CyanoFactory2014 programme
CyanoFactory Scientific Meeting 2014
Ljubljana, Slovenia
December 8 – 10, 2014
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
MONDAY, December 8 [CyanoFactory MEMBERS ONLY]
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome, presentation of the programme, and a brief overview of recent project activities (Marko Dolinar and Peter Lindblad)
09:15 – 10:00 Update WP1: ToolBox for cyanobacterial synthetic biology (UU)
10.00 – 10:45 Update WP2: DataWarehouse/Bioinformatics (UM)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:00 Update WP3: Improvement of chassis growth, functionality and robustness (IBMC)
12:00 – 12:45 Update WP4: Introduction of custom designed hydrogen producing units (UU)
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Update WP5: Improvement of photosynthetic efficiency towards H2-production (RUB)
14:45 – 15:00 Update WP6: Biosafety (UL)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:15 Update WP7: Analyses of the purpose designed cyanobacterial cells to identify bottlenecks and suggest further improvements (USFD)
16:15 – 17:00 Update WP8: Metabolic modelling of the engineered cells (UPVLC)
TUESDAY, December 9 [CyanoFactory MEMBERS ONLY]
09:00 – 09:45 Update WP9: Development of an efficient photobioreactor unit (KSD)
09:45 – 10:30 Update WP10: Assembly and performance assessment of a larger prototype photobioreactor system (CNR-ISE)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Update WP11: Management (UU)
11.45 – 12:30 Update WP12: Dissemination, publication policy (UU)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Presentation of forthcoming consortium meetings
14:30 – 15:15 Strengthening collaboration between WPs
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 16:30 Planning beyond the FP7 project
16:30 – 18:30 Steering Committee Meeting (Steering Committee members only)
20:00 Dinner in the Old Town
WEDNESDAY, December 10 [OPEN for guests and visitors]
09:00 – 10:00 INVITED LECTURE 1 - TBA
10:00 – 11:00 INVITED LECTURE 2 - TBA
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 INVITED LECTURE 3 – TBA
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 INVITED LECTURE 4 – TBA
15:00 – 16:00 ”CyanoFactory” by Peter Lindblad (Dept. Chemistry – Angstrom Laboratory, Uppsala University; Sweden), coordinator of the FP7 project Cyanofactory
16:00 – 17:00 Teatime discussion: Synthetic biology of Cyanobacteria – an open field for collaborations
