Programme NBC-13

This is not yet the final programme, it may be subject to change. An overview of the programme of the individual parallel sessions can be found by scrolling down to the bottom of the page. A print-friendly pdf version of the programme can be found here.

Thursday March 11, 2010 

08.30Registration and poster mountingMozart Foyer
 
09.30
 
Welcome and opening
 
Gerrit Eggink,

Chairman NBC-13

 
09.35
 
Keynote speaker 

“Influenza: of birds, pigs, and man”

 
Ron Fouchier

Erasmus MC, Rotterdam

10.20Parallel sessions

1. Value from biomass; bio fuels and bulk chemicals

2. Downstream processing

3. Plant genetic improvements

4. Efficient production of algae

 
Studio 2

Vivaldi 1

Vivaldi 4

Schouwburg

11.50Lunch, poster session & exhibition

12.00 - 13.00 General Assembly NBV for NBV members

12.00 - 13.15 All authors presenting their poster

Mozartfoyer

Vivaldi 1

Mozartfoyer

 
13.15
 
Keynote speaker

“Microbial Resource Management: The road to go for 
environmental biotechnology"

 
Willy Verstraete

LabMET, UGent,

Belgium

14.00Parallel sessions

5. Value from biomass: enzymes required

6. Micro-pollutants

7. Systems biology

8. Green and red biotechnology; towards disease control 

Workshop: “Imagine …. School kids compete to improve the world”

 
Studio 2

Vivaldi 1

Vivaldi 4

Schouwburg 

 

Studio 1

 
15.30
 
Coffee/tea break, poster session & exhibition
 
Mozart Foyer
 
16.00 
 
Book presentations

Albert van Ooyen

“De mens wikt, de natuur beschikt

Genetische modificatie vanuit het onderzoekers perspectief” 

Johannes Tramper en Yang Zhu

“Moderne Biotechnologie.

Een nieuwe doos van Pandora?”

 
Schouwburg
 
16.30
 
Imagine: presentations
 
Schouwburg
 
17.15
 
Plenary Session

PamGene-NBC Poster Award

SBN-NBV ‘Zilveren Zandloper’ Awards for Education and Innovation

Announcement Winner of “Imagine…”

 
Schouwburg
 
18.00
 
Drinks followed by ….
 
Mozart Foyer
 
19.00
 
Symposium Dinner
 
Beethoven Foyer

 

Friday March 12, 2010 

09.00    Keynote speaker:

"Micro algae for biofuels: will they ever keep the promise?"                       

Mario Tredici

University of Firenze, Italy

 
09.45
 
Keynote speaker:

"Sustainable chemical manufacture with shuffled enzymes"

 
Gjalt Huisman

Codexis

 
10.30
 
Coffee/tea break, poster session & exhibition
 
Mozart Foyer
10.50Parallel Sessions:

  9. Production of biopharmaceuticals

10. Green Bio-energy

11. Enzymatic catalysis

 
Vivaldi 1

Schouwburg

Vivaldi 4

12.20Lunch, poster session & exhibition

12.30 – 13.30 All authors presenting their posters

Mozart Foyer
13.30Parallel Sessions:

12. Translational medical Research

13. Algae

14. Bioreactors

 
Vivaldi 1

Schouwburg

Vivaldi 4

 
15.00
 
Coffee/tea break, poster session & exhibition
 
Mozart Foyer
 
15.30
 
Keynote speaker: 

“From genomics to plant breeding: new avenues to food

 innovations through the use of genetic variation”

 
Michele Morgante

University of Udine, Italy

 
16.15
 
Keynote speaker: 

“Cardiovascular derivatives of embryonic stem cells  in

cardiac repair and drug discovery” 

 
Christine Mummery

Leiden University

Medical Centre

 
17.00
 
Closing Remarks
 
Gerrit Eggink

Chairman NBC-13

17.10Drinks & FarewellMozart Foyer

Thursday march 11, morning sessions 

1. Value from biomass: bio fuels and bulk chemicals

Chair: Johan van Groenestijn, TNO Quality of Life

Studio 2

10.20   Biobased building blocks for the (enzymatic) synthesis of            polymers Lambertus van den Broek Wageningen UR, Biobased Products
10.40Enrichment of anaerobic nitrite dependent methane oxidizing ‘NC10’ bacteria from waste water sludgeFrancisca Luesken

Radboud University Nijmegen

11.00From lignocellulose to fermentable sugars Johan van Groenestijn

TNO Quality of Life

11.20Interaction for sustainability Susanne Sleenhoff

Delft University of Technology

 

2. Downstream processing

Chair: Emile van de Sandt, DSM

Vivaldi 1

10.20   High process throughput development Marcel Ottens

Delft University of Technology

10.40Improved purification of protein-based biotherapeutics using CaptureSelect® affinity ligandsHendrik Adams

BAC BV, Leiden

11.00High performance radial flow chromatographyMarcel Raedts

Proxcys

11.20Rapid generation of high-producing clonal cell lines for recombinant monoclonal antibody manufactureJolanda Gerritsen

Genmab BV

 

3. Plant genetic improvements

Chair: Herco van Liere, Keygene NV

Vivaldi 4

10.20    Production of platform chemicals by plants: lysine and itaconic acidIngrid van der Meer

Wageningen UR, PRI

10.40Accelerated plant breeding using next generation sequence applicationsHerco van Liere

Keygene NV

11.00Reverse breeding: a novel plant breeding conceptKees van Dun

Rijk Zwaan Breeding BV

11.20Bovine genomics for understanding variation in milk compositionCasper Hettinga

Wageningen UR, Dairy Science and Technology Group

 

4. Efficient production of algae

Chair:  René  Wijffels, Wageningen UR

Schouwburg

10.20    Chlorella sorokiniana’s performance in a SLP photobioreactor under simulated outdoor light conditions Maria Cuaresma

