This programme is provisional |
SUNDAY 7 September |
SESSION 1 : PLENARY SESSION 1 |
MONDAY 8 September |
SESSION 2 : Keynote Presentations |
09.00 |
Mesophilic crenarchaeota are not Crenarchaea but Thaumarchaea: proposal for a third archaeal phylum |
K1 |
Patrick Forterre |
Universite Paris-Sud, France
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09.30 |
Contribution of the proteins from hyperthermophilic archaea to structural and functional analyses of DNA replication/repair apparatus |
K2 |
Yoshizumi Ishino |
Kyushu University, Japan
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10.00 |
The Sac10b protein family of Archaea |
K3 |
Li Huang |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing , China
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10.30 |
TEA |
SESSION 3A : MICROBIOLOGY & MICROBIAL ECOLOGY |
11.00 |
(parallel with Session 3B) |
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A study on actinobacterial diversity in hypersaline environments in western China by using culture-independent and culture-dependent approaches |
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Wen-Jun Li |
Ministry of Education, PR China |
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A 16S rDNA microarray for oil reservoirs – challenges and possibilities |
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Odd G. Brakstad |
SINTEF, Norway |
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Nanoarchaeal 16S rRNA gene sequences are widely dispersed in hyperthermophilic and mesophilic halophilic environments |
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Ana Casanueva |
UWC, South Africa |
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Stratified microbial communities involving in methane metabolism along the sediment core of Pearl River Estuarine, Southern China |
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Lijin Jiang |
State Oceanic Administration, China |
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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial evolution in acid mine effluents, La Zarza-Perrunal case (Iberian Pyritic Belt, Spain ) |
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Elena González-Toril |
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SESSION 3B : PROTEINS & ENZYMES |
11.00 |
(parallel with Session 3A) |
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Defining the genome, proteome and metalloproteome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon, pyrococcus furiosus |
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Michael WW Adams |
University of Georgia , USA |
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Kinetic and structural characterization of the enzymes involved in the synthesis of di-myo-inositol-phosphate in Archaeoglobus fulgidus |
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Nuno Borges |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
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Molecular analysis of the type II molybdo-enzymes from Archaeoglobus fulgidus and Thauera selenatis |
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Elizabeth Dridge |
University of Exeter , United Kingdom |
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Proteolysis in extremophiles: structures, enzymology and possible roles of the archaeal TET proteins |
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MA Durà |
Institute of Structural Biology , France |
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Analysis of secreted proteins and membrane vesicles reveals the presence of endosome sorting complex components in Crenarchaeota |
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Albert F Ellen |
University of Gronigen , The Netherlands |
SESSION 4A : MICROBIOLOGY & MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (parallel with Session 4B) |
14.00 |
Thermo-acidophilic methane oxidation by Verrucomicrobia extends our perception of biological methane oxidation |
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Nils-Kåre Birkeland |
University of Bergen , Norway |
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Diversity of hypolithic communities in the Dry Valley soils of Eastern Antarctica |
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Nuraan Khan |
University of Western Cape , South Africa |
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Presence and activity of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria at deep-sea hydrothermal vents |
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Nathalie Byrne |
Centre de Brest , France |
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Selection and diversity of Thermoacidophilic archaea in mineral sulfide oxidation |
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Paul Norris |
University of Warwick, United Kingdom |
SESSION 4B : PROTEINS & ENZYMES (parallel with Session 4A) |
14.00 |
A versatile small heat shock protein from a eurypsychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii |
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Pongpan Laksanalamai |
University of Maryland , USA |
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Rational engineering of new DNA specificities in MmeI, a restriction Endonuclease isolated from Methylophilus methylotrophus |
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Richard D Morgan |
New England Biolabs , USA |
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Studies on thermophilic L-haloacid Dehalogenases |
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Carrie Rye |
University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
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Functional characterisation of a putative photolyase from the extreme Haloarchaeon, Haloferax volcanii |
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Winnie Wu |
University of Bath, United Kingdom |
SESSION 5A : ADAPTATIONS TO EXTREMOPHILY (parallel with Session 5B) |
15.50 |
Evolution Adaptation to γ-irradiation in Escherichia coli |
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Yuejin Hua |
Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, China |
