TECHNICAL PROGRAM

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The Organizers do not take any responsibility in front of any delegate for the changes of this program.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE POSTER NUMBERS MAY CHANGE.
PLEASE REFER TO THE NUMBER THAT WILL BE REPORTED IN THE CONFERENCE GUIDE

SUNDAY, June 24, 2012
 
Su 17:30-18:30
Registration
 
MONDAY, June 25, 2012
 
Mo 9:00-9:15
Opening Session
Room: Ducrot; Chair:
 
Mo 9:15-9:55
PLENARY 1
Room: Ducrot; Chair: A. Brucato
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INDUSTRIAL BIOMASS AND INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: AN ESSENTIAL MATCH
Vandamme E.
 
Mo 9:55-10:35
NANOBIOTECHNOLGY
Room: Ducrot; Chair: A. Brucato
LARGE-SCALE RADIATION MANUFACTURING OF HIERARCHICALLY ASSEMBLED NANOGELS
Dispenza C., Sabatino M.A., Grimaldi N., Spadaro G., Bulone D., Bondi M.L., Adamo G., Rigogliuso S.
 
IMMOBILIZATION OF CELLULASE FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Hojnik Podrepsek G., Primozic M., Knez Z., Habulin M.
 
Mo 10:35-11:00
Coffee break
 
Mo 11:00-12:40
WHITE BIOTECHNOLGY
  Room: Ducrot; Chair: E. Vandamme
BUTANOL PRODUCTION FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC-BASED HEXOSES AND PENTOSES BY FERMENTATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM
Raganati F., Curth S., Goetz P., Olivieri G., Marzocchella A.
 
EVALUATION OF PRODUCED VOLUMES OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE CONCENTRATION OF THE GAS ABSORBED IN THE MEDIA DURING MICROBIAL FERMENTATION FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PURPOSES
Jimoh I., Sogaard E., Rudyk S.
 
GENERATION OF BIOGAS FROM TEXTILE WASTE WATERS
Opwis K., Gutmann J.
 
START-UP AND PERFORMANCE OF AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE BIOANODE IN MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS
Villano M., Aulenta F., Beccari M., Majone M.
 
DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING OF BIOSURFACTANTS
Weber A., May A., Zeiner T., Gorak A.
 
Mo 12:40-14:00
Lunch
 
Mo 14:00-15:40
WHITE BIOTECHNOLGY
  Room: Ducrot; Chair: G. Ghersi
POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAS) PRODUCTION THROUGH CONVERSION OF GLYCEROL BY SELECTED STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS MEDITERRANEA AND PSEUDOMO-NAS CORRUGATA
Palmeri R., Pappalardo F., Fragala M., Tomasello M., Damigella A., Catara A.
 
EFFECTS OF CO2 AND PH ON STICHOCOCCUS BACILLARIS IN LABORATORY SCALE PHOTOBIOREACTORS
Olivieri G., Gargano I., Andreozzi R. , Marotta R. , Marzocchella A., Pinto G., Pollio A.
 
PRODUCTION OF ENZYMES FROM RICE HUSKS AND WHEAT STRAW IN SOLID STATE FERMENTATION
Masutti D., Borgognone A., Setti L.
 
CANDIDA FREYSCHUSSII: AN OLEAGINOUS YEAST PRODUCING LIPIDS FROM GLYCEROL
Amaretti A., Raimondi S., Leonardi A., Rossi M.
 
DECOLORIZATION OF DYES BY ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS CULTIVATED UNDER SOLID STATE FERMENTATION ON SUGAR BEET WASTE
Tisma M., Komar M., Rajic M., Pavlovic H., Zelic B.
 
Mo 15:40-16:40
Coffee break & POSTER SESSION
 
Mo 16:40-18:00
BIOCATALYST PROCESS DESIGN
  Room: Ducrot; Chair: M.Bravi
BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS: A FUNGAL APPROACH
Spina F., Anastasi A., Prigione V., Tigini V., Varese G.C.
 
KINETIC ASSESSMENT OF THERMOSTABLE CARBONIC ANHYDRASE FOR CO2 CAPTURE PROCESSES
Russo M.E., Olivieri G., Rossi M., Capasso C., De Luca V., Marzocchella A., Salatino P.
 
MASS TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT BY THE ADDITION OF SURFACTANT IN A TWO PHASE PARTITIONING BIOREACTOR FOR THE DEGRADATION OF ANTHRACENE BY LACCASE
Arca Ramos A., Eibes G., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G., Lema J.M.
 
DEVELOPMENT OF NAD+ REGENERATION PROCESS IN MICROREACTORS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS
Salic A., Ivankovic M., Ferk E., Stuparic M., Tisma M., Zelic B.
 
