PROGRAMME
10:00 – Prof. Dr. Andrew J. deMello, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering,
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, CH 8093 Zurich,
Switzerland
10:30 – Prof. Dr. Aurelio Hidalgo, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Center for Molecular Biology “Severo Ochoa“, 28049-Madrid, Spain
11:00 – Prof. Dr. Gerhard K.E. Scriba, Friedrich Schiller University, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jena, Germany
11:30 – Dr. Neil MacKinnon, Principal Investigator, NMR Spectroscopy for Metabolomics and Signalling, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Algal Omega-3 is an innovative feed product for aquaculture. It reduces the impact on climate change by 30-40% compared to fish oil and saves 60 tons of wild fish for every ton of Algal Omega-3 used.
Cheese is a vegetarian product thanks to biotechnology. Biotechnology is also essential to produce lactose- or cholesterol-free cheese, as well as alternative proteins.
Clothes made from alternative fibres produced by microorganisms can be 8x stronger than steel, 100% recyclable, biodegradable and replace fossil-fuel based or resource-intensive textiles.
The biomanufacturing of Vitamin B2 led to the reduction of 75% of fossil raw materials and 50% operating costs, compared to the chemical process. Vitamin B2 is used in the food, feed or healthcare sectors.
Enzymes and biosurfactancts are alternative ingredients that improve the performance of detergents, while leading to water and energy savings and reductions in CO2 emissions and water toxicity.
Insulin is one of the most widely known biopharmaceutical. Biotechnology revolutionised its manufacturing process and led to the development of new types of insulin through r-DNA technology.