Danish Biotechnological Society
Biocatalysis – Perspectives in White Biotechnology and Green Chemistry
Date | Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 13:00 - 17:15 |
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Location | Auditorium 8X, Novozymes, Building 8X, Krogshøjvej 36, Bagsværd |
Organizers |
Program
13.00 – 13.10 |
Lars Haastrup Pedersen, Aalborg University and John Woodley, Technical University of Denmark: Welcome and introduction. |
13.10 – 13.40 |
Rajni Hatti-Kaul, Department of Biotechnology, University of Lund, Sweden: Using biocatalysis for synthesis of speciality chemicals |
13.40 – 14.10 |
Khadija Schwach-Abdellaoui, Novozymes A/S, Denmark: Biosynthesis of hyaluronic acid from Bacillus subtilis is radically shifting the paradigm of biopolymers production |
14.10 – 14.40 |
John Woodley, Center for BioProcess Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, DTU, Denmark: Scale-up of biocatalytic processes |
14.40 – 15.10 |
Coffee |
15.10 – 15.40 |
Per Munk Nielsen, Novozymes A/S, Denmark: Scale-up of the enzymatic synthesis of lactobionic acid |
15.40 – 16.10 |
Nicholas Turner, Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis, Biotransformation and Biocatalytic Manufacture, University of Manchester, UK: Evolving enzymes for applications in organic synthesis |
16.10 – 16.40 |
Renate Ulbrich-Hofmann, Martin Luther University, Halle: Protease stability in detergents and organic solvents in relation to thermostability |
16.40 – 17.10 |
Lars Haastrup Pedersen, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University: Enzyme catalysed synthesis of biosurfactants: controlling regioselectivity and degree of substitution of sugars and sugar alcohols |