TUESDAY, June 26, 2012
 
Tu 9:00-9:40
PLENARY 2
Room: Ducrot; Chair: T. Keshavarz
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THE MANY SHEER (OR SHEAR?) MYTHS OF BIOPROCESSING
Nienow A.
 
Tu 9:40-10:40
BLUE TECHNOLOGY
Room: Ducrot; Chair: T. Keshavarz
CHARACTERIZATION OF COLLAGENOLYTIC/PROTEOLYTIC MARINE ENZYMES
Salamone M., Cuttitta A., Seidita G., Mazzola S., Bertuzzi F., Ricordi C., Ghersi G.
 
PRODUCTION OF BIOSURFACTANTS FOR APPLICATION IN THE REMOVAL OF HYDROPHOBIC CONTAMINANTS ORIGINATED BY THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Sarubbo L., Luna J., Rufino R. , Farias C., Santos V.
 
BIODEGRADATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS BY A HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON ISOLATED FROM THE DEAD SEA.
Cuadros-Orellana S., Pohlschroeder M., Grossman M., Durrant L.
 
Tu 10:40-11:00
Coffee break
 
Tu 11:00-12:40
PROCESS ENGINEERING AND INNOVATIVE DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING
Room: Ducrot; Chair: A. Nienow
MODELLING OF AN ANAEROBIC PROCESS PRODUCING BIOGAS FROM WINERY WASTES
Colussi I., Cortesi A., Gallo V., Rubesa Fernandez A.S., Vitanza R.
 
NEW EVIDENCES DERIVED FROM A CONSECUTIVE REACTION MODEL FOR THE MAILLARD REACTION IN FOODS -OPTIMUM DRYING OPERATION OF A LEEK
Konishi Y., Kobayashi M.
 
SIMPLE KINETIC MODEL OF CELLULASE PRODUCTION BY TRICHODERMA REESEI FOR PRODUCTIVITY OR YIELD MAXIMIZATION
Jourdier E., Ben Chaabane F., Poughon L., Larroche C., Monot F.
 
MEMBRANE REACTOR SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL CONTINUOUS SCREENING AND CHARACTERISATION OF BIOCATALYSTS
Lyagin E., Drews A., Bhattacharya S., Kraume M.
 
OLIVE MILL WASTEWATER ANAEROBICALLY DIGESTED: PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS WITH ANTIRADICAL ACTIVITY
La Cara F., Ionata E., Del Monaco G., Marcolongo L., Goncalves M., Paula Marques I.
 
Tu 12:40-14:00
Lunch
 
Tu 14:00-15:20
PROCESS ENGINEERING AND INNOVATIVE DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING
Room: Ducrot; Chair: A. Marzocchella
EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMOLECULES FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTES
Nazzaro M., Mottola V., La Cara F., Del Monaco G., Aquino R.P., Volpe M.G.
 
HYDRODYNAMICS OF A LABORATORY SCALE ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR AND ITS APPLICATION FOR DECOLORIZATION OF TEXTILE DYES BY WHITE ROT FUNGUS IRPEX LACTEUS
Sima J., Pocedic J., Hasal P.
 
MEASUREMENTS OF NJS AND POWER REQUIREMENTS IN UNBAFFLED BIOSLURRY REACTORS
Tamburini A., Cipollina A., Micale G., Brucato A.
 
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF LACCASE PURIFICATION USING AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE EXTRACTION
Prinz A., Zeiner T., Voessing T., Schuettmann I., Zorn H., Gorak A.
 
Tu 15:20-16:20
Coffee break & POSTER SESSION
 
Tu 16:20-17:20
GREEN TECHNOLOGY
Room: Ducrot; Chair:
REPLACING AN EXISTING METHANOL PRODUCTION WITHIN DME PRODUCTION, BY USING BIOGAS
Kovac Kralj A. , Hosnar J.
 
CONTINUOUS BIOTRANSFORMATION OF ESTROGENS BY LACCASE IN AN ENZYMATIC MEMBRANE REACTOR
Lloret L., Eibes G., Feijoo G., Moreira M.T., Lema J.M.
 
BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE TREATMENT OF SALINE OILY WASTE(WATERS) ORIGINATED FROM MARINE TRANSPORTATION
Mancini G., Cappello S., Yakimov M.M., Polizzi A., Torregrossa M.
 
Tu 20:00
Conference Dinner
 
WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2012
 
Wed 9:00-9:40
PLENARY 3
Room: Ducrot; Chair: E.Bardone
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BIOECONOMY FOR BIOINDUSTRIES: APPLICATIONS AND TRENDS
Sukan F.
 