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Molecular mechanisms involved in biofilm formation in extremophile biomining bacteria |
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Matias Castro |
University of Chile, Chile |
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How hyper-thermophilic organisms stabilize their Nucleic Acids? |
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Henri Grosjean |
University of Paris-South, France |
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Unique polyamines produced by extreme thermophiles |
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Tairo Oshima |
Institute of Environmental Microbiology , Japan |
SESSION 5B : GENES & NUCLEIC ACIDS (parallel with Session 5A) |
15.50 |
Small RNA in Pyrobaculum |
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David L Bernick |
University of California , USA |
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Master keys to DNA replication, repair, and recombination from the structural biology of macromolecular complexes from Pyrococcus and Sulfolobus |
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John A. Tainer |
Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
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Analysis of transfer RNA introns and 5’ leading sequence in Hyperthermophilic Pyrobaculum |
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Patricia Chan |
University of California , USA |
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Genetic and biochemical characterization of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) synthase in Haloferax mediterranei |
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Qiuhe Lu |
Chinese Academy of Sciences , China |
TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER |
SESSION 6 : Keynote Presentations
|
09.00 |
Examining microbial diversity of thermophilic communities in hot mineral soils of Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus , Antarctica |
K4 |
Craig Cary |
University of Waikato, New Zealand
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09.30 |
Mining extreme potential through predictive modeling |
K5 |
Nitin Baliga |
Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, USA
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10.00 |
Heat capacity, configurational entropy, and the role of ionic interactions in protein thermostability |
K6 |
Rudolf Ladenstein
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Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
10.30 |
TEA |
SESSION 7A : MICROBIOLOGY & MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (parallel with Session 7B) |
11.00 |
Thermophilic iron-reducing prokaryotes: recent developments in phylogeny and physiology |
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Alexander Slobodkin |
Russian Academy of Sciences , Russia |
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Environmental genomics studies in the Dead Sea : characterization of a microbial community surviving in an increasingly extreme environment |
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Aharon Oren |
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Israel |
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Isolation and characterization of the first obligate piezophilic hyperthermophilic Archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent |
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Zeng Xiang |
UMR, Brest , France |
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New thermophilic crenarchaeota in Uzon Caldera hot springs (Kamchatka) |
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Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya |
Russian Academy of Sciences , Russia |
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Contrasting microbial communities and geochemical dynamics in subterranean and surface-terrestrial extremely acidic environments |
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Owen Rowe |
Bangor University , United Kingdom |
SESSION 7B: PROTEINS & ENZYMES (parallel with Session 7A) |
11.00 |
Functional analysis of the MCM and Cdc6 proteins from the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum |
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Gyri Teien Haugland |
University of Bergen Norway |
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Transient-state kinetics of intein-mediated protein splicing in the Methanococcus jannaschii KlbA intein |
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Fran Perler |
New England Biolabs , USA |
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2-Oxoacid dehydrogenase multienzyme complexes in thermophilic Archaea |
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Karl Payne |
University of Bath, United Kingdom |
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Engineering glycosidases from extremophiles for the synthesis of oligosaccharides |
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Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano |
Institute of Biotechnology , Italy |
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Functional dissection of archaeal RNA Polymerase using novel robotic approaches |
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Robert OJ Weinzierl |
Imperial College, United Kingdom |
WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER |
SESSION 8 : Keynote Presentations
|
09.00 |
Genomic analysis of extremely halophilic archaea: Survival in multiple extremes |
K7 |
Shil DasSarma |
University of Maryland, USA
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09.30 |
Assembly and function of archaeal cell surface structures |
K8 |
Sonja Albers |
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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10.00 |
Life at the Air/Water interface |
K9 |
Peter Rose |
Rhodes University, South Africa
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10.30 |
TEA |
SESSION 9A : ADAPTATIONS TO EXTREMOPHILY (parallel with Session 9B) |
11.00 |
