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                                                                                                                      Biomanufacturing Symposium
                                                                                                                      EU BIOTECH DAYS
                                                                                                                      Industrial Biotechnology
                                                                                                                      Innovation Forum
                                                                                                                      Life Science Spotlight
                                                                                                                      Partnering
YOUR CONTACT
                                                                                                                      Science to Market
Carola Triebsch            Lühr Schneider
Tel. +49 511 89-31139      Tel. +49 511 89-32169
carola.triebsch@messe.de   luehr.schneider@messe.de

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Andrea Busch               Jens Bürger
Tel. +49 511 89-33575      Tel. +49 511 89-31338
Tel. +49 511 89-31348      Tel. +49 511 89-31349                                                                      www.bioperspectives.org
andrea.busch@messe.de      jens.buerger@messe.de

                                                      Deutsche Messe
                                                      Messegelände
                                                                             Hannover | Germany
                                                      30521 Hannover         7–9 October 2008
                                                      Germany
                                                      Fax +49 511 89-31218   International Trade Fair, Conferences,
                                                      biotechnica@messe.de   Partnering and Award for Biotechnology
                                                      www.biotechnica.de     www.biotechnica.de
Veranstaltungen BIOTECHNICA 2008                                                                                            Conditions for Participation / Organizational information
Willkommen zur BIOTECHNICA 2008!
                                                                                                                            BIOTECHNICA Conferences 2008
Das Konferenzprogramm der BIOTECHNICA 2008 gliedert sich in die Themen:                                                    ORGANIZERS:                                                   Registration   Please submit one registration form per
                                                                                                                           DECHEMA e.V.          DECHEMA e.V.                            formalities    participant. To register, use the enclosed
Science & Business mit Europas wichtigstem Biotechnologie-Kongress, den EUROPEAN BIOPERSPECTIVES sowie                                                                                                  registration form or register online at
                                                                                                                                                 Theodor-Heuss Allee 25
dem Kongress “Science to Market”.                                                                                                                                                                       http//:www.biotechnica.de/con
                                                                                                                                                 60468 Frankfurt am Main – Germany
BioBusiness u.a. mit dem BIOTECHNICA PARTNERING und dem BIOTECHNICA INNOVATIONS-FORUM                                                            Matthias Neumann                        Tickets and    You will also receive your trade fair admission
(dieses Jahr erstmals direkt im Ausstellungsbereich der Halle 9).                                                                                Phone: +49 69 7564 254                  documents      ticket (if ticket is included) with your confirma-
                                                                                                                                                 Email: neumann@dechema.de                              tion of participation.
BioPolitics ist mit zwei hochkarätigen Veranstaltungen in Zusammenarbeit mit der Europäischen Kommission und                                                                                            You will receive your name badge and other
dem Europäischen Parlament vertreten. Die Biopolitik-Konferenz (vormals Deutsche Biotechnologietage) gibt am               EAPB                  European Association of                                documents in the foyer of the Convention Cen-
1. Messetag den Auftakt des umfangreichen Konferenzprogramms.                                                                                    Pharma Biotechnology                                   ter (CC) at the “Registration Desk”.
                                                                                                                                                 Kelchstr. 31                            Last minute    To avoid waiting times, we ask you that you
Über 400 exzellente Referenten werden im Convention Center und in den Ausstellungshallen aktuelle Trends und                                     12169 Berlin – Germany
Forschungsergebnisse sowie erfolgreiche Anwendungen aus der Praxis präsentieren.                                                                                                         registration   register at least 45 minutes before the start of
                                                                                                                                                                                                        the event.
                                                                                                                                                 Conference Project Manager:
Wichtige Hinweise für den Besucher:                                                                                                              Dr. Inge Mühldorfer                     Payment        Payment of registration fees can be made by:
Konferenzsprachen:                                                                                                                               Phone: +49 7392 701252                                 Bank transfer
                                                                                                                                                 Email: inge.muehldorfer@rentschler.de                  After your registration has been received, you
• Die Vortragssprache aller Vorträge geht aus der Sprachfassung des jeweiligen Titels hervor, deutsch und/oder englisch.                                                                                will receive an invoice requesting you to trans-
                                                                                                                           BioM WB GmbH          BioM WB GmbH                                           fer the amount to one of the accounts which is
• Sofern nicht anders gekennzeichnet, ist die Teilnahme an den Vortragsveranstaltungen für alle BIOTECHNICA-
                                                                                                                                                 Am Klopferspitz 19                                     mentioned on the invoice. Please do not fail to
  Besucher kostenfrei.                                                                                                                                                                                  quote the invoice number and the “name of
                                                                                                                                                 82152 Martinsried – Germany
Wir wünschen Ihnen einen erfolgreichen Messeaufenthalt! Besuchen Sie unsere vier Veranstaltungssäulen                                            Prof. Dr. Haralabos Zorbas                             the conference.”
Ausstellung.Konferenzen.Partnering.Award!                                                                                                        Phone: +49 89 899679-26                                Credit card
                                                                                                                                                 Email: zorbas@bio-m.org                                For payments by credit card, the credit card
                                                                                                                                                                                                        company, number, and expiration date must
                                                                                                                           CapGemini             Capgemini Deutschland GmbH                             be marked on the registration form. The re-
                                                                                                                                                 Life Sciences                                          ceipt will be sent to you with the invoice. For
Events at BIOTECHNICA 2008                                                                                                                       Löffelstr. 44-46                                       registration at the event, the registration fee
                                                                                                                                                 70597 Stuttgart – Germany                              has to be paid by credit card.
                                                                                                                                                 Dr. Jan Farfsing
Welcome to BIOTECHNICA 2008!                                                                                                                     Phone: +49 711 50505-137                Cancellation   € 20 administrative costs will be charged for
                                                                                                                                                 Email: jan.farfsing@capgemini.com                      cancellations before 15 September 2008.
The conference program of BIOTECHNICA 2008 is divided into the following themed segments:                                                                                                               Thereafter 80 % of the registration fee will be
Science & Business, featuring Europe’s foremost biotech congress, EUROPEAN BIOPERSPECTIVES, plus the                       BiomeTI e.V.          BiomeTI e.V.                                           invoiced. Cancellations need to be made in
                                                                                                                                                 Garbsener Landstr. 10                                  writing (email, letter or fax). Refunds are not
“Science to Market” conference.
                                                                                                                                                 30419 Hannover                                         available for trade fair admission tickets that
BioBusiness, featuring the revamped BIOTECHNICA PARTNERING and the BIOTECHNICA INNOVATION FORUM                                                  Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Ostendorf                      have already been purchased. Admission
(now located right on the exhibition floor in hall 9) and more . . .                                                                              Phone: +49 511 2772810                                 tickets already dispatched must be returned to
                                                                                                                                                 Email: info@biometi.de                                 Deutsche Messe AG.
BioPolitics, featuring a rich conference program including two high-caliber events being staged in collaboration with
the European Commission and the European Parliament: The Biopolitics Conference (formerly                                                                                                Services       – Participation in the congress on the event
                                                                                                                           Deutsche Messe AG Deutsche Messe AG                                            days as reserved
“Deutsche Biotechnologietage”) will get the program rolling on day on of BIOTECHNICA.                                                        Messegelände                                               – Participation pack (different to each
At the Convention Center and in the exhibition halls more than 400 top-flight speakers will be talking about current                          30521 Hannover – Germany                                     congress/ conference)
trends and research findings, as well as successful practical applications.                                                                   Carola Triebsch                                            – Drinks during coffee breaks
                                                                                                                                             Phone: +49 511/89 31139                                    – Trade fair admission ticket
                                                                                                                                             Email: carola.triebsch@messe.de                            – Participation in sessions, workshops and
Important information for visitors                                                                                                                                                                        supporting program as booked
Conference Language                                                                                                        REGISTRATION FOR:
                                                                                                                                                                                         REGISTRATION
• The language of all events is revealed by their titles                                                                   Deutsche Messe AG will handle the registrations for
  – English title = lecture in English                                                                                     the following conferences:                                    Contact
  – German title = lecture in German                                                                                       European BioPerspectives 2008                                 Deutsche Messe AG                   Deutsche Messe AG
  – English and German title = simultaneous translation                                                                    On behalf and the account of DECHEMA e.V                      Nevin Bozkurt                       Vesna Koch
                                                                                                                                                                                         Sonja Wicke                         Niki Ohler
• Unless otherwise specified, admission is free of charge to all BIOTECHNICA fairgoers.                                     Science to Market – EAPB Conference                           Tel. +49 511/89-3 13 48             Tel. +49 511/89-3 13 38
                                                                                                                           On behalf and the account of EAPB                             Tel. +49 511/89-3 13 49             Tel. +49 511/89-3 35 75
Have a great time at the fairground and visit our four event columns Exhibition. Conferences. Partnering. Award!
                                                                                                                           Biopolitics Conference                                        nevin.bozkurt@messe.de              vesna.koch@messe.de
                                                                                                                           On behalf and the account of Deutsche Messe AG                sonja.wicke@messe.de                niki.ohler@messe.de
                                                                                                                           Biomanufacturing Symposium
                                                                                                                           On behalf and the account of Deutsche Messe AG                VENUE                    Convention Center (CC)
                                                                                                                           BIOTECHNICA PARTNERING                                                                 Messegelände
                                                                                                                           On behalf and the account of Deutsche Messe AG                                         30521 Hannover – Germany
                                                                                                                           EU BIOTECH DAYS                                               Program of the           The organizers reserves the right to
                                                                                                                           Participation free of charge to BIOTECHNICA ticket holders    conferences              make changes to the program.
                                                                                                                           Foundation of Spin-Offs and Exit Strategies in the
                                                                                                                           White Biotechnology
                                                                                                                           On behalf and the account of BioM WB GmbH
                                                                                                                           BiomeTI Roadshow
                                                                                                                           On behalf and the account of BiomeTI e.V.

