Scientific Programme

The international symposium on “Advances in Yeast Biotechnology” takes place from the afternoon of Tuesday 17 May 2005 until afternoon of Thursday 19 May 2005. The accompanying exhibition takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition, an alumni get-together will be organised on Wednesday 18 May 2005 in the evening.

In the Symposium Programme only the names of the first authors (i.e. without academic titles and co-authors) and the titles of their presentations are given. All other information will be given in detail in the abstract book.

There will be an opportunity to publish papers based on oral presentations and selected poster presentations in a special issue of Chimia. The deadline for submission of these papers is the close of the conference on 19 May 2005.

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  Tuesday 17 May 2005  
     
 
Yeast genetics and posttranslational modifications
 
 
  12:30 - 13:00
Registration
 
 
  Session Chair: Joachim Klein, Lonza AG, Visp, Switzerland  
  13.00 - 13.30
Official opening
 
 
  13.30 - 14.00
Production of angiogenic growth factors in Pichia pastoris
Speaker: Kurt Ballmer-Hofer, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Villingen, Switzerland
 
  14.00 - 14.15
Discussion
 
  14.15 - 14.45
Expression of heterologous genes in Debaryomyces (Schwanniomyces) occidentalis and Pichia pastoris
Speaker: Ivana Malcová-Janatová, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic
 
  14.45 - 15.00
Discussion
 
  15.00 - 15.30
Yeast and bacterial protein glycosylation
Speaker: Michael Wacker, Institute of Microbiology, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
 
  15.30 - 16.15
Coffee break and exhibition
 
  16.15 - 16.45
The power of yeast comparative genomics
Speaker: Peter Philippsen, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
 
  16.45 - 17.00
Discussion
 
  17.00 - 19.00 Poster session  
  19.00 – open end
Apero and gala dinner
Opening by Josef Kreuter, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Switzerland

 

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  Wednesday 18 May 2005  
     
 
Yeast physiology and metabolism
 
 
  08:30-09:00
Registration
 
 
  Session Chair: Karin Kovar, UAS Wädenswil, Switzerland  
  09.00 - 09.30
Unexpected abilities of methylotrophic yeasts when fed with substrate mixtures
Speaker: Thomas Egli, EAWAG, Dübendorf, Switzerland
 
  09.30 - 09.45
Discussion
 
  09.45 - 10.15
Understanding regulation of recombinant protein expression in Pichia pastoris
Speakers: Carmen Jungo and Jonas Schenk, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
  10.15 - 10.30
Discussion
 
  10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break and exhibition
 
  11.00 - 11.30
Reaction engineering studies on the sectretory production of recombinant human chymotrypsinogen B with Pichia pastoris
Speaker: Simon Curves, AC Biotech GmbH, Jülich, Germany
 
  11.30 - 11.45
Discussion
 
  11.45 - 12.15
Flow cytometry as a powerful tool for yeast physiology study
Speaker: Leona Paulová, ICT (VSCHT), Prague, Czech Republic
 
  12.15 - 12.30
Discussion
 
  12.30 - 14.00 Lunch and poster session  
     
  Potential application of yeast and yeast products  
     
  Session Chair: Karel Melzoch, ICT (VSCHT), Prague, Czech Republic  
  14.00 - 14.30
Production of therapeutic proteins and vaccines in yeast
Speaker: Reinhard Glück, Berna Biotech AG, Berne, Switzerland
 
  14.30 - 14.45
Discussion
 
  14.45 - 15.15
From industrial process analysis to design of fedbatch processes - control strategies of ergosterol biosynthesis by yeasts
Speaker: Rychtera Mojmír, ICT (VSCHT), Prague, Czech Republic
 
  15.15 - 15.30
Discussion
 
  15.30 - 16.00
Coffee break and poster session
 
  16.00 - 16.30
Yeasts beyond molecular biology tools: functional products of yeasts
Speaker: Othmar Käppeli, ABAC R&D AG, Schlieren, Switzerland
 
  16.30 - 16.45
Discussion
 
  16.45 - 17.15
Development, production and application of recombinant yeast biocatalysts in organic synthesis
Speaker: Roland Wohlgemut, Fluka Group, Buchs, Switzerland
 
  17.15 - 17.30
Discussion
 
  17.30 - 18.00
Poster awards
 
  18.00 - open end
Alumni get-together
 
       

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  Thursday 19 May 2005  
     
 
Challenges in industrial production with yeasts
 
 
  08:30 - 09:00
Registration
 
 
  Session Chair: Hans-Peter Meyer, Lonza AG, Visp, Switzerland  
  08.30 - 09.00
Limitations of large scale reactors with respect to high cell density yeast fermentations
Speaker: Rick Mommers, Lonza Biotec s.r.o., Kourim, Czech Republic
 
  09.00 - 09.15
Discussion
 
  09.15 - 09.45
A highly efficient and cost-effective process for phytase production by recombinant Hansenula polymorpha strains
Speaker: Anne F. Mayer, DSM Nutritional Products, Basel, Switzerland
 
  09.45 - 10.00
Discussion
 
  10.00 - 10.30
Coffee break and poster session
 
  10.30 - 11.00
Economical aspects of downstream processing of biopharmaceuticals
Speaker: Frans W.J.M.M. Hoeks, Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland
 
  11.00 - 11.15
Discussion
 
  11.15 - 11.45
Molecular physiology meets technology: Insights into the responses of Pichia pastoris to environmental and metabolic stress factors exerted in bioprocesses
Diethard Mattanovich, Institute of Applied Microbiology, BOKU, Wien, Austria
 
  11.45 - 12.00
Discussion
 
  12.00 - 12.30
Process optimisation based on large databases of routinely monitored industrial process-data: statistical analysis and quality design
Speakers: Dusan Roubicek, Lonza Biotec s.r.o., Kourim, Czech Republic and Thomas Friedli, IMSV University of Berne, Switzerland
 
  12.30 - 12.45
Discussion
 
  12.45 - 13.15 Closing session  
  13.15 - open end Lunch buffet and networking  
       

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Registration for Participants
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Registration for Exhibitors
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