Speakers

Dr. Sunita J. Varjani

School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar

Speech Title: Biodegradation of Indian crude oil by cocktail of microorganisms from on shore sites




Prof. K.B. Ramachandran

Indian Institute of Technology: Madras, Chennai

Speech Title: Understanding hyaluronic acid molecular weight control in bacterial systems




Prof. Parmjit S. Panesar

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal, Punjab

Speech Title: Bioprocessing of whey into value added products




Prof. Anand Kumar Bachhawat

Indian Instiute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Mohali

Speech Title: Genetic Strategies to increase the metabolic flux towards isoprenoid biosynthesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae




Dr Anurag S. Rathore

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Speech Title: Continuous Processing in Biopharm Manufacturing




Dr. Feng-Wu Bai

School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Speech Title: Overproduction of cellulase by Trichoderma reesei Rut C30 through batch-feeding of synthesized mixture as substrate and inducer




Dr. Ajikumar Parayil

MANUS BIO, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Speech Title: Industrialization of biology: making nature accessible and affordable




Dr. Prabodh Kumar Trivedi

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow

Speech Title: Pathway Engineering of Flavonoid Biosynthesis for Improved Crop Productivity and Human Health




Dr. Rekha Singhal

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Speech Title: Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Turmeric and Pepper oleoresins using Solubility Parameter Approach for enhanced yields




Dr. Makarand M. Ghangrekar

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Speech Title: Exploiting bioelectrochemical systems for bioresource recovery with simultaneous waste reclamation




Dr. K. V. Venkatesh

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Speech Title: Role of Global Transcriptional Factors in the Anaerobic Growth of Escherichia coli




Dr. Suren Singh

Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4000, South Africa

Speech Title: PHYTASE FROM ENTEROBACTER SP. ACSS: PRODUCTION, CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS




Dr Sangeeta Srivastava

GM Corporate R& D, Godavari Biorefineries Limited

Speech Title: Lignocellulosic Biomass- Challenges and Opportunities.




Dr Apostolis Koutinas

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece

Speech Title: Utilization of sunflower-based biodiesel industry by-products for the development of an integrated biorefinery concept




Dr. Cristobal N. Aguilar

Group of Bioprocesses. Food Research Department. Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. Saltillo, 25280, Coahuila, México.

Speech Title: PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS BY SOLID-STATE FERMENTATION




Dr Rajanish Giri

School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi

Speech Title: Zika virus: Learning its disordered side of proteome




Dr Thallada Bhaskar

Bio-Fuels Division (BFD) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India.

Speech Title: Pyrolytic transformations of lignocellulosic biomass: Opportunities in India




Dr. Li Shu

School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

Speech Title: Application of Enhanced Membrane Bioreactor (eMBR) to Treat Textile Effluent




Dr. Subramanian Ramalingam

Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai 600025

Speech Title:Kinetic modeling of heterologous acrylate pathway in E. coli and lactic acid bacteria to elucidate the bottlenecks limiting the flux in the pathway




Dr Rajeev Kumar Sukumaran

Centre for Biofuels, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Industrial Estate P.O., Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram 695019

Speech Title: Biomass Deconstruction Paradigm: Improvement of hydrolysis through better enzyme cocktails and processes




Dr Veeriah Jegatheesan

Water: Effective Technologies and Tools (WETT) Research Centre at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Speech Title: Membrane Treatment Technologies for Water Sustainability




Dr. V.K. Garg

Centre for Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda 151001, Punjab, India

Speech Title: Conversion of ETP and STP sludge into manure employing vermitechnology




Dr. Gholamreza DJELVEH

Institut Pascal axe GePEB (Génie des procèdes énergétique et biosystème) Campus des Cézeaux – Université Blaise Pascal Bât. Polytech – 2 avenue Blaise Pascal – 63174 Aubière cedex - FRANCE

Speech Title: Exploring the refinery concept on Spirulina Platensis




Dr Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi

Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India

Speech Title: Bioprocess development for xylitol production by halotolerant yeast Debaryomyces nepalensis




Dr Suresh Kumar Dubey

Molecular Ecology Lab at the Department of Botany, Institute of science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Speech Title: Utilization of microbial community potential for removal of chlorpyrifos




Dr. Pramod Kumbhar

CTO Praj Industries, Pune

Speech Title: Biochemicals: Bulk or specialty?