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BioScience

Science & Business
Science to Market – EAPB Conference (07.–08.10.2008)                                    2–4
European BioPerspectives 2008 (07.–09.10.2008)                                         5–54
– REBIRTH-Conference

BMBF-Projektforum Biotechnologie (07.–09.10.2008)                                        55

BioPolitics
BioPolitik-Konferenz (07.10.2008)                                                        63
EU BIOTECH DAYS (I) – Conference of the European Parliament (07.10.2008)                 65
EU BIOTECH DAYS (II) – Conference of the European Commission (08.10.2008)                67

BioBusiness
Miniaturisierte Biosystemtechnik: Innovation für Dignostik & Pharma (06.–07.10.2008)     69
BIOTECHNICA INNOVATION FORUM (07.–09.10.2008)                                            72
BIOTECHNICA PARTNERING (07.–09.10.2008)                                                  80
Forum: Problemlösungen aus Baden-Württemberg (07.–09.10.2008)                            81
German-Russian Workshop Biotechnology (07.10.2008)                                       84
jobvector-Karrierestand (07.–09.10.2008)                                                 86
Life Science Spotlight (07.–09.10.2008)                                                  86
Neue Märkte: Ein Tool im Strategieprozess (07.10.2008)                                   89
Biomanufacturing Symposium (08.10.2008)                                                  91
VBU BioBusiness Forum (08.10.2008)                                                       93
Ausgründungs- und Exit-Strategien in der Weißen Biotechnologie (09.10.2008)              94
BiomeTi Roadshow (09.10.2008)                                                            96
jobvector-check (09.10.2008)                                                             98
jobvector-Forum (09.10.2008)                                                             98
jobvector-jobtour (09.10.2008)                                                          100

General Information BIOTECHNICA 2008                                                   101

Map of Exhibition Ground                                                               103

Convention Center                                                                      104

Conditions for Participation BIOTECHNICA Conferences                                   105

Status as of 26 September 2008 / Program subject to change.Science      & Business
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“Science to Market” – EAPB Conference                                                            Dienstag/Tuesday, 07.10.2008
                                                                                                 08:30–09:00    Registration in the foyer of Convention Center
Convention Center (CC), Saal/Room 1 A, 11, 12
                                                                                                                “Registration Biotechnica Conferences”
07.10.2008, 08:30–21:00 Uhr/hrs
08.10.2008, 08:30–15:00 Uhr/hrs                                                                  Room 1 A
                                                                                                 09:00–09:15    Welcome, Introduction and Opening remarks
Erstmalig richtet die EAPB in Zusammenarbeit mit der BioPerspectives die Konferenz „Science                     Wieland W. Wolf, President of the EAPB, Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH,
to Market“ aus. Ziel des europäischen Events ist die Förderung der Zusammenarbeit von                           Laupheim (D)
Wissenschaft und Industrie im Bereich der pharmazeutischen Biotechnologie, um die
                                                                                                 09:15–10:00    Keynote Lecture: “Rational protein design – In vitro evolution of
Weiterentwicklung von kommerzialisierbaren Technologien und Produkten voranzutreiben. Im
                                                                                                                antibody therapeutics”
Fokus stehen neue biopharmazeutische Arzneimittel- und Diagnostik-Entwicklungen sowie
                                                                                                                Andreas Plückthun, University of Zurich (CH)
innovative Technologien.
                                                                                                 10:00–10:15    Coffee Break
For the first time EAPB organizes in cooperation with BioPerspectives the conference “Science
to Market”. The goal of this European event is the promotion of collaborations between science   Workshop 1: “Therapeutics and diagnostics“ – Room 11
and industry in the area of pharmaceutical biotechnology to enhance the economical output of
                                                                                                 Moderation:    Inge Mühldorfer, Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH, Laupheim (D)
scientific research and direct them into marketable technologies and products. The conference
focuses on biopharmaceutical drug and diagnostic developments and novel technologies for         10:15–10:45    Immune therapy against Alzheimer’s disease
the development and production                                                                                  Richard Dodel, Philipps-University Marburg (D)
                                                                                                 10:45–11:15    Gene diagnostics as a tool for individualized medicine
Veranstalter/      European Association of Pharma Biotechnology                                                 Johannes Oldenburg, University Clinic Bonn (D)
Organizer          Conference Project Manager:
                                                                                                 11:15–12:30    Oral poster presentations:
                   Inge Mühldorfer (contact see below)
                                                                                                                (1a) Novel biopharmaceuticals and diagnostics
                   in cooperation with:
                   European BioPerspectives 2008                                                 Workshop 2: “Novel technologies“ – Room 12
Sprache/           Englisch/English                                                              Moderation:    Wieland W. Wolf, Rentschler Biotechnologie GmbH (D)
Language
                                                                                                 10:15–10:45    Beyond immunotoxins: Human fusion proteins for tumor therapy
Teilnahme/         Participation fee (no VAT requested according to § 4.22 UStG).                               Stefan Dübel, Technical University of Braunschweig (D)
Participation                                                                                    10:45–11:15    The Emerging therapeutic concept of nanobodies
                   Member of EAPB/EFB:                       Non-Member:                                        Paul van Bergen en Henegouwen, Utrecht University (NL)
                   455,00 EUR (Industry)                     470,00 EUR (Industry)               11:15–12:30    Oral poster presentations:
                   195,00 EUR (Academia)                     210,00 EUR (Academia                               (2a) Novel biopharmaceutical drug formats
                    40,00 EUR (Students)                      55,00 EUR (Students)
                                                                                                 12:30–14:00    Lunch Break in hall 9 (Lunch is not included in the participation fee)
                   The conference fee includes                                                   Workshop 1: “Therapeutics and diagnostics“ – Room 11
                   – Participation on October 7 and 8, 2008
                   – Trade fair admission tickets                                                Moderation:    Henrik L. Luessen, Tytonis BV, Alkmaar (NL)
                   – Coffee breaks                                                               14:00–14:30    Role of toxicogenomics in preclinical drug safety assessment
                   – BIOTECHNICA Night                                                                          Roy Forster, International Toxicology Centre CIT, Evreux (F)
                   – Social event on October 7, 2008                                             14:30–15:00    Transient PEGylation technology – Preserving the original
                   Registration required via Deutsche Messe with                                                pharmacology of protein
                   “REGISTRATION FORM BIOTECHNICA CONFERENCES 2008” online at                                   Dirk Vetter, Ascendis Pharma GmbH, Heidelberg (D)
                   http//:www.biotechnica.de/con or at the “Registration-desk” in the
                                                                                                 15:30–17:00    Oral poster presentations:
                   Convention Center
                                                                                                                (1a) Novel biopharmaceuticals and diagnostics
                   Conditions for participation and general information see program on                          (1b) 2nd generation biopharmaceuticals
                   pages 101
Kontakt/ Contact   Inge Mühldorfer                                                               Workshop 2: “Novel technologies“ – Room 12
                   Telefon: + 49 7392 701-252                                                    Moderation:    Karoline Bechtold-Peters, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG,
                   Fax: + 49 7392 701-220                                                                       Biberach an der Riss (D)
                   E-mail: inge.muehldorfer@rentschler.de                                        14:00–14:30    Innovative upstream processing technologies for the efficient
                                                                                                                production of therapeutics
                                                                                                                Karl Bayer, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
                                                                                                                Vienna (A)

2                                                                                                                                                                                         3
14:30–15:00

15:00–15:30
               Novel expression system based on Ciliates of the species
               Tetrahymena for the production of therapeutic proteins
               Marcus Hartmann, Cilian AG, Münster (D)
               Coffee Break
                                                                                                                           2008

                                                                                           2 0 0 8
15:30–17:00    Oral poster presentations:

Foyer Room 1
17:00–18:30
               (2b) Novel up-and downstream developments

               Networking at poster boards
                                                                                                                           European
Room 2
18:30–19:15    Special Keynote Lecture:
               “Future perspectives on stem cell research”
                                                                                                                           BioPerspectives
                                                                                                                           in co-operation with BIOTECHNICA 2008

                                                                                           B I O P E R S P E C T I V E S
               Stephen Minger, King´s College London (UK)
Room 3
19:30–21:00    Social Event

Mittwoch/Wednesday, 08.10.2008
08:30–09:00    Registration in the foyer of Convention Center
               “Registration Biotechnica Conferences”
Room 1 A
09:00–09:45    Keynote Lecture:
               “Gene therapy – balancing toxicity and efficiency”
               Christopher Baum, Medical School Hannover (D)
09:45–10:00    Coffee Break

Workshop 1: “Therapeutics and diagnostics“ – Room 11
Moderation:    Heiko E. von der Leyen, Hannover Clinical Trial Center GmbH, Hannover (D)
10:00–10:30    Vaccination against high blood pressure
               Patrik Maurer, Cytos Biotechnology AG, Schlieren (CH)
10:30–11:00    Mucosal immunization using DNA vaccines
               Gerrit Borchard, University of Geneva, Geneva (CH)
11:00–12:15    Oral poster presentations:
               (1c) Novel vaccines and gene therapy developments

