Symposium Schedule

Thursday, 30 September 2010
11:00Registration; Mounting of posters
14:45Opening remarks

I. Session, Chair: Günter H. Schulz

15:00Cellulases for second generation biofuels
David B. Wilson; Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA
15:40Enzymatic hydrolysis in a capillary segmented flow reactor – impact of liquid properties on flow pattern and stability
Mahesh Huddar; Brandenburgische Technische Universität, Cottbus, Germany
16:00Lipase production by fungi: robust monoseptic cultivation system under non-sterile conditions
Susann Barig; Hochschule Lausitz, Senftenberg, Germany
16:20Coffee Break
16:40Poster Session I
19:00Mixer with bar music (piano) at building 15
Possibility to have a look into the laboratories
Organsation of Saturday excursions
Friday, 1 October 2010

II. Session, Chair: Ulrich Kück

09:00Penicillin production: Improvements after genome sequencing of Penicillium chrysogenum
Marco van den Berg; DSM-Antiinfectives, Delft, The Netherlands
09:40A multi-protein complex regulates secondary metabolism and morphogenesis in the industrial fungus Penicillium chrysogenum
Ulrich Kück; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
10:00The role of GliT in the Aspergillus fumigatus biosynthesis of gliotoxin
Daniel Scharf; Hans-Knöll-Institut, Jena, Germany
10:20Coffee Break
10:40Poster Session II
12:30Lunch

III. Session, Chair: Karl-Heinz van Pée

13:30Structure-function relationships and applications of CotA-laccase
Lígia O. Martins; Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
14:10Two novel fungal laccases for dye decolourisation
Anke Matura; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
14:30Biotransformation of disinfectants by yeasts
Rabea Sietmann; Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany
14:50Production, purification and characterization of an extracellular peroxygenase from the agaricomycete Marasmius rotula with promising potential in regio- and stereoselective biocatalysis
Glenn Gröbe; Hochschule Lausitz, Senftenberg, Germany
15:10Coffee Break
15:20Poster Session III

IV. Session, Chair: Ursel Kües

16:00Selective oxidation of steroids by fungal cells
Jens Pilling; Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Bergkamen, Germany
16:40Selective oxidations catalysed by fungal aromatic peroxigenases
Matthias Kinne; International Graduate School of Zittau, Germany
17:00Oxidation by laccases – Industrial applications
Bernd Nebel; Universität Stuttgart, Germany
17:20Production of technical enzymes by solid state fermentation of white-rot fungi in a bioreactor with modular design
Ulrike Böhmer; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
18:00Bustransfer to Schloss Sallgast
19:00Dinner at Schloss Sallgast
23:00Bus transfer back to Senftenberg
Saturday, 2 October 2010

V. Session, Chair: K.-Peter Stahmann

09:00Efficient gene expression in fungi
Helmut Schwab; Technische Universität Graz, Austria
09:40Overexpression of chloroperoxidase in Caldariomyces fumago
Markus Buchhaupt; Karl-Winnacker-Institut, Frankfurt, Germany
10:00The secretome of Candida utilis
Denis Tielker; Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
10:20Coffee Break
11:00Functional expression of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450scc system and the P450c17 in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
Stephan Mauersberger; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
11:20Molecular mechanism for undergoing environmental stress – a multidrug transporter gene of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tricholoma vaccinum
Ines Schlunk; Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Germany

optional:

12:00Lunch
13:30Excursion A
INTEGRA GmbH, Hoyerswerda; Production of Shii-take fruiting bodies; organised tour; end of tour back in Senftenberg around 17:00
15:00Excursion B
NATURPARADIES GRÜNHAUS, Lichterfeld; wild life coming back to a closed brown coal mining area; organised tour; end of tour back in Senftenberg not later than 20:00