Wed 9:40-11:00
NOVEL ENZYME & MICROORGANISMS
Room: Ducrot; Chair: E.Bardone
PRODUCTION OF A ?-L-RHAMNOSIDASE FROM ASPERGILLUS TERREUS USING CITRUS SOLID WASTE AS INDUCER FOR APPLICATION IN JUICE INDUSTRY
Abbate E., Palmeri R., Todaro A., Blanco R., Spagna G.
 
BIOCHEMICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM COLLAGENASES G AND H OBATINED BY DNA RECOMBINANT AND EXTRACTIVE PROCEDURES .
Salamone M., Cuttitta A., Bertuzzi F., Ricordi C., Ghersi G., Seidita G.
 
MODELLING U(VI) REDUCTION BY PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI
Chabalala S., Chirwa E.
 
CHARACTERIZATION AND PROPERTIES OF A NEW THERMOACTIVE AND THERMOSTABLE CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
Capasso C., De Luca V., Carginale V., Caramuscio P., Cavalheiro C., Cannio R., Rossi M.
 
Wed 11:00-11:20
Coffee break
 
Wed 11:20-12:20
TISSUE ENGINEERING
Room: Ducrot; Chair: F. Sukan
A FIBRILLAR BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLD FOR BLOOD VESSELS TISSUE ENGINEERING
Fiorica C., Rigogliuso S., Palumbo F., Pitarresi G., Giammona G., Ghersi G.
 
POLY LACTIC ACID BASED SCAFFOLDS FOR VASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING
Carfì Pavia F., Rigogliuso S., La Carrubba V., Mannella G.L., Ghersi G., Brucato V.
 
USE OF MODIFIED 3D SCAFFOLDS TO IMPROVE CELL ADHESION AND DRIVE DESIRED CELL RESPONSES
Rigogliuso S., Carfì Pavia F., Brucato V., La Carrubba V., Favia P., Intranuovo F., Gristina R. , Ghersi G.
 
Wed 12:20-14:00
Lunch & End of the Conference
 
LIST OF POSTERS
 
1) BIOPRESERVATION OF 'BIRGAH' EGGPLANT FROM POLYPHENOL OXIDASE ACTIVITY ASSAYED IN VITRO WITH ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.) BY-PRODUCTS
Barbagallo R.N., Riggi E., Avola G., Patane C.
 
2) USE IN VIVO OF NATURAL ANTI-BROWNING AGENTS AGAINST POLYPHENOL OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN MINIMALLY PROCESSED EGGPLANT
Barbagallo R.N., Chisari M., Patane C.
 
3) STUDY OF SPHINGOPYXIS ISOLATES IN DEGRADATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
Shokrollahzadeh S., Golmohammad F., Shokouhi H.
 
4) APPLICATION OF THE BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCED BY CANDIDA LIPOLYTICA IN THE REMEDIATION OF HEAVY METALS
Rufino R. , Luna J., Campos-Takaki G., Ferreira S.R.M., Sarubbo L.
 
5) PROPERTIES OF THE BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCED BY CANDIDA SPHAERICA CULTIVED IN LOW-COST SUBSTRATES
Luna J., Rufino R. , Campos-Takaki G., Sarubbo L.
 
6) EVALUATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF BIOSORPTION OF LEAD, CADMIUM AND CHROMIUM BY THE BIOMASS OF PEQUI FRUIT SKIN (CARYOCAR BRASILIENSE CAMB.)
Seolatto A., Silva Filho C.J., Freitas Mota D.L.
 
7) MATHEMATICAL MODELING AS A TOOL TO DESCRIBE AND OPTIMIZE HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN PRODUCTION BY YEAST CELLS IN AERATED FED-BATCH REACTOR
Paciello L., Landi C., De Alteriis E., Parascandola P.
 
8) OPTIMIZATION OF PENICILLIN G MICROENCAPSULATION WITH OSA STARCH BY FACTORIAL DESIGN
Fontes G., Finotelli P., Rossi A., Rocha-Leao M.H.
 
9) EVALUATION OF TWO OPERATIONAL REGIMES: FED-BATCH AND CONTINUOUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN A FUNGAL STIRRED TANK REACTOR
Rodarte-Morales A.I., Feijoo G., Moreira M.T., Lema J.M.
 
10) EVALUATION OF 1,3- PROPANEDIOL PRODUCTION FROM CRUDE GLYCEROL BY CITROBACTER FREUNDII ATCC 8090
Ferreira T.F., Ribeiro R.D.R., Ribeiro C.M.S., Freire D.M.G., Coelho M.A.Z.
 
11) SELECTION OF YEASTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF L-PHENYL-ACETIL-CARBINOL BYBIOTRANSFORMATION IN SHAKE FLASKS.
Miguez M., Nunes P., Azeredo N., Pedraza S., Vasconcelos M., Viana O., Coelho M.A.Z., Amaral P.
 