Workshop 2: “Novel technologies“ – Room 12
Moderation:    Barry D. Moore, XstalBiol, Glasgow (UK)
10:00–10:30    Nanotechnology applications in nano medicine
               Elena Martinez Fraiz, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia – IBEC,

                                                                                                                           Program
               Barcelona (ES)
10:30–11:00    Exploiting precipitation and crystallization of monocional antibo-
               dies for drug development                                                   E U R O P E A N
               Karoline Bechtold-Peters, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG,
               Biberach/Riss (D)
11:00–12:15    Oral poster presentations:
               (2c) Novel biopharmaceutical drug delivery and analytical tools
Room 1 A
12:15–12:45    Panel discussion and closing remarks
Foyer Room 1
12:45–15:00    Networking at poster boards

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European BioPerspectives 2008                                                                                                                           CONTENTS
Convention Center (CC), Room 2 (Plenary Lectures)
07.10.2008, 13:30–21:00 Uhr/hrs / 08.10.2008, 09:00–17:30 Uhr/hrs
09.10.2008, 09:00–17:20 Uhr/hrs
Die EUROPEAN BIOPERSPECTIVES 2008 ist der 4. Biotechnologie-Fachkongress, der                            EUROPEAN BIOPERSPECTIVES 2008
21 Fachgesellschaften und Organisationen aus Biowissenschaften und Biotechnologie in dem
Ziel vereint, ein aktuelles und anspruchsvolles wissenschaftliches Vortragsprogramm anzu-                                                                    Page
bieten. Die Partner repräsentieren zusammen rund 30.000 individuelle Mitglieder. Das wissen-
schaftliche Komitee setzt sich aus renommierten Fachvertretern zusammen, die hohe Qualität               ■
                                                                                                             SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE                                  8
und thematische Breite des mehrsträngigen Programms gewährleisten.
European BioPerspectives 2008 is the fourth conference of this format which unites 21 major              ■
                                                                                                             WELCOME TO EUROPEAN BIOPERSPECTIVES 2008              9
biotechnology and biosciences organisations in presenting an excellent scientific program
from many areas of research. The partners have a total of 30,000 individual members. The                     PROGRAM AT A GLANCE                               10
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scientific committee consists of renowned experts who take care of the high quality and
diversity of the multi-session program.
                                                                                                         ■
                                                                                                             PLENARY LECTURES                                  16
Veranstalter/      DECHEMA – Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.
Organizer          Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25                                                                ■
                                                                                                             KEYNOTE LECTURES                                  17
                   D-60486 Frankfurt
                   (for organizers see pages 38 pp)                                                      ■
                                                                                                             PROGRAM
Sprache/           Englisch/English
Language
                                                                                                             Tuesday, October 7                                20
                                                                                                             Wednesday, October 8                              24
Teilnahme/         Participation fee (no VAT requested according to § 4.22 UStG.)
Participation                                                       Member:*            Non-Member:          Thursday, October 9                               32
                   Full Conference Pass          Industry           580,00 EUR          595,00 EUR
                                                 Academia           250,00 EUR          265,00 EUR       ■
                                                                                                             ORGANIZATIONS                                     38
                                                 Students            40,00 EUR           55,00 EUR
                   2 Day Ticket                  Industry           455,00 EUR          470,00 EUR       ■
                                                                                                             POSTER SESSIONS                                   46
                                                 Academia           195,00 EUR          210,00 EUR
                   1 Day Ticket                  Industry           265,00 EUR          280,00 EUR       ■
                                                                                                             POSTER PROGRAM                                    46
                                                 Academia           100,00 EUR          115,00 EUR
                   *Personal member of one of the organizing societies of European BioPerspectives
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                                                                                                             GENERAL INFORMATION                               54
                   The conference fee includes:
                   – Participation in the congress on the event days as reserved                             SOCIAL PROGRAM                                    54
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                   – List of participants
                   – Book of abstracts
                   – BIOTECHNICA Night
                   – Drinks during coffee breaks
                   – Trade fair admission ticket(s)
                   – Poster party on October 7, 2008
                   Registration required via Deutsche Messe with “REGISTRATION FORM
                   BIOTECHNICA CONFERENCES 2008” online at http//:www.biotechnica.de/con,
                   or at the Registraion desk in the Convention Center
Kontakt/ Contact   Matthias Neumann/Dr. Karsten Schürrle                    October 7–9, 2008,
                   Telefon: +49(0)69 7564-254 /-162                         Telefon:+49 511 8608212
                   E-mail: contact@bioperspectives.org                      E-mail: neumann@dechema.de

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COMMITTEE                                                                                                                                                              INVITATION

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     S CIE N T I F I C CO M M IT T E E                                             ■■                                             Welcome to European BioPerspectives 2008!

Thomas Altmann                     Golm                                                                                           Since last year’s conference biotechnology has seen a lot
Rudi Balling                       Braunschweig                                                                                   of developments:
Ulrich Behrendt                    Sindelsdorf                                                                                    VBIO – German Life Sciences Association, founded du-
Uwe Bornscheuer                    Greifswald                                                                                     ring European BioPerspectives 2007, has since then
Erwin Flaschel                     Bielefeld                                                                                      taken up its full activities now representing more than
                                                                                            T. Scheper          R. Balling
Ronald Frank                       Braunschweig                                                                                   35.000 individual members from the life sciences area in
Bernward Garthoff                  Leverkusen                                                                                     Germany.
Hinrich Harling                    Einbeck
Hansjörg Hauser                    Braunschweig                                             We have seen the European Commission’s 7th Framework Program starting with the first calls.
Stefanie Heiden                    Osnabrück                                                IMI – the Innovative Medicines Initiative, a joint venture of the European Commission and EFPIA
Manfred Kircher                    Marl                                                     – European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, just has launched its first
Konrad Kohler                      Tübingen                                                 call. The German BioIndustry 2021 Clusters started their activities and the national BioPharma
Christine Lang                     Berlin                                                   program was announced. We have seen new products coming to the market and new facilities
Hans Lehrach                       Berlin                                                   starting their production. Substantial progress has been made in many science areas, offering
Andreas Liese                      Hamburg                                                  new chances for new products in different industrial applications.
Friedrich Lottspeich               Martinsried
Ulrich Martin                      Hannover                                                 Learn about all these developments at European BioPerspectives 2008!
Heike Mertsching                   Stuttgart
Hans-Peter Meyer                   Visp (Switzerland)                                       This year, European BioPerspectives visits Hannover, one of Northern Germany‘s biotechno-
Beat Mollet                        Lausanne (Switzerland)                                   logy capitals with a large number of research institutes, universities and companies. Hannover
Peter Nürnberg                     Cologne                                                  is well known among biotechnologists because it is home of BIOTECHNICA, Europe’s most
Dietmar Peters                     Gülzow                                                   important annual biotechnology trade show.
Jörn Piel                          Bonn                                                     With the decision to move to Hannover this year the 21 partner organizations of European
Alfred Pingoud                     Giessen                                                  BioPerspectives agreed to have both events in parallel.
Alfred Pühler                      Bielefeld                                                The result will be an event with a new dimension for Europe: the full diversity of biotechnology
Oscar-Werner Reif                  Göttingen                                                in one place at a time!
Carsten Roller                     Munich
Felicia Rosenthal                  Freiburg                                                 We are looking forward to welcoming you to Hannover.
Thomas Scheper                     Hannover
Andreas Schmid                     Dortmund
Dietmar Schomburg                  Braunschweig
Andreas Schütte                    Gülzow
                                                                                            Thomas Scheper                                      Rudi Balling
Helmut Schwab                      Graz (Austria)
                                                                                            Chairman of DECHEMA Biotechnology                   Chairman of VBIO
Arne Skerra                        Freising-Weihenstephan
Konrad Soyez                       Wilhelmshorst
Roland Ulber                       Kaiserslautern
Dirk Weuster-Botz                  Garching
Wolfgang Wiechert                  Siegen

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008                                               PROGRAM AT A GLANCE                           PROGRAM AT A GLANCE                                 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008

                         Science to Market
                        organized by EAPB –
                   European Association of Pharma
                           Biotechnology
      8:30                       Registration
      9:00   Room 1A              Welcome
                                  W. Wolf

      9:15    Room 1A             KEYNOTE
                                 A. Plückthun

     10:00                       Coffee break
             Room 11                   Room 12
     10:15         R. Dodel                  S. Dübel

     10:45                               P.M.P. van Bergen en
                  J. Oldenburg
                                            Henegouwen

     11:15   Room 1A      Oral poster presentations
                                                                13:30                                                 Welcome
     12:30                       Lunch break
                                                                13:40      Room 2                                 PLENARY LECTURE
                                                                                                                    M. Flickinger
             Room 12                    Room 11
                                                                           Room 18                           Room 13/14                    Room 15/16                      Room 17
     14:00         R. Forster                    K. Bayer
                                                                                      Prokaryotic Genomics                Biocatalysis                  Fermentation                 Natural Products

     14:30          D. Vetter                  M. Hartmann      Chair                      A. Pühler                         A. Liese                     E. Flaschel                    R. Frank

     15:00                       Coffee break                   14:35                      KEYNOTE                        G. Antranikian                 G. Steinhorn                  T.L.H. Pham

                                                                15:00                      R. Müller                      M. Struhalla                     P.-J. Lin                     J. Imhoff

