SymposiumThe Future of Biotechnology and Biofilm Research

19 April 2024, by Website Team Biologie

Photo: UHH, RRZ/MCC, Mentz

The symposium will take place on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Prof. Wolfgang R. Streit (working group Microbiology & Biotechnology) on Mai 3, 2024 from 13:15 to 17:00 in the Carl von Linné Lecture Hall of the Institute of Plant Sciences and Microbiology

We are looking forward to many participants, exciting lectures and discussions on the topic of "The Future of Biotechnology and Biofilm Research". Take a look at the program here:

Program

The Symposium The Future of Biotechnology and Biofilm Research will take place in the CvL-Lecture Hall of the IPM.

13∶15
Welcome & Introductory remarks by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Ritter
Dean of the MIN Faculty

13:30
Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner (Geomar Kiel)
Microbes in climate change

14:00
Prof. Dr. Karl-Erich Jaeger (Research Center Jülich & University of Düsseldorf)
Fun with enzymes: a story of old and new hydrolases

14:30
Prof. Dr. Marie Schölmerich (ETH Zürich)
Extrachromosomal elements in C1-metabolizing microbe

15:00
Group photo on the terrace / Coffeebreak

15:30
Prof. Dr. Hans-Curt Flemming (University of Duisburg-Essen)
The perfect slime: The house of biofilm cells

16:00
Prof. Rotem Sorek (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
The arms race between bacteria and their viruses

16:30
Prof. Dr. Alexander Probst (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Advancing the microbiome toolkit in the post-genomic era

17:00
Closing remarks by Prof. Dr. Ruth Schmitz-Streit

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