Symposium - Biotransformation by Fungal Cells or Fungal Enzymes

Symposium Schedule

Thursday, 30 September 2010

11:00 Registration; Mounting of posters
14:45 Opening remarks

I. Session, Chair: Günter H. Schulz

15:00 Cellulases for second generation biofuels
David B. Wilson; Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA
15:40 Enzymatic hydrolysis in a capillary segmented flow reactor – impact of liquid properties on flow pattern and stability
Mahesh Huddar; Brandenburgische Technische Universität, Cottbus, Germany
16:00 Lipase production by fungi: robust monoseptic cultivation system under non-sterile conditions
Susann Barig; Hochschule Lausitz, Senftenberg, Germany
16:20 Coffee Break
16:40 Poster Session I
19:00 Mixer with bar music (piano) at building 15
Possibility to have a look into the laboratories
Organisation of Saturday excursions

Friday, 1 October 2010

II. Session, Chair: Ulrich Kück

09:00 Penicillin production: Improvements after genome sequencing of Penicillium chrysogenum
Marco van den Berg; DSM-Antiinfectives, Delft, The Netherlands
09:40 A multi-protein complex regulates secondary metabolism and morphogenesis in the industrial fungus Penicillium chrysogenum
Ulrich Kück; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
10:00 The role of GliT in the Aspergillus fumigatus biosynthesis of gliotoxin
Daniel Scharf; Hans-Knöll-Institut, Jena, Germany
10:20 Coffee Break
10:40 Poster Session II
12:30 Lunch

III. Session, Chair: Karl-Heinz van Pée

13:30 Structure-function relationships and applications of CotA-laccase
Lígia O. Martins; Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
14:10 Two novel fungal laccases for dye decolourisation
Anke Matura; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
14:30 Biotransformation of disinfectants by yeasts
Rabea Sietmann; Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany
14:50 Production, purification and characterization of an extracellular peroxygenase from the agaricomycete Marasmius rotula with promising potential in regio- and stereoselective biocatalysis
Glenn Gröbe; Hochschule Lausitz, Senftenberg, Germany
15:10 Coffee Break
15:20 Poster Session III

IV. Session, Chair: Ursel Kües

16:00 Selective oxidation of steroids by fungal cells
Jens Pilling; Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Bergkamen, Germany
16:40 Selective oxidations catalysed by fungal aromatic peroxigenases
Matthias Kinne; International Graduate School of Zittau, Germany
17:00 Oxidation by laccases – Industrial applications
Bernd Nebel; Universität Stuttgart, Germany
17:20 Production of technical enzymes by solid state fermentation of white-rot fungi in a bioreactor with modular design
Ulrike Böhmer; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
18:00 Bustransfer to Schloss Sallgast
19:00 Dinner at Schloss Sallgast
23:00 Bus transfer back to Senftenberg

Saturday, 2 October 2010

V. Session, Chair: K.-Peter Stahmann

9:00 Efficient gene expression in fungi
Helmut Schwab; Technische Universität Graz, Austria
9:40 Overexpression of chloroperoxidase in Caldariomyces fumago
Markus Buchhaupt; Karl-Winnacker-Institut, Frankfurt, Germany
10:00 The secretome of Candida utilis
Denis Tielker; Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
10:20 Coffee Break
11:00 Functional expression of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450scc system and the P450c17 in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
Stephan Mauersberger; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
11:20 Molecular mechanism for undergoing environmental stress – a multidrug transporter gene of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tricholoma vaccinum
Ines Schlunk; Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany
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12:00 Lunch
13:30 Excursion A
INTEGRA GmbH, Hoyerswerda; Production of Shii-take fruiting bodies; organised tour; end of tour back in Senftenberg around 17:00
15:00 Excursion B
NATURPARADIES GRÜNHAUS, Lichterfeld; wild life coming back to a closed brown coal mining area; organised tour; end of tour back in Senftenberg not later than 20:00
Botrytis Phialiden

Supported by

VAAM Special Group “Fungal Biology and Biotechnology”
VAAM / DECHEMA Special Group "Biotransformationen”
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Meeting Place

Hochschule Lausitz (FH)
Konrad Zuse-Medienzentrum
Großenhainer Straße 57
01968 Senftenberg

www.hs-lausitz.de

Organizing Committee

K.-Peter Stahmann, Senftenberg
Karl-Heinz van Pée, Dresden