organic compounds
  - Phycoremediation and Phytoremediation
  - Soil and groundwater bioremediation
  - Bioremediation for oil spills
• Biosafety
  - Characterisation, fate and transport of xenobiotics
  - Risk assessment
  - Environmental forensic