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June 7, 2010

  • Section 1: Photosynthesis & photosynthetic efficiency, Chair: Karsten Schürrle, Dechema e.V., Germany
  • 9:30-9:40, Karsten Schürrle, Dechema e.V. , Germany, Statement
  • 9:40-10:00 René Wijffels, Wageningen University, Netherlands, Biorefinery of Microalgae
  • 10:00-10:20 Jens Rupprecht, MPI Golm, Germany, Photosynthesis - The key process to achieve highest bio-productivity
  • 10:20-10:40 Jürgen Polle, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, USA, Photosynthetic efficiencies in algae mass cultures
  • 10:40-11:00 Maria Barbosa, Wageninen University, Netherlands, AlgaePARC: Algae production and research center
  • 11:00-11:20 Heike Enke, Cyano Biofuels, Germany, Direct coupling of photosnthesis to ethanol production in cyanobacteria
  • 11:20-11:40 Carsten Vejrazka, Wageningen University, Netherlands, Microalgal growth under fluctuating light and the impact on productivity
  • 11:40-11:50 resumé by the chair, Dieter Sell
  • 11:50-13:30 Poster session and Lunch

   

  • Section 2: Photobioreactors, Chair: Otto Pulz, IGV GmbH, Germany
  • 13:30-13:50 Otto Pulz, IGV GmbH, Germany, Photobioreactor design principles 
  • 13:50-14:10 keynote: Amos Richmond emeritus , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, Strong light  dilution mandatory for high  photosynthetic  productivity
  • 14:10-14:30 Annelie Moberg, The University of Newcastle , Australia The Crucible Group Pty Ltd., Processe Enginnering Fundamentals in the Design of a High Perfomance Photobioreactor
  • 14:30-14:50 Emilio Molina Grima, University of Almeria, Spain, Comparative analysis of microalgae production costs in different culture systems
  • 14:50-15:10 Syed Isa Syed Alwi, Algaetech Sdn Bhd. , Malaysia, CO2 sequestration Using Algae Integrated Management System (AIMS)
  • 15:10-15:30 invited speaker Clemens Posten, University Karlsruhe, Germany, Hydrodynamics of assessment of photobioreactors
  • 15:30-15:50 coffee break
  • 15:50-16:10 invited lecture: Martin Ecke, Roquette, Germany
  • 16:10-16:30 Olivier Bernard, Inria-COMORE, France, Hurdles and challenges to extrapolate microalgal TAG production from lab to field: towards reliable numerical predictions
  • 16:30-16:50 invited speaker: Alexander Piek , Gea Westfalia, Germany, Sorting of Microalgae by Centrifugation
  • 16:50-17:10 Georg Rode, GMBU e.V. Germany, Sol-gel immobilization of microalgae - potentials and application
  • 17:10-17:20 resumé by the chair Otto Pulz and closing words for the first day

 

  • The complete program of the 8th European Workshop "Biotechnology of Microalgae" you find here
  • The poster programm can be found here.
 

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June 8, 2010

  • add. lectures Chair: Otto Pulz, IGV GmbH , Germany
  • 9:00-9:20 invited lecture: Walter Trösch, Fraunhofer IGB, Germany, Industrial production of microalgae biomass with flat panel photobioreactores (session 2 Photobioreactors)
  • 9:20-9:40 invited lecture: Christian Wilhelm, University Leipzig, Germany, Measurement of complete energy balances from photon to biomass (session 1 Photosynthesis & Photosynthetic efficiency)

 

  • Section 3: Microalgae as food and feed & cosmetics, Chair: Sammy Boussiba, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
  • 9:50-10:10 Sammy Boussiba , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, Commercial production of carotenoids by microalgae
  • 10:10-10:30 Keynote: Claudia Grewe, Salata GmbH, Germany, Industrial application of microalgae in food, feed and cosmetics
  • 10:30:10:50 invited lecture Roland Ulber, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany, Biological active substances from micro- and macroalgea for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
  • 10:50-11:10 coffee break
  • 11:10-11:30 John Benemann, Benemann Associates, USA, Microalgae Aquaculture Feeds
  • 11:30-11:50 Emanuel Xavier, Universidade dos Acores, Portugal, Astaxanthin production from heamotococcus pluvialis using photobioreactors
  • 11:50-12:10 Kjell Inge Reitan, SINTEF Fisheries and aquaculture, Norway, Microalgae can partly replace fish meal and fish oil in fish feed
  • 12:10-12:30 Rainer Buchholz, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Microalgae as natural sources for antioxidative compounds
  • 12:30-12:50 Stephanie Krause-Hielscher, University of Applied Sciences Anhalt, Germany, Microalgae - a possible source for new drugs in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
  • 12:50-13:10 Martin Lohr, Johann Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an emerging model organism for studying the metabolism of ketocarotenoids and storage lipids in green algae
  • 13:10:-13:20 resumé by the chair, Sammy Boussiba
  • 13:20-14:40 lunch break

 