                                                                15:25                      A. Schlüter                N. Weizenmann                        M. Rhiel                    F. de la Calle
     15:30   Room 1A
                                                                15:50                                                Coffee break
                          Oral poster presentations
                                                                16:20                    W. Wohlleben                      J. Schrader                    KEYNOTE                         R. Cox

                                                                16:45                      K. Niehaus                      M. Martinez                    C. Wyman                      D. O‘Hagan
     17:00                        Networking                    17:10                     J. Kalinowski              J. von Langermann                  T. Purkarthofer                J. Pietruszka

                                                                17:35                      M. Brocker                       KEYNOTE                      H. Schmidt                    A. Kirschning

                                                                18:00                       M. Bott                    R. Kazlauskas                     S.N. Lindner                   M. Müller

     18:30                                                                  Room 1A                               PLENARY LECTURE
                                                                                                                      S. Minger
                                                                            Room 1A                          BIOTECHNICA GRADUATE AWARD
                                                                                                                       R. Balling
     19:30                                                                  Hall 9                                                                                                    General Assembly
                                 Social event                   19:30                                                Poster Party
                                                                                                                                                                                 of DECHEMA Biotechnology

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008                                                 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE                                     PROGRAM AT A GLANCE                                                        WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008

                               Science to Market
                              organized by EAPB –
                         European Association of Pharma
                                 Biotechnology                        9:00   Room 2                                                                  PLENARY LECTURE
      9:00        Room 1A                                                                                                                                J. Mattick
                                       KEYNOTE
                                       C. Baum                               Room 2                                                           DECHEMA AWARDS CEREMONY
                                                                                                                                                     A. Oberholz
      9:45                            Coffee break                           Room 17                Room 18                Room 13/14                 Room 15/16                    Room 3A                        Room 3B                       Room Frankfurt
                                                                                Bioinformatics /     Eukaryotic Genomics    Measuring & Control              Downstream                     ChemBioTec             German Platform White              VBU BioBusiness
                                                                              Metabolome Analysis                                                             Processing                                               Biotechnology                      Forum*

                 Room 11                       Room 12               Chair       D. Schomburg             H. Blöcker             T. Scheper                     R. Ulber                       F. Eiden                    B. Garthoff                     U. Behrendt
     10:00            P. Maurer                  E. Martinez Fraiz   10:00         J. Spura              K. Stangier           V. Schünemann                    L. Villain                     H. Zorn                     A. Oberholz                      M. Partl

     10:30             G. Borchard                   K. Maynard      10:25             T. Koal           C. Maercker              T. Becker                  N. Tippkötter                   B. Geueke                       P. Lange                      G. Lustyik

                                                                     10:50                                                                               Coffee Break
     11:00        Room 1A                                            11:15        S.R. Talbot              F. Weise              E. Heinzle                    KEYNOTE                        T. Eggert                    C. Wandrey                      P. Grigorjev
                                Oral poster presentations
                                                                     11:40                                M. Sultan               A. Vester                  R. DiCosimo                  U. Bornscheuer                     H. Zinke                     T. Twardowski
                                                                                   KEYNOTE
                                                                     12:05       O. Kohlbacher           A. Pscherer            A. Glindkamp                  L. Eggeling                    F. Giffhorn                    M. Schnee                      V. Eryomin
     12:15        Room 1A           Panel discussion
                                                                     12:30                                                                               Lunch break
     12:45                   Networking / Lunch break

     14:00                                                                   Room 2                                                                  PLENARY LECTURE
                                                                                                                                                         W. Weber

                 Room 11                                                     Room 17                Room 18                Room 13/14                 Room 15/16                    Room 3A                        Room 3B                       Room Frankfurt
                        REBIRTH*                                                Bioinformatics /         Proteomics         Measuring & Control              Downstream                     ChemBioTec             German Platform White              VBU BioBusiness
                                                                              Metabolome Analysis                                                             Processing                                               Biotechnology                      Forum*
     Chairs      A. Haverich / U. Martin                             Chair       O. Kohlbacher           F. Lottspeich           E. Heinzle                   C. Wandrey                  U. Bornscheuer                      D. Sell                        C. Lang

     14:55               U. Martin                                   14:55          A. Torda              KEYNOTE               R. Luttmann               E.M. del Amor Villa                P. Fröhlich                                                     J. Ryan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Highlights 2021-
                                                                                                          B. Lange                                                                                                          Clusters
     15:20              J. Borstlap                                  15:20         M. Rarey                                       C. Buckl                     M. Mirata                      B. Bühler                                                    L. Vingiani

     15:45              J.M. Braun                                   15:45             I. Koch           A. Brunner               A. Bluma                     J. Arfsten                     L. Greiner                     V. Sieber                      W. Skibar

     16:10                            Coffee break                   16:10                                                                               Coffee break

     16:40               K. Kratz                                    16:40                              G. Poschmann             A.-P. Zeng                     S. Billig                 G. Schembecker              T. Hirth, C. Syldatk,                B. Gilarranz
                                                                                   KEYNOTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          B. Gilleßen,
     16:55              C. Kasper                                    17:05         C. Proctor             H. Göhler             S. Steigmiller                  K. Ralla                      A. Spieß                C. Schulze Gronover

     17:10              K. Boztug                                                                                                                                                                                                                          17:15
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  General Assembly of the
     18:30                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         German Association of
                                                                                                                                                                         BIOTECHNICA Night                                                            Biotechnology
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Companies (VBU)
* organized by Hannover Medical School (MHH)                                                                                   * attendance of VBU BioBusiness Forum is free of charge/organized by VBU – Association of German Biotechnology Companies

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008                                              PROGRAM AT A GLANCE                                  PROGRAM AT A GLANCE                            THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008

      9:00   Room 2                                                                PLENARY LECTURE
                                                                                     R. Aebersold
             Room 3A                        Room 13/14                          Room 17                             Room 15/16                   Room 18
                      Protein Engineering           Systems Biology              Cell Culture Technology/ Medical                Renewables                DBU Fellowship
                                                                                            Applications                                                      Session
     Chair                A. Pingoud                      B. Junker                          R. Pörtner                            R. Ulber                   A. Liese
      9:55                 KEYNOTE                         T. Fürch                          KEYNOTE                             R. Hausmann                 T. Fischer

     10:20                F. Buchholz                    A. Kremling                      J. Itskovitz-Eldor                      M. Rarbach                 J. Rehdorf

     10:45                                                                             Coffee break

     11:15              M. Schlapschy                      S. Noack                          M. Mehtali                            KEYNOTE                    K. Ullrich

     11:40                 B. Stosik                        P. Götz                                                               S. Mayfield                  J. Rühl
                                                                                             KEYNOTE
     12:05               S. Dorscheid                    L. Wiehlmann                        F.M. Wurm                             P. Welters                N. Luniak

     12:30                                                                             Lunch break

     14:00   Room 2                                                                PLENARY LECTURE
                                                                                        J. Chin
             Room 3A                        Room 13/14                          Room 17                             Room 15/16                   Room 18
                      Protein Engineering           Synthetic Biology            Cell Culture Technology/ Medical                Renewables                ChemBioTech
                                                                                            Applications
     Chair                 A. Skerra                      W. Weber                           H. Hauser                             C. Syldatk                A. Schmid
     14:55                 KEYNOTE                          T. May                             A. Rath                             V. Lürbke                  U. Kragl

     15:20                 D. Hilvert                     B. Wiltschi                        R. Pörtner                             D. Ihrig                S. Bräutigam

     15:45               P. Kornberger                    M. Tigges                           D. Wirth                              O. Pulz                 M. Berheide

     16:10                                                                             Coffee break

     16:30                 C. Lange                        A. Tauch                           T. Cantz                           H. Dörnenburg               M. Bureik

     16:55                V. Urlacher                                                        C. Cavelier                          V. Georgiev               A. Neumann

     17:20                                                                          End of conference

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PLENARY LECTURES                                                                                                                                             KEYNOTE LECTURES

 Tuesday, October 7, 2008                                                           13:30    ■
                                                                                                 KEYNOTE L ECTURES                                                             ■■

                                        WELCOME                                               Tuesday, October 7, 2008
                                  Prof. Thomas Scheper                                                    Myxobacterial functional genomics for the                           14:35
                                  University of Hannover/D                                                production of bioactive natural products
                                                                                                          Prof. Rolf Müller, Saarland University, Saarbrücken/D

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     P LEN ARY L E CT U R E S                                                        ■■

 Tuesday, October 7, 2008                                                                                 Biological production of sustainable transportation                 16:20
                                                                                                          fuels from plants: progress, challenges and opportunities
               Microbial biocatalysis in nanostructured adhesive coatings           13:40
                                                                                                          Dr. Charles E. Wyman, University of California, Riverside, CA/USA
               Prof. Michael C. Flickinger, North Carolina State University,
               Raleigh, NC/USA

                                                                                                          Teaching enzymes to catalyze new reactions                          17:35
               Therapeutic and research potential of human stem cells:              18:30                 Prof. Romas Kazlauskas, University of Minnesota,
               prospects and challenges                                                                   St. Paul, MN/USA
               Dr. Stephen Minger, King‘s College London/UK

 Wednesday, October 8, 2008                                                                   Wednesday, October 8, 2008
               The human genome as an RNA machine                                    9:00                 Enzymatic production of peracetic acid                              11:15
               Prof. John Mattick, The University of Queensland, Brisbane/AUS                             Dr. Robert DiCosimo, Du Pont Company, Wilmington, DE/USA

