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BioCat2003
December 11-12, 2003, Barcelona Hilton, Barcelona Spain
DAY TWO AGENDA

Friday, December 12, 2003

8:00-9:00 AM Welcome Coffee & "Visit the Exhibits"
9:00-9:30 AM Production of Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids by Metabolic Engineering of the Cysteine Biosynthetic Pathway, Dr. Thomas Maier, Wacker Chemie GmbH
9:30-10:00 AM Superior Immobilization using Crosslinked Enzyme Aggregates, Dr. Margreth A. Wegman, Avantium Technologies, BV
10:00-10:30 AM Different Strategies for the Production of Enantiomerically Pure Amino Acids from Hydantoins - Resting Wild Type Strain Cells versus Immobilized Recombinant Enzymes and Newly Designed Whole Cell Biocatalysts, Dr. Oliver Vielhauer, Universität Stuttgart
10:30-11:00 AM Morning Break & "Visit the Exhibits"
SESSION III:Production Isolation/Purification
Chairman: Clyde Payn, The Catalyst Group
11:00-11:30 AM Sepabeads Functionalized Polymers: A New Tool for Biotechnological and Classical Fine Chemical Production Processes, Dr. Andrea Tam, Resindion srl
11:30-12:00 PM N-Acetylmannosamine Containing Saccharides, their Production Using Glycosidases and their Separation with Ion-Exchange/Exclusion Chromatography,
Dr. Vladimir Kren, Czech Academy of Sciences
12:00-1:30 PM LUNCH ON OWN
SESSION IV: Biocatalyst Expression and Evolution
Chairman: Dr. Nick Turner, University of Edinburgh
1:30-2:00 PM Meeting Stringent Product Specifications through a Combination of Enzyme Discovery and Directed Evolution Technologies, Dr. Mark Burk, Diversa Corporation
2:00-2:30 PM Directed Evolution of Oxidases and Oxygenases for Applications in Biocatalysis, Dr. Nicholas Turner, University of Edinburgh
2:30-3:00 PM Afternoon Break & "Visit the Exhibits"
3:00-3:30 PM Surface Display of Functional Enzymes: Biocatalytic Applications and Advantages in Rational and Evolutive Design, Dr. Joachim Jose, Saarland University
3:30-4:00 PM Sequence-Based GENEMINING for Targeted Enzyme Diversity, Dr. Martin Wilhelm, Prokaria
4:00-4:30 PM Massive Mutagenesis, a New Technology in Molecular Evolution, Dr. Marc Delcourt, Biomethodes
4:30-4:45 PM Closing Remarks
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