SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS

The Conference technical program will be held over three days.
IBIC2014 will take a series of presentation and discussion in plenary, oral and poster sessions, informal gatherings and a conclusive round table.Topics:
The conference covers all areas relevant to Industrial Biotechnology covering scientific research in microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry and biochemical engineering leading to applications in the Industry.

Specific topics:

Cell factories
- Cell design for manufacturing
- Cell communication and quorum sensing
- Phage application

Unit Operation Design and processing
- Design and operation of novel bioreactors and fermenters
- Design and operation of novel recovery unit operations
- Design and operation of Integrates systems
- Novel designs and Trends in cell immobilisation

Production
- Biofuels
- Biopolymers
- Novel Enzymes
- Novel antimicrobials
- Strategies for enhancement of productivity
- Tissue engineering
- Scale-up and scale-down
- Nano-biotechnology for manufacturing
- Microbial fuel cells

Biotechnology and art
- Interaction of microbes and works of art
- Biotechnological approaches for restoration of the art-work
- Microbiology and archaeology