               Synthetic biology in mammalian cells – novel perspectives for drug
               discovery and bioengineering                                                               Computational proteomics – making sense of gigabytes                11:40
               Dr. Wilfried Weber, ETH Zurich/CH                                                          Prof. Oliver Kohlbacher, University of Tübingen/D

 Thursday, October 9, 2008                                                                                A molecular interaction network characterising composition          14:55
               Quantitative proteomics and systems biology                           9:00                 and protein complex function in cell division pathways
               Prof. Rudolf Aebersold, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich/CH and                         PD Dr. Bodo Lange, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics,
               Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA/USA                                             Berlin/D

                                                                                                          Molecular mechanisms of ageing – an in silico approach              16:40
               Ribosome engineering and new genetic codes                           14:00                 C.J. Proctor, University of Newcastle/UK
               Dr. Jason W. Chin, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
               Cambridge/UK

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KEYNOTE LECTURES                                                                                                                   REVIEW BIOPERSPECTIVES 2007

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     K EY N O T E L E CT U R E S                                                             ■■

 Thursday, October 9, 2008
                 Development of site-specific recombinases for genome surgery                9:55
                 Dr. Frank Buchholz, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology
                 and Genetics, Dresden/D

                 Production and expansion of human embryonic stem cells                      9:55
                 for clinical and industrial applications
                 Prof. Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology,
                 Haifa/IL

                 Micro-algae as a platform for the production of therapeutic                11:15
                 proteins and biofuels
                 Dr. Stephen P. Mayfield, The Scripps Research Institute,
                 La Jolla, CA/USA

                 25 years of cell culture based manufacturing for a                         11:40
                 multi-billion $ market with recombinant biopharmaceuticals –
                 from gene to process
                 Prof. Florian M. Wurm, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
                 Lausanne/CH and ExcellGene SA, Monthey/CH

                 Teaching old enzymes new tricks                                            14:55
                 Prof. Donald Hilvert, ETH Zurich/CH

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 – AFTERNOON                                                                        PROGRAM         PROGRAM                                                     AFTERNOON – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7

     13:30   Room 2                                          WELCOME                                                   Room 2                                            WELCOME                                                          13:30

     13:40   Room 2                                     PLENARY LECTURE                                                Room 2                                        PLENARY LECTURE                                                      13:40
                                  Microbial biocatalysis in nanostructured adhesive coatings                                                  Microbial biocatalysis in nanostructured adhesive coatings
                                  M.C. Flickinger, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC/USA                                           M.C. Flickinger, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC/USA
             Room 18                                               Room 13/14                                          Room 15/16                                               Room 17
                            Prokaryotic Genomics                                        Biocatalysis                                        Fermentation                                           Natural Products

     Chair                        A. Pühler                                               A. Liese                                           E. Flaschel                                               R. Frank
     14:35   KEYNOTE LECTURE                                        Extremophiles as a source of enzymes for           The continuously operated shaken bioreactor               Investigation of secondary metabolites from              14:35
                                                                    industrial application                             system COSBIOS as a novel tool for testing                microorganisms by using a combination of
             Myxobacterial functional genomics for the
                                                                    G. Antranikian, Hamburg University of Technology   plasmid stability                                         on-line and off-line chromatographic and
             production of bioactive natural products
                                                                    (TUHH)/D                                           G. Steinhorn, RWTH Aachen University/D; C. Müller,        spectroscopic methods
             R. Müller, Saarland University, Saarbrücken/D
                                                                                                                       m2p-labs GmbH, Aachen/D; J. Weber,                        T.L.H. Pham, TU Berlin/D; I. Zaspel, D. Ewald,
                                                                                                                       TU Dresden/D; T. Anderlei, Kühner AG, Basel/CH;           Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry
                                                                                                                       J. Büchs, RWTH Aachen University/D                        and Fisheries, Waldsieversdorf/D; C. Mügge,
                                                                                                                                                                                 Humboldt Universität Berlin/D; E. Krause, Leibniz
                                                                                                                                                                                 Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin/D

     15:00                                                          A new mutagenesis method for the engineering       Effect of agitation and aeration on pelleted mor-         Marine biotechnology: bio-mining the treasures           15:00
                                                                    of enzymes for biocatalysis                        phology and product formation of Aspergillus              of the ocean
                                                                    M. Struhalla, c-LEcta GmbH, Leipzig/D              niger                                                     J.F. Imhoff, A. Labes, I. Kajahn, M. Krämer, R. Stöhr,
                                                                                                                       P.-J. Lin, T. Hagemann, A. Stintzing, C. Appel, D.C.      V. Thiel, J. Wiese, Kieler Wirkstoffzentrum am
                                                                                                                       Hempel, R. Krull, TU Braunschweig/D                       IFM-GEOMAR/D

     15:25   Insight into the metagenome of a biogas plant          Side-directed mutagenesis of the amylomaltase      First-time-right process development with a               From marine biodiversity to innovative drugs.            15:25
             microbial community                                    from Thermus aquaticus ATCC 33923                  fully automated 32 bioreactor system operated             The experience of PharmaMar
             A. Schlüter, A. Goesmann, Bielefeld University/D;      N. Weizenmann, C. Roth, N. Straeter, W. Zimmer-    as scale-down model of the final production               F. de la Calle, PharmaMar S.A., Madrid/ES
             L. Krause, Nestle Research Center, Lausanne/CH;        mann, University of Leipzig/D                      bioreactors
             R. Szczepanowski, A. Pühler, Bielefeld University/D                                                       M. Rhiel, R. Faller, L. Hostettler, J. Sieck, T. Grün,
                                                                                                                       C. Leist, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel/CH

     15:50                                                   Coffee break                                                                                                 Coffee break                                                    15:50

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 – AFTERNOON                                                                           PROGRAM         PROGRAM                                                  AFTERNOON – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7

             Room 18                                                Room 13/14                                            Room 15/16                                             Room 17
                             Prokaryotic Genomics                                        Biocatalysis                                        Fermentation                                          Natural Products

     Chair                         A. Pühler                                               A. Liese                                           E. Flaschel                                              R. Frank
     16:20   Antibiotic biosynthesis: from the DNA sequence          Novel application and improved production of          KEYNOTE LECTURE                                       Fungal polyketide synthase – non-ribosomal            16:20
             to the product                                          chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago                                                                  peptide synthetases: programmed
                                                                                                                           Biological production of sustainable transpor-
             W. Wohlleben, E. Stegmann, T. Weber,                    B.-A. Kaup, K. Ehrich, M. Pescheck, M. Buchhaupt,                                                           nanomachines
                                                                                                                           tation fuels from plants: progress, challenges
             University of Tübingen/D                                D. Holtmann, J. Schrader, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt                                                           R. Cox, University of Bristol/UK
                                                                                                                           and opportunities
                                                                     am Main/D
                                                                                                                           C.E. Wyman, University of California, Riverside,
                                                                                                                           CA/USA
     16:45   Functional genomics of the xanthan-producing            Valorization of isosorbide. Optimal biosynthesis                                                            S-Adenosyl-L-methionine hydroxide:                    16:45
             phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv.                of mono ricinoleyl ester                                                                                    adenosyl transferase, the Duf-62 gene product
             campestris                                              M. Martínez, N. El Boulifi, J. Aracil,                                                                      has biochemical and chemical similarity to the
             K. Niehaus, Bielefeld University/D                      Compluentse University, Madrid/E                                                                            fluorinase
                                                                                                                                                                                 D. O‘Hagan, H. Deng, University of St. Andrews/UK

     17:10   The transcriptional regulatory network cont-            Total suppression of the non-enzymatic reaction      Fine-tuning of protein expression – Pichia             Chemoenzymatic synthesis of marine oxylipins          17:10
             rolling sulfur metabolism in Corynebacterium            in hydroxynitrile lyase catalysed cyanohydrin        pastoris AOX1-promoter library                         J. Pietruszka, M. Bischop, T. Fischer,
             glutamicum                                              synthesis                                            F.S. Hartner, C. Ruth, Graz University of              A.C.M. Rieche, D. Sandkuhl, Universität Düsseldorf
             C. Rückert, A. Albersmeier, J. Milse, A. Lömker,        J. von Langermann, U. Kragl, University of           Technology/A; R. Weis, T. Purkarthofer,                im Forschungszentrum Jülich/D
             D. Koch, D. Rey, A. Pühler, J. Kalinowski, Bielefeld    Rostock/D                                            VTU Technology GmbH, Graz/A;
             University/D                                                                                                 A. Glieder, Graz University of Technology/A

     17:35   The response regulator MtrA of C. glutamicum:            KEYNOTE LECTURE                                     Expression profiling and rational optimization of      Ansamitocin compound libraries by                     17:35
             target genes, consensus binding site and influ-                                                              a prokaryotic host-/vector-expression system           mutasynthesis
             ence of phosphorylation                                  Teaching enzymes to catalyze new reactions          H. Schmidt, R. Schmuck, Roche Diagnostics              K. Harmrolfs, F. Taft, M. Brünjes, A. Meyer,
             M. Brocker, M. Bott, Research Centre Jülich              R. Kazlauskas, University of Minnesota, St. Paul,   GmbH, Penzberg/D; G. Unden, University of              T. Frenzel, A. Kirschning, University of Hannover/D
             GmbH/D                                                   MN/USA                                              Mainz/D; H. Düfel, Roche Diagnostics GmbH,
                                                                                                                          Penzberg/D