Dr. You-Kwan Oh

Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), Daejeon 34129, Republic of Korea

Speech Title: Process improvement and integration for microalgae-based biodiesel production




Professor H N Mishra

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India

Speech Title: Novel Technologies for Food Products Manufacturing & Shelf Life Extension




Dr. Sang Jun Sim

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Korea

Speech Title: Novel microscale approaches provide promising solutions to microalgae research




Dr. Suzana Yusup

Biomass Processing Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Speech Title: Assessment of Rice (Oryza sativa) Productivity and Yield Component upon Neem-Based Biopesticide by using SPSS




Dr. Samir Kumar Khanal

Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

Speech Title: Anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass using horizontal bioreactor: Evaluation of long-term digester performance




Dr Rupam Kataki

Department of Energy, Tezpur (Central) University.

Speech Title: Fabrication of carbon derived from waste biomass: a structural, physical and chemical investigation




Dr. Emmanuel M. Papamichael

Enzyme Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Group, Ioannina, Greece

Speech Title: LIPASE-CATALYZED ESTERIFICATION OF FATTY ACIDS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTES, FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION




Dr R.D. Tyagi

INRS-ETE, University of Quebec, 490 Rue de la Couronne Quebec, Canada, G1K 9A9

Speech Title: Problems and Challenges in Microbial Biodiesel Production




Dr. Eugenia BEZIRTZOGLOU

Democritus University of Thrace, School of Agricultural Development, Laboratory of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Hygiene, GR68200 Orestiada,Greece

Speech Title: EMERGING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN HONEY AS A HAZARD FOR HUMAN HEALTH




Dr. Munish Puri

Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Deakin University, Australia.

Speech Title: Agriculture biomass processing for the production of high value bioactives and co-products: a promising scenario for rural economies




Dr. MARIA PAPADAKI

Food Biotechnology Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece

Speech Title: Exploitation of solid wastes biocatalysts of food industry for extremely low temperature fermentations




Dr. Smita Srivastava

Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

Speech Title: Metabolic engineering of vitamin E biosynthesis for enhanced alpha-tocopherol production in plant cells




Prof. Raj Boopathy

Biological Sciences at the Nicholls State University, USA

Speech Title: Combined Biological and Chemical Pretreatment Method for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production from Energy Cane




Dr Rafael Luque

Departamento de Quimica Organica at Universidad de Cordoba

Speech Title: Benign-by-design methodologies for a more sustainable future: from nanomaterials to biomass conversion




Dr Pawan K. Dhar

Synthetic Biology group at School of Biotechnology, JNU.

Speech Title: THE MAKING OF A SCIENTIST




Dr Poonam Singh

Program Director - Biotechnology Research, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK

Speech Title: Strategic transformation of biocatalysts for their effective employability in bioprocessing




Dr Castro, Guillermo Raúl

Laboratorio de Nanobiomateriales, CINDEFI - Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - CONICET (CCT La Plata), Calles 47 y 115 (B1900AJI) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Speech Title: Microbial cellulose patches for molecular controlled release of therapeutic compounds




PROFESSOR EMERITUS ATHANASIOS A. KOUTINAS

Food Biotechnology Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece

Speech Title: Cellulose Nano and Micro-biotechnology for Food Bio-processing Development




Dr J.A. Teixeira

Centre of Biological Engineering, Dep. of Biological Engineering, Univ. of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal

Speech Title: Protein crystallization in a new meso oscillatory flow reactor




Important Dates
Last date of Abstract submission Oct 15, 2016
Decision on abstract acceptance Oct 31, 2016
Registration last date for BPI-2016 Conference Nov 15, 2016

Conference Chairs
Dr. R.S. Sangwan: CIAB, Mohali
(E-mail: sangwan@ciab.res.in)
Dr. D.K. Sahoo: CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh (E-mail: debsahoo@imtech.res.in)
Prof. Anand Bachhawat: IISER, Mohali (E-mail: anand@iisermohali.ac.in)
Sponsors
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Organizers
CIAB, Mohali
IISER, Mohali
CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh
Venue
Knowledge City, Sector-81,
Mohali, Punjab (India)
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