12) DEGRADATION OF THE RECALCITRANT PHARMACEUTICALS CARBAMAZEPINE AND 17?-ETHINYLESTRADIOL BY LIGNINOLYTIC FUNGI
Santos I.J.S., Grossman M., Sartoratto A., Ponezi A., Durrant L.
 
13) PRODUCTION OF CITRIC ACID BY YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA IN DIFFERENT CRUDE GLYCEROL CONCENTRATIONS AND IN DIFFERENT NITROGEN SOURCES
Da Silva L., Bastos Tavares C., Amaral P., Zarur Coelho M.A.
 
14) OXYGEN TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF UNBAFFLED STIRRED VESSELS IN VIEW OF THEIR USE AS BIOCHEMICAL REACTORS FOR ANIMAL CELL GROWTH
Scargiali F., Busciglio A., Grisafi F., Brucato A.
 
15) AUTOCHTHONOUS FERMENTATION STARTERS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AGLIANICO WINES
Sorrentino A., Boscaino F., Cozzolino R., Volpe M.G., Ionata E., La Cara F.
 
16) FROM MICROBIAL PROTEOMICS TO SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: AMYCOLATOPSIS BALHIMYCINA CASE
Gallo G., Alduina R., Renzone G., Scaloni A., Puglia A.M.
 
17) THE EFFECT OF CHEMICAL TREATMENT CONDITIONS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE SOLS ON THEIR DISPERSION AND CYTOTOXIC PROPERTIES
Ismagilov Z., Shikina N., Bessudnova E., Korneev D.V., Ishchenko A.V., Chesalov Y.A., Vladimirova A. V. , Ryabchikova E.
 
18) POLYMERIC NANOGELS:NANOCARRIERS FOR DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATION
Rigogliuso S., Sabatino M.A., Adamo G., Grimaldi N., Dispenza C., Ghersi G.
 
19) PREBIOTIC EFFECT OF INULIN ON THE GROWTH AND ORGANIC ACID PROFILE OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM LACTIS IN CO-CULTURE WITH STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS
Oliveira R., Perego P. , Nogueira De Oliveira M. , Converti A.
 
20) MEDIA OPTIMIZATION OF BACTERIOCIN ST22CH PRODUCTION BY LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI ST22CH ISOLATED FROM SALPICÃO, A TRADITIONAL MEAT-PRODUCT FROM PORTUGAL
Dimitrov Todorov S., Oliveira R., Vaz-Velho M.
 
21) APPLICATION OF FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES IN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS
Molina G., Pimentel M., Bertucci T., Pastore G.
 
22) BIOTRANSFORMATION OF CITRONELLOL IN ROSE OXIDE BY PSEUDOMONAS SPP.
Pimentel M., Molina G., Bertucci T., Pastore G.
 
23) SOLID STATE FERMENTATION PROCESS FOR POLYGALACTURONASE PRODUCTION USING TRAY BIOREACTOR
Alcantara S.R., Silva F.L.H.
 
24) SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION OF GLUCOSE AND CELLULOSE FOR HYDROGEN AND SYNGAS PRODUCTION
Freitas A., Guirardello R.
 
25) METABOLIC MODELLING OF ITACONIC ACID FERMENTATION WITH USTILAGO MAYDIS
Voll A., Klement T., Gerhards G., Buechs J., Marquardt W.
 
26) SIMULATION OF A HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS FROM ALGAE
Galatro D., Verruschi E.
 
27) COMPARISON OF A MODEL FIXED-BED BIOREACTOR, PLATING A MODEL OF N-REACTORS IN SERIES PERFECTLY BLENDED AND A TUBULAR REACTOR MODEL, AND SIMULATION MODELS
Palencia J., Verruschi E.
 
28) IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AROMATIC DEGRADING HALOMONAS IN HYPERSALINE PRODUCED WATER AND COD REDUCTION BY BIOREMEDIATION BY THE INDIGENOUS MICROBIAL POPULATION USING NUTRIENT ADDITION.
Piubeli F., Grossman M., Fantinatti-Garboggini F., Durrant L.
 
29) EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF VEGETABLE OILS FROM CHERRY SEED BY DIFFERENT EXTRACTION PROCESSES
Straccia M.C., Siano F., Coppola R., La Cara F., Volpe M.G.
 
30) COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK COUPLED GENETIC ALGORITHM AND RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER MCBN297
Kana E.B., Oloke J.K., Lateef A., Oyebanji A.
 
31) EVALUATION OF CRUDE OIL DEGRADATION BY YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA
Martins F.F., Ferreira T.F., Azevedo D.A., Coelho M.A.Z.