Environmental adaptation: genomic analysis of the piezotolerant and psychrotolerant deep-sea iron reducing bacterium Shewanella piezotolerans WP3 |
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Fengping Wang |
State Oceanic Administration, China |
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Natranaerobius thermophilus: Studies on the mechanisms for thriving under triple extreme growth conditions |
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Noha M Mesbah |
University of Georgia , USA |
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The novel anaerobic halo-alkalithermophile Natranaerobius thermophilus: Studies on the mechanisms for thriving under triple extreme growth conditions |
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Ksenia Medvedkova |
Russian Academy of Sciences , Russia |
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Copper resistance mechanisms of extremophilic bacteria and archaea living under exceptionally high concentrations of metals |
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Claudio Navarro |
University of Chile, Chile |
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Participation of the phenylpropanoid pathway in response to salt excess on extreme plant Deschampsia antarctica |
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Pablo Zamora |
University of Chile, Chile |
SESSION 9B : APPLICATIONS (parallel with Session 9A) |
11.00 |
The development of a novel Thermophilic Bacillus capable of high yield ethanol production |
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Kirsten Eley |
TMO Renewables, United Kingdom |
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Thermostable biocatalysts for industrial biotechnology |
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Jenny Littlechild |
University of Exeter , United Kingdom |
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Biocatalytical conversion of heavy oils - characterizing and screening of a microbial strain collection |
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Sidsel Markussen |
SINTEF, Norway |
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Nitrile hydrolysing enzymes from extremophiles: their role in biocatalysis |
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Rohit Sharma |
Panjab University , India |
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The oxidative environment of bioleaching bioreactors and its effect on extremophile Sulfolobus metallicus |
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Gavin Jones |
University of Cape Town , South Africa |
SESSION 10A : PROTEINS & ENZYMES (parallel with Session 10B) |
14.00 |
Functional analysis of Thermostable Esterases: biochemical properties, crystal structures and applications |
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Mark Levisson |
TMO Renewables, United Kingdom |
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Structure function relationships in archaeal and eukaryotic RNA polymerases |
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Michael Thomm |
University Regensburg, Germany |
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Metabolic promiscuity from Thermus scotoductus SA-01: An extensive investigation of the proteins from this thermophile from the deep subsurface |
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Esta van Heerden |
University of the Free State, South Africa |
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Characterization of a new respiratory supercomplex from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus |
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Laurence Prunetti |
IBSM, France |
SESSION 10B : APPLICATIONS (parallel with Session 10A) |
14.00 |
Pyrococcus furiosus a-amylase used within Industrial Food Sterilisation Processes |
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Ian Brown |
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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Sulfolobus – E. coli shuttle vectors |
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Silvia Berkner |
University of Bayreuth, Germany |
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Exploiting extreme environments in search for novel actinomycetes and their oxidative enzymes |
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Marilize Le Roes-Hill |
University of the Free State, South Africa |
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Thermal-stability of Diether C25 liposomes derived from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1 |
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Dejan Gmajner |
IBSM, France |
SESSION 11A : PROTEINS & ENZYMES (parallel with Session 11B) |
15.50 |
The Heterodimeric Primase from the Euryarchaeon Pyrococcus abyssi: A multifunctional enzyme for initiation and repair? |
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Magali Le Breton |
IUEM, Plouzané, France |
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Ectoine biosynthesis genes and enzymes of halotolerant and halophilic methylotrophic bacteria |
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AS Reshetnikov |
RAS Pushchino State University, Russia |
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Functional metagenomics- mining and mutagenesis of novel low-temperature-active lipolytic enzymes |
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Petter Thureborn |
Södertörn University College of Life Sciences, Sweden |
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Isolation and characterization of a Sulfolobus solfataricus protease inhibitor homologous with the eukaryotic PEBP members |
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Palmieri Gianna |
Istituto de Biochimica delle Proteine CNR, Italy |
SESSION 11B : METABOLIC PROCESSES (parallel with Session 11A) |
15.50 |
Regulation of hydrogen production of Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus |
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Karin Willquist |
Lund University, Sweden |
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Nitric and nitrous oxide production by the haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei |
