PROGRAM

The program might be subject to modifications.
The Organizers do not take any responsibility in front of any delegate for the changes of this program.

	SUNDAY, June 8, 2008
Su 16:30-18:00	Registration
	MONDAY, June 9, 2008
Mo 9:00-09:20	Welcome and opening remarks
Mo 9:20-10:00	PLENARY LECTURE
	Room: Magna Chair: A. Viglia
4	NOVEL AND NEW CONCEPT TO INCREASE OXYGEN TRANSFER IN BIOREACTORS
	Wang D.I.C., Olle B.
Mo 10:00-11:00	Metabolic Engineering
	Room: Magna Chair: T. Keshavarz
4	TOWARD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY AND HOW ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS IS BEING TRIGGERED IN STREPTOMCES ?
	Smirnov A., Esnault C., Nowacka-Mazurek A., Martel C., Darbon-Rongere E., Chouayekh H., Ghorbel S., Shikura N., Seghezzi N., Virolle M.J.
4	GENETIC ENGINEERING OF ESCHERICHIA COLI TO ENHANCE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF VANILLIN FROM FERULIC ACID
	Luziatelli F., Ruzzi M.
4	SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING FACILITY:A METABOLIC AND STRUCTURAL IMAGING CENTER
	Grassi R., Cavaliere C., Corona M., Andria B., Di Pasquale M.A., Cozzolino S., Rotondo A.
Mo 11:00-11:20	Coffee break
	PARALLEL SESSIONS
Mo 11:20-12:40	Process Engineering
	Room: Magna Chair: D.I.C. Wang
4	THE ROLE OF SINGULARITY POINTS IN THE DYNAMICS OF A CHEMOSTAT
	Cammarota A., Miccio M., Poletto M.
4	HETEROLOGOUS PROTEIN PRODUCTION BY YEAST IN AERATED FED-BATCH CULTURES: RELEVANCE OF THE HOST STRAIN VIABILITY
	Romano V., Paciello L., Parascandola P., Palermo V., Mazzoni C., Falcone C., De Alteriis E.
4	ULTRASOUND EXTRACTION OF ACTIVE PRINCIPLES WITH HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS
	Alupului A., Lavric V.
4	EXPERIMENTAL AND SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF MEMBRANE ADSORBERS USED FOR THE PRIMARY CAPTURE STEP IN ANTIBODY MANUFACTURING
	Boi C., Dimartino S., Sarti G.C.
Mo 11:20-12:40	Bio-Products
	Room: Room A Chair: L. Zanderighi
4	PRODUCTION OF OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFAS) BY THE PSYCHROPHILIC YEAST RHODOTORULA GLACIALIS AS4.7
	Amaretti A., Cordisco L., Raimondi S., Rossi M., Buzzini P., Matteuzzi D.
4	IMPROVEMENTS IN PHA PRODUCTION, CONTROL AND APPLICATIONS
	Berezina N., Talon O., Paternostre L.
4	INTERLOCKING OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY METABOLISM IN ANTIBIOTIC-PRODUCING ACTINOMYCETES
	Stegmann E., Hadatsch B., Kittel C., Puk O., Suessmuth R., Wohlleben W.
4	A NEW FORMULA (BG z1) FOR MORE EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF B. thuringensis var. israelensis ENDOTOXINS AGAINST MOSQUITO’S LARVAE
	Dell'Aversana S., Tranchino L., Di Grazia V., Mele G., Lacertosa G., Petrozza A., Cellini F.
Mo 12:40-14:00	Lunch
Mo 14:00-15:00	POSTER EXHIBITION & DISCUSSION
	PARALLEL SESSIONS
Mo 15:00-16:40	Industrial Enzymes
	Room: Magna Chair: G. Sannia
4	ENHANCEMENT OF LYCOPENE EXTRACTION FROM TOMATO PEELS BY ENZYMATIC TREATMENT
	Lavecchia R., Zuorro A.