  • Section 4: Phototrophic cell cultures of organisms with medicinal activities, invited Chair: Rainer Buchholz, Friedrich-Alexaner University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  • 14:30-15:00 Vince Ördög, University of West Hungary, Hungary, The practice oriented algal culture collection of Mosonmagyarovar (MACC)
  • 15:00-15:20 Jens Rupprecht , MPI Golm, Germany
  • 15:20-15:40 Kai Muffler, University Kaiserslautern, Germany, Utilzation of terrestrial cynaobacteria for production of pharmaceutical compounds
  • 15:40-16:00 invited lecture: Thomas Friedl, University Göttingen, Germany, The Göttingen Cluture Collection of Lage (SAG) a platform for exploring and conservation of algal diversity
  • 16:00-16:20 Kari Skjanes, Bioforsk, Norway, Potential for use of green microalgae to produce hydrogen from solar energy with subsequent use of algal biomass for pharmaceutical or industrial products
  • 16:20-16:40 resumé by the chair Rainer Buchholz
  • 16:40-16:50 final word by Vince Ördög for day 2

       In the evening the organizers invite you to 80 liter of beer for free at the Forsthaus Templin. Further information can be found here.

  • The complete program of the 8th European Workshop "Biotechnology of Microalgae" you find here
  • The poster program you can find here.

 
 

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June 9, 2010

Excursion-Day

Excursion 1: Excursion to the University of Applied Sciences in Senftenberg. Tour through the university and the Phototrophic Biotechnology labs.

please note the early start 7:30 a.m. from Hotel Mercure , Lange Brücke, Potsdam

short stop at the IGV GmbH, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 40-41, 14558 Nuthetal

  • 10:00      Welcome words by the Pesident   Prof. Schulz, Hochschule Lausitz

    10:10      Acidic Lakes by Dr. Gast, FIB Finsterwalde

    10:30      CCS Carbon Capture Storage by Dipl.-Ing. U. Burchhardt, Vattenfall

    10:50      Biotechnology, Prof. Stahmann, University of Applied Sciences Lausitz

    11:10       Site visiting          Prof. Petrick

    12:00       Coffee/ Lunch

    14.00       Schwarze Pumpe – Power station and CCS

    16.15      Start Return Travel to Potsdam

    18:00       Back to Potsdam, Biosphere

  • The flyer for excursion 1 you can find here

     


    • Excursion 2:     Visit of the ILA International air show 2010 and booth of EADS

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    start 12:00 from Hotel Mercure, Lange Brücke Potsdam

    short stop at the IGV GmbH, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 40-41, 14558 Nuthetal

    13:00 - 14:00 lunch at ILA fair grounds

    14:00- 17:20 visit of EADS booth and the ILA fair grounds

    return 17:30 from ILA grounds

    The flyer for the excursion 2 you can find here.
     

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    June 10, 2010

    • Section 5: Bioenergy / Biofuels, Chair: Mario Tredici, University of Florence, Italy
    • 9:00-9:20 keynote speaker: Jean Botti, EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany, Biofuels from algae: a potential solution for the aeronautics industry of the future
    • 9:20-9:40 Mario Tredici, University of Florence, Italy, Microalgae for Biofuels: will they ever keep the promise?
    • 9:40-10:00 invited lecture: Isaac Berzin, The Interdisciplinary Center Herlziya,  Israel  Downstream Processing for commodity applications
    • 10:00-10:20 Emilio Molina Grima, University of Almeria, Spain, Downstream processing of algal oils
    • 10:20-10:40 invited lecture : Qiang Hu,  Arizona State University, USA , Triacyglycerol synthesis in microalgae: pathways, regulation and biotechnological implications
    • 10:40-11:00 coffee break
    • 11:00-11:20 invited lecture: Olaf Kruse, University Bielefeld, Germany, Integration of microalgal biofuel production into biorefinery concepts
    • 11:20-11:40 invited lecture: Jorge Sánchez , Aurantia, Spain, Scaling up microalgae production
    • 11:40-12:00 Ellen Slegers, Wageningen University, Netherlands, Effect of decision variables on algae growth in flat panel reactors
    • 12:00-12:20 Rüdiger Schulz, Christian-Albrechts- University , Germany, Hydrogenase and Hydrogen production in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6804
    • 12:20-14:00 lunch break
    • 14:00-14:20 invited lecture : Richard Kilian , VERFAHRENSTECHNIK Schwedt GmbH, Germany, Hydrogenation of triglycerides to fuel blend components
    • 14:20-14:40 Jens Born, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Using artificial blooms as collectors of distributed fertilizers in agriculture and of environmental emissions for CO2 for biogas production
    • 14:40-15:00 Barbora Marsalkova, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Czech Republic, Exploitation of microscopic algae Chlorella as an alternative source of fermentable sugars for biofuel production
    • 15:00-15:20 Sina Salim, Wageningen University, Netherlands, Harvesting of microalgae by bio-flocculation
    • 15:20-15:40 coffee break
    • 15:10-16:00 Frédérique Ferey, Lafarge, France, Microalgae culture on a Lafarge cement plant
    • 16:00-16:20 invited lecture : Timo Enderle, cofactor, Germany, Algae Biofuels - Challenges and Opportunities
    • 16:20-16:30 resumé by the Chair Mario Tredici
    • 16:30-16:40 closing words by Otto Pulz
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    • The complete program of the 8th European Workshop "Biotechnology of Microalgae" you find here
    • The poster program can be found here.