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ICGEB Council of Scientific Advisers – Twenty-second session – Trieste, Italy, 17-18 May 2016

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GENERAL PROGRAMME

Tuesday, 17 May 2016 09.00 - 10.30: CSA session: Plenary meeting

10.30 - 11.00: Coffee Break – ICGEB Atrium (CSA Members)

11.00 - 13.00: CSA session: Plenary meeting (cont.) 13.00 -14.00: Lunch Break – ICGEB Common Room (CSA Members)

14.00 -15.40: Scientific Presentations by ICGEB Research Groups (20+5’ per Group)

• Bacteriology • Biotechnology Development Unit

• Biosafety

• Human Molecular Genetics 15.40 - 16.00: Coffee Break – ICGEB Atrium

16.00 - 17.40: Scientific Presentations (continued)

• Cardiovascular Biology • Molecular Medicine

• Molecular Cardiology

• Molecular Hematology

17.45: Transportation to Hotels (Shuttle bus)

INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP

Giuliano Degrassi Giuliano.degrassi@icgeb.org

ICGEBClusterSmartHealthFVG

Trieste20May2016

IndustrialBiotechnologyGroup(BuenosAires)

1.DevelopmentofmicrobialinoculantsforplantgrowthpromoLonandprotecLon(bioferLlizaLonandbiocontrol)

-isola(onofbacterialendophytesfromsoybean,corn,wheatandbarley-phenotypicandgenotypiccharacteriza(on-selec(onofplantgrowthpromo(ngcandidates(riskclass1only)-laboratoryandfieldtrialsforassessmentofperformances(inprogress)

IndustrialBiotechnologyGroup(BuenosAires)

2.HeterologousexpressionoflignocellulolyLcenzymesforpre-treatmentofofplantcellwall-containingagroindustrialwastesandproducLonofbiogas

-heterologusexpressionofcelluloly(cenzymesinE.coli(cellulase,cellobiohydrolaseandbeta-glucosidase)alreadyachievedbut…….

-poorsolubility,thereforeexpressioninyeast(Pichia):inprogress

Aim: increase the yield ofbiogas in anaerobic digestorsby means of a pre-treatmentoftheorganicsubstrates