4	WATER CONTACT ANGLE AND FTIR STUDY OF THE SURFACE MODIFICATION OF PET BY LIPOLYTIC ENZYMES
	Donelli I., Taddei P., Nierstrasz V.A., Freddi G.
4	LACCASE-CATALYSED AZODYE SYNTHESIS
	Trovaslet M., Enaud E., Bazes A., Jolivalt C., Van Hove F., Vanhulle S.
4	KLSOD1 A NOVEL HELPER GENE IN THE HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS PRODUCTION IN KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS
	Raimondi S., Zanni E., Uccelletti D., Pagnoni U.M., Rossi M., Claudio P.
4	NICOTINIC ACID BIOPRODUCTION IN UF-MEMBRANE REACTOR VIA NITRILE HYDRATASE-AMIDASE CATALYZED REACTIONS
	Cantarella M., Cantarella L., Gallifuoco A., Malandra A., Spera A., Martínková L.
Mo 15:00-16:40	Biofuels
	Room: Aula A Chair: P. Salatino
4	BIOFUELS:DREAM OR REALITY. ENTHALPIC, EXERGETIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
	Zanderighi L.
4	CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL USING A MICROTUBE REACTOR
	Guan G., Kusakabe K., Moriyama K., Sakurai N.
4	CONTINUOUS BIOETHANOL AND BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM FOOD PROCESSING WASTE
	Zanette M., Torresendi M., Bolzonella D., Fatone F., Cecchi F.
4	FUNGAL BIOMASS-BASED PRODUCTION OF LIPIDS FOR BIODIESEL SYNTHESIS
	D'Urso A., Bubbico R., Scarsella M., Bravi M.
4	PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN BY WASTEWATER SLUDGE USING ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION IN A PILOT SCALE REACTOR
	La Licata B., Scaletta A., Sagnelli F., Tommasi T., Zitella P., Ruggeri B.
Mo 16:40-17:00	Coffee break
	PARALLEL SESSION
Mo 17:00-18:20	Health Care Biotechnologies
	Room: Magna Chair: E. De Alteriis
4	ALBUMIN-BOUND TOXIN REMOVAL IN LIVER SUPPORT DEVICES: CASE STUDY OF TRYPTOPHAN ADSORPTION AND DIALYSIS
	Annesini M.C., Piemonte V., Turchetti L.
4	OPTIMISATION STUDIES ON MULTIPLE ELICITOR ADDITION IN MICROBIAL SYSTEMS: P. CHRYSOGENUM AND B. LICHENIFORMIS
	Nair R., Murphy T., Roy I., Harrop A., Dixon K., Keshavarz T.
4	OPTIMIZATION OF CAPSAICIN ACYLASE PRODUCTION FROM STREPTOMYCES MOBARAENSIS IN BENCH-TOP REACTOR
	Crognale S., Barghini P., Di Matteo P., Federici F., Ruzzi M.
4	THE MINI BIOARTIFICIALIVER: A CELLULAR BIOSENSOR IN THE DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
	Andria B., Bracco A., Alimenti E., Attanasio C., Tammaro A., Scala S., Chamuleau RAFM, Calise F.
Mo 17:00-18:20	Process Engineering
	Room: Room A Chair: G. Sarti
4	ASSESSMENT OF THE KINETICS OF PHENOL BIOCONVERSION BY PSUDOMONAS SP. OX1
	Olivieri G., Russo M.E., Di Donato A., Marzocchella A., Salatino P.
4	NOVEL EXPRESSION SYSTEMS FOR RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTION AT LOW TEMPERATURES
	Giuliani M., Parrilli E., Tutino M.L., Sannia G., Marino G.
4	PROTOPLAST FUSION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
	Verma N., Bansal M., Kumar V.
