Industrial Uses of Bacteria
19 May 2010 - IOM3, London
From 09.00
Registration and coffee
09.30
Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction: Dr Chris J Hewitt, Professor of Biological Engineering,
Loughborough University
09.40
Session 1
09.40 Microbial Biofuels in Perspective
10.10 Learning From Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria How
To Convert Solar Energy Into Fuels
10.35 Farming Marine Microalgae: the Next Agricultural
Revolution
11.00
Refreshments
11.25
Session 2
11.25 Biohydrogen Production and Precious Metal
Recovery for Fuel Cells
11.55 Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery
12.20 Expanded Bed Technology for High-rate
Bioprocesses
12.45
Lunch
13.45
Session 3
13.45 Land Bioremediation and Bionanotechnology
Professor Martin Tangney, Director, Biofuel
Research Centre, Edinburgh Napier
University
Professor Richard Cogdell, Glasgow
Biomedical Research Centre, University of
Glasgow
Professor Grant Burgess, Professor of Marine
Biotechnology, Newcastle University
Dr Mark Redwood, Unit of Functional
Bionanomaterials, School of Biosciences,
University of Birmingham
Professor Adel Sharif, Director, Centre for
Osmosis Research & Applications, University
of Surrey
Dr Mike Dempsey, School of Biology,
Chemistry and Health Sciences, Manchester
Metropolitan University
Russell Thomas, Parsons Brinckerhoff and
Professor Jon Lloyd, School of Earth,
Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences,
University of Manchester
14.25 Industrial Production of Enzymes for Bioinnovation
Dr Stuart Stocks, Novozymes
14.50 Selection and Testing of New Marine Bacteria for
Green and White Biotechnology Applications
Dr Robert Speight, Ingenza Ltd
15.15
Refreshments
15.45
Session 4
15.45 Production of Biodegradable Polymers
(Polyhydroxyalkanoates)
Dr Ipsita Roy, School of Life Sciences,
University of Westminster
16.10 Good bugs, Bad bugs; Sol-gel Encapsulated Bacteria
in Anti-Fouling and Anti-Corrosion Coatings
Professor Robert Akid, Head of Structural
Materials and Integrity Research Centre,
Sheffield Hallam University
16.35 – 16.40
Conference Chair
Wrap up and Close
For further details please see the event website www.iom3.org/events/bacteria
or contact Dawn Bonfield on 01438 821740 or [email protected].