Scientists from all over the world are invited to the 8th International Congress on Biocatalysis 2016 (biocat2016) to be held from August 28th to September 1st, 2016 at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany. Developing a bio-based economy is a worldwide strategy to address the global challenges of dwindling fossil energy reserves, environmental pollution and climate change in the light of a growing world population. Biocatalysis is one of the key technologies to address this complex task helping to produce sustainable raw materials and energy supply from biomass, while at the same time taking responsibility for the world’s food supply. Biotechnological products already find application in chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry and the developing bio-economy is expected to create new processes and products and new job opportunities. To face the enormous and diverse challenges of our time bridging the gap between research and markets of the future is particularly important. The successful concept of biocat is due to an interdisciplinary approach integrating the know-how of well-acknowledged biologists, biochemists, chemists and engineers from academia and industry. Biocat offers a platform to form strategic alliances for future projects. Since 2002 TuTech has been organizing the biennial biocat conference series, which is focused on the rapidly evolving fields of biocatalysis and industrial biotechnology. The preceding International Congresses on Biocatalysis attracted more than 2600 participants from over 40 countries.
The major topics to be addressed are:
Enzyme discovery, production and application
Structure-function analysis and enzyme design
Enzymatic and whole cell biotransformations
Bioprocess engineering and downstream processing
Sustainable industrial processes
Get the latest information about the congress and an updated list of invited speakers at the conference website: www.biocat2016.de
Online registration
Early registration will be possible until July 1, 2016 at a reduced fee. Special rates apply for members of the International Society for Extremophiles (ISE, www.extremophiles.org). Online registration is open at: www.biocat2016.de/registration
Abstract submission
Deadline for abstract submission is May 15, 2016. Please prepare your abstract according to the instructions given at: www.biocat2016.de/abstract-submission. All abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee and the authors will be notified of the decision by June 24, 2016. Source: TuTech Innovation GmbH