	TUESDAY, June 10, 2008
Tu 9:00-10:40	Environmental Biotechnology
	Room: Magna Chair: F. Fava
4	REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION OF WEATHERED PCBS IN THE MARINE SEDIMENTS OF BRENTELLA CANAL OF VENICE LAGOON
	Zanaroli G., Negroni A., Balloi A., Daffonchio D., Fava F.
4	STUDY ON LABORATORY REACTORS FOR BIODEGRADATION OF TEXTILE DYES BY IMMOBILIZED WHITE-ROT FUNGI MYCELIUM
	Pocedic J., Hasal P., Novotny C.
4	USE OF ENZYMES IN THE PRE-TREATMENT OF COTTON
	Opwis K., Knittel D., Schollmeyer E.
4	PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA GROWTH IN MICROWAVE IRRADIATED ENVIRONMENT
	Carta R., Desogus F.
4	MEMBRANE FILTRATION OF SURFACE WATER FOR THE REMOVAL OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES
	Prisciandaro M., Salladini A, Barba D.
Tu 10:40-11:20	Coffee break - POSTER EXHIBITION & DISCUSSION
Tu 11:20-12:40	Biofuels
	Room: Magna Chair: M. Bravi
4	A STUDY ON THE BIOCHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION
	Gallifuoco A., Cantarella L., Spera A., Venti I, Cantarella M.
4	ASSESSMENT OF KINETICS OF BUTANOL PRODUCTION BY CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM
	Napoli F., Olivieri G., Marzocchella A., Salatino P.
4	PRODUCTION OF 2,3-BUTANEDIOL BY BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS: FERMENTATION AND METABOLIC PATHWAY
	Giovannini P.P., Mantovani M., Medici A., Pedrini P.
4	GLYCEROL FERMENTATION TO 1,3-PROPANEDIOL BY KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA NRRL B-199: STUDY OF THE INHIBITION OF THE FINAL PRODUCTS OF BOTH THE OXYDATIVE AND THE REDUCTIVE ROUTES
	Galdeano C., Salguero G., Santos V.E., Zazo M., Garcia J.L., Garcia-Ochoa F.
Tu 12:40-14:00	Lunch
Tu 14:00-14:40	PLENARY LECTURE
	Room: Magna Chair: E. Bardone
4	NATIONAL PATENTING AND LEGAL ASPECTS IN INDIA COMPARED WITH EUROPE AND USA ONES
	Singh A.
Tu 14:40-16:00	Regulations and Patenting - Biofinance
	Room: Magna Chair: E. Bardone, A.Singh
4	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN BIO-TECHNOLOGY: RELEVANCE AND STRATEGY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
	Noeske-Jungblut C., Bertucco A.
4	TECHNOLOGY VALUATION FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY: TECHNIQUES FOR VALUATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
	Ranaulo A., Napolitano D., Iavarone L., Iacobelli M.
4	BIO-INCUBATION: A PRIVAT/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP BASED APPROACH
	Conicella F., Baldi A., Romani K.
4	DOING BUSINESS GLOBALLY: CROSS-BORDER FINANCING AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
	Barbanti P.
Tu 16:00-16:20	Coffee break
Tu 16:20-17:20	Bio-Products
	Room: Magna Chair: E. Bardone
4	SACCHAROTHRIX ALGERIENSIS, A NEW ANTIBIOTIC PRODUCER: INVESTIGATIONS ON ITS SECONDARY METABOLISM
	Strub C., Brandam C., Meyer X.M., Lebrihi A.
4	EFFECT OF INULIN SUPLEMENTATION OF MILK TO PREPARE FERMENTED BIOMILKS
	Oliveira R., Perego P., Converti A., Oliveira M.
4	BIOCONVERSION OF FERULIC ACID OBTAINED FROM WHEAT BRAN INTO VANILLIN
	Sciubba L., Di Gioia D., Setti L., Ruzzi M., Fava F.