     18:00   Phosphorylation of the 2-oxoglutarate dehyd-                                                                 Engineering of a glycerol utilization                  Natural products as a source of ‚new‘ building        18:00
             rogenase inhibitor protein OdhI in Corynebac-                                                                pathway for amino acid production by                   blocks
             terium glutamicum by multiple Ser/Thr protein                                                                Corynebacterium glutamicum                             M. Müller, University of Freiburg/D
             kinases                                                                                                      D. Rittmann, Research Centre Jülich GmbH/D;
             C. Schultz, M. Bott, Research Centre Jülich                                                                  S.N. Lindner, V.F. Wendisch, University of Münster/D
             GmbH/D

     18:30   Room 2                                      PLENARY LECTURE                                                  Room 2                                     PLENARY LECTURE                                                   18:30
                                      Therapeutic and research potential of human stem cells                                                      Therapeutic and research potential of human stem cells
                                               S. Minger, King‘s College London/UK                                                                         S. Minger, King‘s College London/UK

             Room 2                              BIOTECHNICA GRADUATE AWARD                                               Room 2                            BIOTECHNICA GRADUATE AWARD
                                                     R. Balling, President of VBIO                                                                              R. Balling, President of VBIO

     19:30   Hall 9                                           Poster party                                                Hall 9                 Poster party                        General Assembly of DECHEMA Biotechnology         19:30

22                                                                                EUROPEAN BIOPERSPECTIVES 2008           EUROPEAN BIOPERSPECTIVES 2008                                                                                        23
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 – MORNING                                                                           PROGRAM            PROGRAM                                               MORNING – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

     09:00   Room 2                                     PLENARY LECTURE*                                                     Room 2                                   PLENARY LECTURE*                                                  09:00
                                              The human genome as an RNA machine                                                                            The human genome as an RNA machine
                                        J. Mattick, The University of Queensland, Brisbane/AUS                                                        J. Mattick, The University of Queensland, Brisbane/AUS

             Room 2                              DECHEMA AWARDS CEREMONY                                                     Room 2                            DECHEMA AWARDS CEREMONY
                                                 A. Oberholz, Chairman of DECHEMA                                                                              A. Oberholz, Chairman of DECHEMA
             Room 17                                               Room 18                                                   Room 13/14                                          Room 15/16
                      Bioinformatics / Metabolome Analysis                          Eukaryotic Genomics                                     Measuring & Control                                  Downstream Processing

     Chair                       D. Schomburg                                             H. Blöcker                                             T. Scheper                                             R. Ulber
     10:00   Screening of transposon mutants of Coryne-             Next-gen sequencing technologies: drawbacks              Mössbauer spectroscopy: a tool for characteri-       Virus retentive filtration of polyclonal immuno-      10:00
             bacterium glutamicum using a high-throughput           and opportunities                                        zation of iron depending enzymatic reactions         globulins: dominant filtration mechanisms and
             method for microbial metabolome analysis               K. Stangier, GATC Biotech AG, Konstanz/D                 V. Schünemann, K. Muffler, R. Ulber,                 strategies to prevent fouling
             J. Spura, L. Reimer, T. Lühr, D. Schomburg,                                                                     TU Kaiserslautern/D                                  L. Villain, University of Hannover/D; I. Masselin,
             TU Braunschweig/D                                                                                                                                                    V. Thom, Sartorius-Stedim Biotech GmbH,
                                                                                                                                                                                  Göttingen/D; T. Scheper, University of Hannover/D

     10:25   Targeted metabolomics – simultaneous and               A new assay in functional genomics: monitoring           Ultrasonic based sensor array for the simul-         An automated pilot plant for the bioengineering       10:25
             quantitative LC/MS/MS analysis of energy me-           of cell differentiation in live cell chips by electric   taneous analysis of sugar and ethanol for the        processing of concentrated whey
             tabolism and prostaglandine intermediates and          cell-substrate impedance sensing                         bioethanol production                                N. Tippkötter, W. Roikaew, R. Ulber, University of
             cholesterol derivatives in biological samples          C. Maercker, Mannheim University of Applied              T. Becker, T. Schöck, University of Hohenheim,       Kaiserslautern/D
             T. Koal, D. Kirchberg, P. Enoh, I. Unterwurzacher,     Sciences/D; D. Breitkreutz, German Cancer                Stuttgart/D
             C. Röhring, H.-P. Deigner, S. Dammeier, M. Keller,     Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg/D; A. Bieser,
             K. Weinberger, BIOCRATES Life sciences AG,             ibidi GmbH, Martinsried/D; K. Bieback, University of
             Innsbruck/A                                            Heidelberg, Mannheim/D; M. Angstmann,
                                                                    Mannheim University of Applied Sciences/D

     10:50                                                   Coffee break                                                                                                  Coffee break                                                 10:50

     11:15   Identification of potential bacterial biological       High-throughput screening of an shRNA library            Parallel optical online measurement of DO and         KEYNOTE LECTURE                                      11:15
             warfare agents with spectroscopic methods              generated by enzymatic engineering of cDNA               pH during cultivation in shake flasks
                                                                                                                                                                                   Enzymatic production of peracetic acid
             using multivariate statistics                          from human pancreatic tumour tissue                      K. Schneider, V. Schütz, E. Heinzle, Saarland
                                                                                                                                                                                   R. DiCosimo, Du Pont Company, Wilmington,
             S.R. Talbot, H. Russmann, Bundeswehr Institute         M. Thomas, A. Oehmig, F. Weise, H. Volkmer,              University, Saarbrücken/D; G.T. John, C. Krause,
                                                                                                                                                                                   DE/USA
             for Protective Technologies and NBC Protection,        Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the            Presens GmbH, Regensburg/D
             Munster/D; T. Scheper, University of Hannover/D        University of Tübingen, Reutlingen/D

     11:40   KEYNOTE LECTURE                                        EURExpress, a web-based gene expression                  Automated high-throughput fermentation pro-                                                                11:40
                                                                    atlas of the developing mouse embryo                     cess optimization
             Computational proteomics – making sense of
                                                                    M. Sultan, Max Planck Institute for Molecular            A. Vester, TU München, Garching/D; M. Hans,
             gigabytes
                                                                    Genetics, Berlin/D                                       H.-P. Hohmann, L. Tijhuis, DSM Nutritional
             O. Kohlbacher, University of Tübingen/D
                                                                                                                             Products AG, Kaiseraugst/CH; D. Weuster-Botz,
                                                                                                                             TU München, Garching/D

     12:05                                                          Functional oncogenomics in mantle cell lympho-           Ratiometric optical sensing of temperature and       Relevance of export for bacterial metabolite          12:05
                                                                    ma: a model cell system for complex diseases             oxygen based on luminescence quenching               production
                                                                    A. Pscherer, A. Farfsing, D. Magalei, S. Ohl,            A. Glindkamp, M. Fritzsche, University of            L. Eggeling, R. Diesveld, Research Centre Juelich/D
                                                                    F. Engel, M. Schnoelzer, German Cancer Research          Hannover/D; R. Baumfalk, Sartorius AG,
                                                                    Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg/D; C. Schwaenen,               Göttingen/D; S. Beutel, T. Scheper, University of
                                                                    H. Döhner, S. Stilgenbauer, Medical School Ulm/D;        Hannover/D
                                                                    P. Lichter, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ),
                                                                    Heidelberg/D

     12:30   Hall 9                                          Lunch break                                                     Hall 9                                        Lunch break                                                  12:30

* Plenary Lecture kindly supported by Qiagen

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 – MORNING                                                                            PROGRAM   PROGRAM                                                MORNING – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

     09:00   Room 2                                   PLENARY LECTURE*                                               Room 2                                     PLENARY LECTURE*                                                09:00
                                             The human genome as an RNA machine                                                                      The human genome as an RNA machine
                                       J. Mattick, The University of Queensland, Brisbane/AUS                                                  J. Mattick, The University of Queensland, Brisbane/AUS

             Room 2                             DECHEMA AWARDS CEREMONY                                              Room 2                              DECHEMA AWARDS CEREMONY
                                                A. Oberholz, Chairman of DECHEMA                                                                         A. Oberholz, Chairman of DECHEMA
             Room 3A                                               Room 3B                                           Room Frankfurt
                                ChemBioTec                                 German Platform White Biotechnology                    VBU BioBusiness Forum**
                                                                                                                          Europe’s Biotech Markets: Facts & Figures
     Chair                         F. Eiden                                             B. Garthoff                                      U. Behrendt                                                                            Chair
     10:00   Fungal secretomes – versatile toolbox for white       White Biotechnology – at the eve of a             Biotechnology in the Czech Republic
             biotechnology                                         revolution                                        M. Partl, CzechInvest - Investment and Business                                                            10:00
             H. Zorn, I. Schüttmann, H. Bouws, TU Dortmund/D       A. Oberholz, Evonik Industries AG, Essen/D        Development Agency, Prague/CZ

     10:25   Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of beta-peptides           White biotechnology – the BMBF perspective        Biotechnology in Hungary
             T. Heck, H.P.E. Kohler, B. Geueke, Eawag,             P. Lange, BMBF, Berlin/D                          G. Lustyik, Soft Flow Hungary Ltd, Hungarian                                                               10:25
             Dübendorf/CH                                                                                            Biotechnology Association, Pécs/HU