Wageningen UR, Bioprocess Engineering Group

10.40Seaweeds: commodities for the futureWillem Brandenburg

Wageningen UR, PRI

11.00Status and outlook of algae cultivation from a sustainable aviation perspectiveLodewijk Westerling

SkyEnergy

11.20Algicoat: economic culture and biorefinery of microalgae Anthony Verschoor

Ingrepro BV

 

 

Thursday march 11, Afternoon sessions 
5. Value from biomass enzymes required

Chair: Johan van Groenestijn, TNO Quality of Life

Studio 2

14.00    Application of enzymes for the conversion of biomass to bulk chemicalsMaurice Franssen

Wageningen UR,

Organic Chemistry

14.30-

15.00

Chrysosporium lucknowense C1: A novel fungus for the production of efficient plant biomass degrading enzymesJan Wery

Dyadic Netherlands

15.30Enzymatic synthesis of biomers building blocks from renewable materialsDavid Habeych

Wageningen UR

 

6. Micro pollutants

Chair: Inez Dinkla, Bioclear BV

Vivaldi 1

14.00    Removal of xenobiotic organic compounds during biological grey water treatmentLucía Hernández Leal Wageningen UR, Wetsus
14.30Degradation of pharmaceuticals and microbial community analysisMarco Casola

Delft University of Technology

15.00Mass transfer and biodegradation of nonylphenol in river sedimentJasperien De Weert

Deltares

 

7. Systems biology

Chair: Vitor Martin dos Santos, Wageningen UR

Vivaldi 4

14.00    A systems biology approach towards improvement of itaconic acid production in Aspergillus sp.Peter Punt

TNO Quality of life

14.25Systems biology of Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus: Reconstructing the metabolic network leading to hydrogenBram Bielen

Wageningen UR

Microbiology

14.50Constructed Aspergillus niger gene co-expression networks relate to biological processesMachtelt Braaksma

TNO Quality of Life

15.15Unraveling the dynamics in genetic networks from gene expression dataJimmy Omony

Wageningen UR

System and Control group

 

 

8. Green and red biotechnology: towards disease control

Chair:  Francine Govers, Wageningen UR

Schouwburg  

14.00    Modulating RNA using gene therapy to treat Duchenne Muscular DystrophyTita Ritsema

AMT

14.25The host as a hide-out for parasitesArjen Schots

Wageningen UR, Nematology

14.50The diverse roles of NB-LRR proteins in plant innate immunityWladimir Tameling

Wageningen UR, Phytopathology

15.15A systems approach to studying green stress tolerance reveals red analogsHanne Volpin

Keygene NV

 

Friday March 12, Morning session 
9. Production of biopharmaceuticals

Chair:  Jose Coco, Wageningen UR

Vivaldi 1 

10.50    New biopharma business modelJan Willem Dorpema

BioFarmind

11.20Protein expression using an optimised Drosophila S2 expression systemCharlotte Dyring

Expres2ion Biotechnologies

11.50Enhancement of the adeno-associated vector packaging protein for improved rAAV productionYvet Noordman

AMT

 

10. Green bio-energy

Chair: A. Koops, Wageningen UR

Schouwburg 

10.50Algae PARC

Algae Production and Research Centre

Maria Barbosa

Wageningen UR

11.15Fermentative hydrogen production from sugar beet feedstocks Astrid Mars

Wageningen UR

Biobased Products

11.40The limits to photosynthesis - what can be done?Jeremy Harbinson

Wageningen UR

12.05Making more from biomassHans Langeveld

Biomass Research

 

11. Enzymatic catalysis

Chair: Marcel Wubbolts, DSM

Vivaldi 4 

10.50    New nitrile hydratases for enantioselective biocatalysis Linda Otten

Delft University of Technology

11.20Design and controlled biosynthesis of tailor-made bioactive polysaccharidesCarmen Boeriu

Wageningen UR

Biobased Products

11.50MIO based enzymes – promising tools for preparation of enantiomerically pure ß-amino acids Wu Bian

University of Groningen

 
 

Friday March 12, Afternoon sessions 

12. Translational medical research

Chair: Coen Beuvery, PAT Consultancy

Vivaldi 1 

13.30    Peptide micro arrays for kinase activity measurements from recombinant kinase to tumor lysatesRiet Hilhorst

PamGene International

13.50Development and application of MammaPrint®  for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancerBas van der Baan

Agendia

14.10Development of RNA-modulating therapeutics: personalized exon skipping for Duchenne Muscular DysthrophySjef de Kimpe

Prosensa Therapeutics

14.30Reimbursement dreams for innovation themesMartin van der Graaff

CVZ

 

13. Algae

Chair: Janneke Krooneman, Bioclear BV

Schouwburg 

13.30Growth optimization and physiology of marine microalgaeH.J. van der Strate

RUG, Ocean Ecosystems

14.00Milking of microalgae?Dorinde Kleinegris

Wageningen UR

14.30Towards a bio-based society using washed up seaweeds 
Aleida de Vos van Steenwijk

Bioclear BV

 

14. Bioreactors

Chair: Erik Kakes, Applikon Biotechnology BV

Vivaldi 4 

13.30Effects of shear stress on the microalga Chaetoceros muelleriMichiel Michels

Wageningen UR

13.50Single-use bioreactors for bioprocessing

‘an alternative for stirred tank reactors?’

Nico Oosterhuis

CELLution Biotech BV

14.10Solid state fermentation: fungi against malaria Frank van Breukelen

Wageningen UR, Bioprocess Engineering Group

14.30Bioreactors stimulate the progress of tissue engineeringGustavo Higuera

University Twente

   
 
   

 

 

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