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Rosa María Martinez-Espinosa |
Universidade de Alicante, Spain |
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Non-phosphorylated L-Rhamnose Metabolic Pathway in Thermoplasma acidophilum |
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Sun Bok Lee |
Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea |
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Distinct regulation of carbon monoxide oxidation pathways to carbon fixation and energy conservation in anaerobic bacteria from Kamchatkan Hot Springs |
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Stephen Techtmann |
University of Maryland, USA |
THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER |
SESSION 12 : Keynote Presentations
|
09.00 |
Shedding light on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere in deepest, darkest Africa through metagenomic analyses |
K10 |
Tullis C Onstott |
Princeton University, USA
|
09.30 |
Novel biotechnological products and processes from alkaliphiles of East African soda lakes |
K11 |
Amare Gessesse |
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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10.00 |
In vitro evolution of biocatalysts from extremophiles for biotechnological exploitation. |
K12 |
Peter Bergquist |
Macquarie University, Australia
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10.30 |
TEA |
SESSION 13A : ADAPTATIONS TO EXTREMOPHILY (parallel with Session 13B) |
11.00 |
Insight into the antioxidant system of Sulfolobus solfataricus |
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Danila Limauro |
Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy |
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Protein-RNA interactions explain how tRNA is stabilized in Thermotoga maritima |
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Daniel Bruggeman |
University of North Carolina, USA |
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A cold-active enzyme with an unusual high thermal stability: Isocitrate dehydrogenase from the psychrophilic bacterium Desulfotalea psychrophila |
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Anita-Elin Fedøy |
University of Bergen, Norway |
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TET3 protease from P. horikoshii reveals astonishing properties of high pressure and temperature resistance |
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Eva Rosenbaum |
Institut de Biologie Structurale Laboratoire de Biophysique, Grenoble, France |
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On the molecular strategies utilized from Thermus thermophilus for stabilizing the structure of a Trehalose/Maltose-Binding Protein |
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Sabato D’Auria |
Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Italy |
SESSION 13B : GENES & NUCLEIC ACIDS (parallel with Session 13A) |
11.00 |
Complete genome sequence of hyperthermophilic proteolytic archaeon Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis |
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Nikolai Ravin |
Centre Bioengineering, RAS, Russia |
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Construction of environmental DNA libraries from hot spring sediments and enrichment cultures to access chromium reducing genes |
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Subrata Pal |
Jadavpur University, India |
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Clustering of CO dehydrogenase and energy-converting hydrogenase genes is a specific feature of diverse hydrogenogenic carboxydotrophs |
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Alexander Lebedinsky |
Russian Academy of Science, Russia |
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Biohydrogen via a new pathway? Formate hydrogenlyase in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus litoralis |
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Gabor Rakhely |
University of Szeged, Hungary |
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Denitrification in Thermus thermophilus: the dual role of the nitrate reductase |
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Felipe Cava |
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain |
SESSION 14 : METABOLIC PROCESSES (single session) |
14.00 |
New insights into the iron and the sulfur energetic metabolism of the strict acidophilic bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans |
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Corinne Appia-Ayme |
ICNRS, Marseille, France |
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Sulfur metabolism in the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus |
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Marie Cécile Giuliani |
BIP, Marseille, France |
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Cell cycle characteristics of Crenarchaeota: unity among diversity |
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Magnus Lundgren |
Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
SESSION 15 : APPLICATIONS (single session) |
15.50 |
Biocatalytic conversion of heavy oil by use of extremophiles - effects on reservoir recovery |
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Hans Kristian Kotlar |
StatoilHydro, Norway |
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Immobilisation and use of thermophilic biocatalysts in miniaturised flow reactors |
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Anne Marie Hickey |
University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
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Changes in mineralogy of Galena ore after biohydrometallurgical treatment of various acidophiles |
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Sadia Ilyas |
NIBGE, Pakistan |
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Production of Exopolysaccharide (EPS) by an alkaliphilic bacterial strain of Vagococcus carniphilus MCM B - 1018 isolated from alkaline Lonar Lake, India |
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Pradnya Kanekar |
Agharkar Research Institute, India |
17.10 |
PLENARY SESSION 2 |