     10:50                                                 Coffee break                                                                 Coffee break
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                10:50
                                                                                                      st
     11:15   Enantioselective biosynthesis of hydroxyketones       White Biotechnology in the 21 century             Biotechnology in the Baltic States
             catalyzed by novel glycerol dehydrogenases            C. Wandrey, Research Centre Jülich GmbH/D         P. Grigorjev, Estonian Biotechnology Association,                                                          11:15
             T. Eggert, N. Richter, evocatal GmbH, Düsseldorf/D;                                                     Tallin/EST
             W. Hummel, University of Düsseldorf; A. Liese,
             M. Neumann, Hamburg University of Technology
             (TUHH); R. Wohlgemuth, Sigma-Aldrich Chemie
             GmbH, Buchs/CH

     11:40   Laccases for the synthesis of fine chemicals          Contribution of SME to the white biotech          Biotechnology in Poland                                                                                    11:40
             U. Bornscheuer, M. Schmidt, L. Hilterhaus,            industrial transformation process                 T. Twardowski, Polish Federation of Biotechnology,
             S. Herter, A. Mikolasch, F. Schauer, Greifswald       H. Zinke, BRAIN AG, Zwingenberg/D                 Poznań /PL
             University/D; K. Liebeton, J. Eck, BRAIN AG,
             Zwingenberg/D; R. Wohlgemuth, Sigma Aldrich
             Chemie GmbH, Buchs/CH; S. Illner, D. Hameister,
             U. Kragl, Rostock University/D

     12:05   Sustainable and efficient sythesis of rare phar-      White Biotechnology at the capital market         Biotechnology in Russia                                                                                    12:05
             maceutical sugars based on biocatalysis with          M.J. Schnee, Schnee Research, Maintal/D;          V. Eryomin, Bakh Institute of Biochemistry of the
             engineered enzymes and reaction engineering           T. Heine, DIB, Frankfurt am Main/D                RAS, Moscow/RUS (to be confirmed)
             S. Dorscheid, B. Stosik, M. Pitz, K. Schneider,
             G. Kohring, E. Heinzle, F. Giffhorn, Saarland
             University, Saarbrücken/D

     12:30   Hall 9                                        Lunch break                                               Hall 9              Lunch break                                                                            12:30

* Plenary Lecture kindly supported by Qiagen                                                                         ** attendance of VBU BioBusiness Forum is free of charge / organized by VBU - Association of German Biotechnology
                                                                                                                     Companies

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 – AFTERNOON                                                                         PROGRAM            PROGRAM                                                 AFTERNOON – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

     14:00   Room 2                                                                                                          Room 2                                                                                                       14:00
                                                         PLENARY LECTURE                                                                                                PLENARY LECTURE
                                    Synthetic biology in mammalian cells – novel perspectives                                                       Synthetic biology in mammalian cells – novel perspectives
                                              for drug discovery and bioengineering                                                                           for drug discovery and bioengineering
                                                     W. Weber, ETH Zurich/CH                                                                                         W. Weber, ETH Zurich/CH

             Room 17                                                Room 18                                                  Room 13/14                                               Room 15/16
                               Bioinformatics /                                          Proteomics                                          Measuring & Control                                    Downstream Processing
                             Metabolome Analysis
     Chair                      O. Kohlbacher                                           F. Lottspeich                                             E. Heinzle                                              C. Wandrey                      Chair
     14:55   RNA: design, structure and why we do not like          KEYNOTE LECTURE                                          Applications of mathematical modeling in moni-           Development of an integrated process for            14:55
             computer scientists                                                                                             toring and control of bioreaction processes              the production and isolation of invertase from
                                                                    A molecular interaction network characterising
             A. Torda, University of Hamburg/D                                                                               R. Luttmann, E. Hukelmann, K. Lögering, M. Poppe,        Saccharomyces cerevisiae
                                                                    composition and protein complex function in
                                                                                                                             J. Flothmann, J. Fricke, J. Hülsmann,                    C. Nowacki, E.M. del Amor Villa, R. Wichmann,
                                                                    cell division pathways
                                                                                                                             Hamburg University of Applied Sciences/D                 TU Dortmund/D
                                                                    M.-L. Fogeron, H. Müller, K. Habermann,
                                                                    V. Lehmann, T. Kurtz, A.-K. Scholz, A. Haupt,
     15:20   Index-driven structure-based virtual screening                                                                  Sensor networks                                          Integrated bioprocess for the production of the     15:20
                                                                    H. Lehrach, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Gene-
             M. Rarey, J. Schlosser, University of Hamburg/D                                                                 C. Buckl, A. Knoll, TU München, Garching/D               natural antimicrobial monoterpene R-(+)-perillic
                                                                    tics, Berlin/D; S. Steinbrink, German Cancer
                                                                                                                                                                                      acid with P. putida
                                                                    Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg/D; J. Gobom,
                                                                                                                                                                                      M. Mirata, J. Schrader, DECHEMA e.V., Frankfurt/D
                                                                    Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin/D;
                                                                    M. Boutros, German Cancer Research Center
                                                                    (DKFZ), Heidelberg/D; B.M.H. Lange, Max Planck
                                                                    Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin/D

     15:45   Petri nets analysis techniques for modeling            How to find significantly regulated proteins in          Inline monitoring of crystallization processes           Correlation of the micromechanical properties       15:45
             metabolic networks                                     isotope-labeling based proteomics                        with in-situ microscopy                                  of S. cerevisiae with the cell disintegration
             I. Koch, Technical University of Applied Sciences,     A. Brunner, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry,        A. Bluma, T. Höpfner, P. Lindner, G. Rudolph,            behavior
             Berlin/D                                               Martinsried/D                                            S. Beutel, B. Hitzmann, University of Hannover/D;        J. Arfsten, I. Kampen, A. Kwade,
                                                                                                                             G. Martinez, Universidad de Costa Rica,                  TU Braunschweig/D
                                                                                                                             San Jose/CR; T. Scheper, University of Hannover/D

     16:10                                                   Coffee break                                                                                                    Coffee break                                                 16:10

     16:40   KEYNOTE LECTURE                                        Tissue-based proteome analysis: the first stage          Modelling and control of cell culture: from a            Purification and characterization of a carboxyl     16:40
                                                                    in the biomarker discovery pipeline                      black-box to systems biology                             esterase from Thermobifida fusca KW3
             Molecular mechanisms of ageing – an in silico
                                                                    G. Poschmann, B. Sitek, University of Bochum/D;          A.-P. Zeng, Hamburg University of Technology             degrading poly(ethylene terephthalate) trimers
             approach
                                                                    B. Sipos, G. Klöppel, University of Kiel/D;              (TUHH)/D                                                 S. Billig, W. Zimmermann, University of Leipzig/D
             C.J. Proctor, R.J. Boys, C.S. Gillespie, C. Lawless,
                                                                    F. Ramaekers, University of Maastricht/NL;
             D.P. Shanley, D.J. Wilkinson, T.B.L. Kirkwood,
                                                                    H.E. Meyer, K. Stühler, University of Bochum/D
             University of Newcastle/UK*
     17:05                                                          Characterisation of the autoimmune antibody              BaychroMAT bioplatform as a tool for quality by          Adsorption and separation of proteins with          17:05
                                                                    repertoire of Parkinson’s disease patients by            design                                                   smectitic clay minerals
                                                                    systematic screening of protein arrays                   M. Gerlach, S. Steigmiller, H. Tups, Bayer Technology    K. Ralla, D. Riechers, University of Hannover/D;
                                                                    H. Göhler, A. Kowald, University of Bochum/D;            Services GmbH, Leverkusen/D                              U. Sohling, Süd-Chemie AG, Moosburg/D;
                                                                    A. Lueking, C. Scheer, University of Würzburg/D;                                                                  C. Kasper, T. Scheper, University of Hannover/D
                                                                    M. Gerlach, K. Marcus, D. Woitalla, H.E. Meyer,
                                                                    University of Bochum/D

     18:30   Munich Hall                                 BIOTECHNICA Night                                                   Munich Hall                                BIOTECHNICA Night                                                 18:30

* Keynote lecture kindly supported by GBM

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 – AFTERNOON                                                                       PROGRAM                   PROGRAM                                              AFTERNOON – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

     14:00   Room 2                                                                                                               Room 2                                                                                                       14:00
                                                       PLENARY LECTURE                                                                                                      PLENARY LECTURE
                                   Synthetic biology in mammalian cells – novel perspectives                                                            Synthetic biology in mammalian cells – novel perspectives
                                             for drug discovery and bioengineering                                                                                for drug discovery and bioengineering
                                                    W. Weber, ETH Zurich/CH                                                                                              W. Weber, ETH Zurich/CH

