Program
Tuesday 3 of December 2019
14:00. Welcome
14:30- 15:30. (45 min + 15 min discussion)
“Amino acid oxidases: different solutions for novel applications”
Prof. Loredano Pollegioni
Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
15:30: Coffee break
16:00-17:00. (45 min + 15 min discussion)
“Directed evolution of monoxygenases for biotechnology”
Prof. Gianfranco Gilardi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Torino
17:00-18:00. (45 min + 15 min discussion)
"Structural tools for the rational design of new biocatalysts”
Dr. Giovanna Di Nardo
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Torino
Free evening
Wednesday 4 of December 2019
9:30-10:30. (45 min + 15 min discussion)
“Carbohydrate active enzymes for biorefineries”
Dr. Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy
10:30. Coffee break
11:00-12:00 (45 min + 15 min discussion)
“In silico approaches for enzyme discovery by metagenomics”
Dr. Andrea Strazzulli
Department of Biology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’
12:00-12:15 (15 min)
“Molecular biology: an overview”
Dr. Anna Zingale
Thermo Fisher Scientific
12:15-14:00 Lunch
14:00. Students' short talks session.
14:00-14:20. (15 min + 5 min discussion)
“Toward understanding the molecular properties and regulation of cystathionine beta synthase from Toxoplasma gondii”
Dr. Carolina Conter
Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
14:20-14:40. (15 min + 5 min discussion)
“Transglutaminase-modified hemp (Cannabis sativa, l.) seed proteins as matrix of novel bioplastics”
Seyedeh Fatemeh Mirpoor
Department of Chemical science, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples.
14:40-15:00. (15 min + 5 min discussion)
“𝜷-galactosidase from thermophilic Bacillus coagulans strain ma-13: biochemical characterization for enzymatic degradation of hemicelluloses”
Ferdinando Sansone
Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples.
15.00. End of the session
15:00- 16:00. (45 min + 15 min discussion)
“New frontiers in biotechnology through the SNAP-tag technology”
Dr. Giuseppe Perugino
Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy
16:00. Coffee break
16:30-17:30 (45 min + 15 min discussion)
“Versatile enzyme-display platform based on bacterial spore”
Prof. Rachele Isticato
Department of Biology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’
Free evening
Thursday 5 of December 2019
9:30. Students' short talk session
9:30-9:50. (15 min + 5 min discussion)
"Identification and Characterization of a new Arsenite Methyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus HB27: a new piece of the puzzle of the arsenic resistance (system)"
Giovanni Gallo
Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples.
9:50-10:10. (15 min + 5 min discussion)
“Whey protein based bioplastics crosslinked by microbial transglutaminase”
Manar Abdalrazeq
Department of Chemical science, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples.
10:10-10:30. (15 min + 5 min discussion)
"A comprehensive analysis of AADC pathogenic variants provides new insight on the structure-function relationship of AADC.”
Giovanni Bisello
Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, University of Verona, Italy
10:30. End of the session.
10:30-10:45 (10 min + 5 min discussion)
“IBISBA 1.0 - Striving to accelerate end-to-end bioprocess development”
Dr. Mauro Di Fenza
Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy
10:45. Coffee break
11:15-12:15. (45 min + 15 min discussion)
“Enzyme engineering for oligosaccharides synthesis”
Prof. Marco Moracci
Department of Biology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’
Farewell