Tu 20:30	Conference Dinner at ZI' TERESA Restaurant
	WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2008
We 9:20-11:00	Environmental Biotechnology
	Room: Magna Chair: A. Marzocchella
4	BIOFILTRATION OF TCE VAPOURS IN A MIXED COMPOST-INERT CARRIER TRICKLE BED
	Della Vedova L., Colussi I., Cortesi A., Gallo V.
4	HIGH-RATE ANAEROBIC-AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF A WASTEWATER FROM A FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS
	Beccari M., Majone M., Dionisi D., Donadio A., Daddario E.N., Sbardellati R.
4	OPTIMIZATION OF A DESULFURIZATING BIOCATALYST BY COMBINING CELLS OF DIFFERENT CELL AGE OF PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA CECT5279
	Calzada J., Heras S., Carbajo J., Alcon A., Santos V.E., Garcia J.L., Garcia-Ochoa F.
4	MODEL INVESTIGATION OF FUNGAL ACTIVITY ON A SYNTHETIC BIORECALCITRANT WASTEWATER
	D'Urso A., Gapes D., Bravi M.
4	BIOSORPTION OF AQUEOUS CHROMIUM ?VI? BY LIVING MYCELIUM OF PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM
	Nikazar M., Davarpanah L., Vahabzadeh F.
We 11:00-11:20	Coffee break
We 11:20-12:40	ROUND TABLE - " Industrial Biotechnology as Driving Factor for Italy and Europe Development and Innovation "
	Room: Magna Chair: G. Marino and L. Vingiani
	SPEAKERS
11.20	Overview of the Italian situation and educational aspects
	Prof. G. Marino, Dr. L. Vingiani
11.40	USA overview
	Prof. D. Wang
11.50	White biotech: state of the art and perspectives in Italy and Europe
	Prof. D. Porro
12.00	Pharma Biotechnology in Europe and Italy
	Dr. A. Viglia
12.10	Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology
	Dr. Eng. E. Bardone
12.20	Biofinance
	Prof. P. Barbanti
12.30	Conclusion
We 12:40-14:00	Lunch
	LIST OF POSTERS
4	1) PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF YEAST STRAINS DISPLAYING ALTERED MITOCHONDRIAL NADH/NAD+ RATIOS.
	Brambilla L., Agrimi G., Losio D., Vai M., Pisano I., Porro D., Palmieri L.
4	2) STUDY ON REACTION PARAMETERS IN LIPASE-CATALYZED METHANOLYSIS OF PLANT OIL
	Hajar M., Vahabzadeh F., Shokrollahzadeh S.
4	3) BIOREMEDIATION OF OLIVE OIL MILL WASTEWATERS BY FUNGAL (T. VIRIDE, STRAIN 8/90) SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR
	D'Urso A., Gapes D., Bravi M.
4	4) KINETIC MODELING OF BIOSORPTION OF HEAVY METALS BY LOOFA-SPONGE IMMOBILIZED PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM FROM AQUEOUS SOL
	Nikazar M., Namiranian P., Vahabzadeh F.
4	5) SUSTAINABLE DECONTAMINATION OF AN ACTUAL SITE AGED PCB POLLUTED SOIL BY A BIOSURFACTANT-BASED WASHING FOLLOWED BY A PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT
	Todaro D., Occulti F., Camera Roda G., Fava F.
4	6) POTENTIAL OF MICROBIAL SPECIES IN BIODEGRADATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM WATERS
	Jecu L., Gheorghe A., Popea F., Rosu A., Stoica A., Stroescu M.
4	7) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PHYTOPATHOGEN MICROORGANISMS WITH ANTAGONIST BACTERIA
	Gheorghe A., Jecu L., Voicu A., Popea F., Rosu A., Roseanu A.
4	8) EVALUATION OF M-NITROPHENOL AND P-NITROPHENOL DEGRADATION WITH BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON BY IMMOBILIZATION OF PSEUDOMONA PUTIDA ATCC 700447
	Escobar E., Moreno J.C., Perez M.D.P., Sanchez O.