             Room 3A                                               Room 3B                                                        Room Frankfurt                                          Room 11
                                ChemBioTec                                 German Platform White Biotechnology                                  VBU BioBusiness Forum*
                                                                                                                                                                                                              REBIRTH**
                                                                                                                                       Europe’s Biotech Markets: Facts & Figures
     Chair                     U. Bornscheuer                                             D. Sell                                                      C. Lang                                          A. Haverich / U. Martin                Chair
     14:55   Biocatalytic functionalisation of alkyl substituted   Highlights from the BioIndustry 2021-Clusters          14:55 Biotechnology in Ireland                                  Exzellence Cluster REBIRTH – „From                   14:55
             polysiloxanes                                         R. Grote, Biokatalyse 2021                                   J. Ryan, CIRCA Group Europe Limited, Dublin/IRL           Regenerative Biology to Reconstructive
             P. Fröhlich, University of Freiberg/D; J. Stohrer,    R. Kindervater, Biopolymers, Biomaterials                                                                              Therapy“ and Stem cell research: induced
             E. Fritz-Langhals, Wacker Chemie AG, Munich/D;        M. Kircher, CLIB 2021                                                                                                  pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)
             P. Dünkelmann, Codexis AG, Jülich/D; M. Bertau,       D. Terzenbach, Integrated Bioindustry                                                                                  U. Martin, Hannover Medical School (MHH)/D
             University of Freiberg/D                              H. Zorbas, Cluster IBP

     15:20   Using systems biotechnology and eco-efficiency                                                               15:20 Biotechnology in Italy                                    Regenerative Medicine Initiative Germany             15:20
             analyses to enable sustainable redox                                                                               L. Vingiani, Assobiotec, Milano/I                         (RMIG) and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for
             biocatalysis                                                                                                                                                                 Regenerative Therapies (BCRT)
             B. Bühler, D. Kuhn, TU Dortmund/D; A. Kholiq,                                                                                                                                J. Borstlap, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for
             E. Heinzle, Saarland University, Saarbrücken/D;                                                                                                                              Regenerative Therapies, Berlin/D
             L.M. Blank, A. Schmid, TU Dortmund and ISAS-
             Institute for Analytical Sciences, Dortmund/D

     15:45   Ionic liquids in biocatalysis: technical              White Biotech: from biomass to product                 15:45 Biotechnology in UK                                       Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine       15:45
             applications and general perspective                  V. Sieber, A. Koltermann, Süd-Chemie AG,                     W. Skibar, Bioscience for Business, Chester/UK            (TRM Leipzig) and preclinical models for cell
             L. Greiner, C. Kohlmann, P. Müller,                   Munich/D                                                                                                               therapies
             M. Eckstein, RWTH Aachen University/D;                                                                                                                                       J.M. Braun, University of Leipzig/D
             S. Na‘amnieh, X-Zyme GmbH, Düsseldorf/D;
             S. Lütz, Research Centre Jülich GmbH/D

     16:10                                                 Coffee break                                                                                                            Coffee break                                                16:10

     16:40   Modeling and simulation of downstream                 New enzymes and processes for biobased                 16:40 Biotechnology in Spain                                    Degradation behavior of hydrolyzable                 16:40
             processes                                             products via the integration of biotechnological             B. Gilarranz, Genoma España, Madrid/ES                    biomaterials
             P. Balling, M. Günther, INOSIM GmbH,                  and chemical methods (BioSysPro)                                                                                       K. Kratz, A. Lendlein, GKSS Research Centre,
             Ammersbek/D; T. Hellenkamp, G. Schembecker,           T. Hirth, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial                                                                         Geesthacht/D
             TU Dortmund/D; T. Schwarz, bitop AG, Witten/D         Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, Stuttgart/D;
                                                                   C. Sydatk, University of Karlsruhe/D; D. Prüfer,                                                                       Large Scale Cultivation                              16:55
     17:05   Enzyme catalysed reactions using gaseous              University of Münster/D; B. Gilleßen, RWTH Aachen                                                                      C. Kasper, T. Scheper, University of Hannover/D
             substrates                                            University/D; C. Schulze Gronover, Fraunhofer
             A.C. Spieß, K. Dimoula, K. Nagayama, R. Mikolajek,    Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology,                                                                   A novel immunodeficiency syndrome with               17:10
             RWTH Aachen University/D                              Aachen/DUniversity/D                                   17:15                                                           defects in hematopoietic stem cell differentiation
                                                                                                                                                                                          K. Boztug, A. Ashikov, G. Appaswamy,
                                                                                                                                    General Assembly of the German Association            A.A. Schäffer, U. Salzer, J. Diestelhorst,
                                                                                                                                        of Biotechnology Companies (VBU)                  M. Germeshausen, G. Brandes, J. Lee-Gossler,
                                                                                                                                                                                          K. Welte, H. Bakker, R. Gerardy-Schahn, C. Klein;
                                                                                                                                                                                          Hannover Medical School/D

     18:30   Munich Hall                               BIOTECHNICA Night                                                          Munich Hall                              BIOTECHNICA Night                                                   18:30

                                                                                                                                  * attendance to VBU BioBusiness Forum is free of charge / organized by VBU – Association of German Biotechnology
                                                                                                                                     Companies
                                                                                                                                  ** organized by Hannover Medical School (MHH)

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 – MORNING                                                                           PROGRAM        PROGRAM                                                       MORNING – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9

     09:00   Room 2                                     PLENARY LECTURE                                                 Room 2                                        PLENARY LECTURE                                                   09:00
                                        Quantitative proteomics and systems biology                                                                 Quantitative proteomics and systems biology
                       R. Aebersold, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich/CH and Institute for Systems Biology,                    R. Aebersold, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich/CH and Institute for Systems Biology,
                                                        Seattle, WA/USA                                                                                            Seattle, WA/USA
             Room 3A                                               Room 13/14                                           Room 17                                                    Room 15/16
                             Protein Engineering                                      Systems Biology                       Cell Culture Technology / Medical Applications                             Renewables

     Chair                       A. Pingoud                                              B. Junker                                            R. Pörtner                                                 R. Ulber                       Chair
      9:55   KEYNOTE LECTURE                                        A systems biotechnological approach to              KEYNOTE LECTURE                                            New approaches for the economical production         9:55
                                                                    optimized recombinant protein production using                                                                 of microbial rhamnolipids
             Development of site-specific recombinases for                                                              Production and expansion of human embryonic
                                                                    Bacillus megaterium                                                                                            R. Hausmann, F. Leitermann, V. Walter, C. Syldatk,
             genome surgery                                                                                             stem cells for clinical and industrial applications
                                                                    T. Fürch, W. Wang, C. Wittmann, E. Franco-Lara,                                                                University of Karlsruhe/D
             F. Buchholz, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell                                                        M. Amit, J. Itskovitz-Eldor, Technion – Israel Institute
                                                                    D. Jahn, D.C. Hempel, TU Braunschweig/D
             Biology and Genetics, Dresden/D                                                                            of Technology, Haifa/IL

     10:20                                                          Modeling bacterial carbohydrate uptake – from                                                                  System approach to 2nd generation biofuels           10:20
                                                                    the sensory system to the global transcriptional                                                               M. Rarbach, A. Koltermann, Süd-Chemie AG,
                                                                    network                                                                                                        Munich/D
                                                                    A. Kremling, K. Bettenbrock, S. Kremling,
                                                                    E.D. Gilles, Max Planck Institute Magdeburg/D

     10:45                                                  Coffee break                                                                                                   Coffee break                                                 10:45

     11:15   Extending the plasma half-life of biopharma-           Integrative modeling of the TCA-cycle of            Application of embryonic stem cells for the                 KEYNOTE LECTURE                                     11:15
             ceutical proteins via genetic fusion with              C. glutamicum based on multi-omics data             industrial manufacture of biologicals
                                                                                                                                                                                    Micro-algae as a platform for the production
             homo-amino-acid polymer (HAP) sequences                S. Noack, M. Oldiges, Research Centre Jülich        M. Mehtali, Vivalis SA, Saint-Herblain/F
                                                                                                                                                                                    of therapeutic proteins and biofuels
             M. Schlapschy, I. Theobald, K. Wachinger,              GmbH/D; W. Wiechert, University of Siegen/D
                                                                                                                                                                                    S.P. Mayfield, The Scripps Research Institute,
             A. Skerra, TU München, Freising/D
                                                                                                                                                                                    La Jolla, CA/USA

     11:40   Dissection and the involvement of the P450             Identification of regulatory interactions in        KEYNOTE LECTURE                                                                                                 11:40
             (CYP) monooxygenase system in the                      microorganisms from metabolite dynamics
                                                                                                                        25 years of cell culture based manufacturing
             1,5-anhydro-D-fructose pathway in                      P. Götz, University of Stuttgart/D; J. Maczek,
                                                                                                                        for a multi-billion $ market with recombinant
             Sinorhizobium meliloti                                 S. Junne, TU Berlin/D
                                                                                                                        biopharmaceuticals - from gene to process
             B. Stosik, F. Giffhorn, Saarland University,                                                               F.M. Wurm, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
             Saabrücken/D                                                                                               Lausanne/CH and ExcellGene SA, Monthey/CH

     12:05   Structural modification of pyranose 2-oxidase          Population structure of                                                                                        Plantdustrial – linking plant and industrial         12:05
             towards higher solubility and catalytic                Pseudomonas aeruginosa                                                                                         biotechnology
             performance                                            L. Wiehlmann, N. Cramer, Hannover Medical                                                                      A. Müller, G. Jach, P. Welters, Phytowelt
             S. Dorscheid, M. Pitz, F. Giffhorn,                    School/D; G. Wagner, Clondiag Chip Technologies,                                                               GreenTechnologies GmbH, Nettetal/D
             Saarland University, Saarbrücken/D                     Jena/D; T. Köhler, Geneva University Hospital/CH;
                                                                    G. Morales, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia,
                                                                    Madrid/E; B. Tümmler, Hannover Medical School/D

     12:30   Hall 9                                          Lunch break                                                Hall 9                                             Lunch break                                                  12:30

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