4	9) QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEM IN PYCNOPORUS SPECIES : POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT OF 3-HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID, CINNABARINIC ACID AND LACCASE .
	Bazes A., Abdelouahab M., Thienpont C., Enaud E., Trovaslet M., Vanhulle S.
4	10) IMMOBILIZATION-STABILIZATION OF CANDIDA ANTARCTICA LIPASE B IN AGAROSE-GLYOXYL AND AGAROSE C8: DEACTIVATION KINETICS
	Belver C., Tamayo J.J., Molinero L., Ladero M., Pessela B.C.C., Guisán J.M., Garcia-Ochoa F.
4	11) EVALUATION OF ORANGE PEEL AND GREEN SOYBEAN AS A SUBSTRATE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF a-GALACTOSIDASE BY A SOIL ISOLATED ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE IN SOLID STATE FERMENTATION
	Alvarez D., Sanchez O.
4	12) EVALUATION OF DRYING TECHNIQUES MEASURING PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF PAPAIN OBTAINED FROM UNRIPED FRUIT AND SKIN JUICE
	Puig A., Gil I., Sanchez O.
4	13) BIO-EXTRACTION OF OLIVE OIL: IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY AND EXTRACTION OUTPUTS
	Aliakbarian B., De Faveri D., Casazza A.A., Oliveira R., Oliveira M., Converti A., Perego P.
4	14) CHIRAL AROMATIC ALCOHOLS PRODUCTION BY THERMOSTABLE NADH-DEPENDENT CARBONYL REDUCTASE
	Pennacchio A., Pucci B., Secundo F., La Cara F., Rossi M., Raia C.A.
4	15) SHELF STABILITY OF LUTEIN FROM MARIGOLD (TAGETES ERECTA L.) FLOWERS IN VEGETABLE OILS
	Lavecchia R., Zuorro A.
4	16) EFFECT OF THE CARBON AND NITROGEN SOURCES ON BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION BY PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS – BIOSURFACTANT CHARACTERIZATION
	Yataghene A., Abouseoud M., Maachi R., Amrane A.
4	17) FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES PRODUCTION FROM SUCROSE BY ASPERGILLUS SP. N74 IMMOBILIZED IN CALCIUM ALGINATE
	Sanchez O., Guio F., Garcia D., Algecira N., Silva E., Caicedo L.
4	18) COMPARATIVE BATCH GROWTH STUDIES OF PURE LACTOBACILLUS STRAINS AND THEIR CO-CULTURE IN SYNTHETIC MEDIUM WITH DIFFERENT NEUTRALIZING AGENTS
	Ghosh M., Ghosh U.
4	19) UNSTRUCTUREDS MODELS FOR BATCH CULTURES OF LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS
	Bouguettoucha A., Balannec B., Nacef S., Amrane A.
4	20) USE OF A MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO INVESTIGATE THE INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN CONSUMPTION ON PH DURING FERMENTATION
	Akin H., Brandam C., Meyer X.M., Strehaiano P.
4	21) MATHEMATICALL MODELLING ASPECTS OF TRICHODERMA REESEI SYSTEM: A REVIEW
	Verma N., Bansal M., Kumar V.
4	22) NON-LOCAL PHENOMENA UNDER HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN THE HIGH RATE PROCESSES
	Muratov A., Brener A., Balabekov O.
4	23) FURTHER STUDIES ON NUCLEOPEPTIDES WITH DABA-BASED BACKBONE
	Roviello G., Musumeci D., Bucci E.M., Castiglione M., Pedone C., Benedetti E., Sapio R., Valente M.
4	24) EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN LARGE SIZE ANIMALS FOR DEVICES IN VASCULAR PATHOLOGIES
	Pantaleo A., Di Tommaso L., Monaco M., Castaldo S., Di Napoli D., De Marinis P., Cozzolino S., Iannelli G.