CyanoFactory2014 programme
CyanoFactory Scientific Meeting 2014
Ljubljana, Slovenia
December 8 – 10, 2014
MEETING PROGRAMME
MONDAY, December 8
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome, presentation of the programme, and a brief overview of recent project activities (Marko Dolinar and Peter Lindblad)
Session I: Chassis and Parts Framework
09:15 – 10:00 Update WP1: ToolBox for cyanobacterial synthetic biology (UU)
10.00 – 10:45 Update WP4: Introduction of custom designed hydrogen producing units (UU)
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 WP5: Improvement of photosynthetic efficiency towards H2-production (RUB)
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch
Session II: Systems Biolgy and Omics
14:00 – 14:45 Update WP7: Analyses of the purpose designed cyanobacterial cells to identify bottlenecks and suggest further improvements (USFD)
14:45 – 15:30 Update WP8: Metabolic modelling of the engineered cells (UPVLC)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
Session III: Biosafety and Photobioreactors
16:00 – 16:45 Update WP6: Biosafety (UL)
16:45 – 17:30 Update WP9: Development of an efficient photobioreactor unit (KSD)
17:30 - 18:15 Update WP10: Assembly and performance assessment of a larger prototype photobioreactor system (CNR-ISE)
TUESDAY, December 9
Session IV: Common themes
09:00 – 09:45 Update WP2: CyanoData Warehouse (UM)
09:45 – 10:30 Update WP12 + WP11: Dissemination and Management (UU)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Presentation of forthcoming consortium meetings
11.45 – 12:30 Strengthening collaboration between WPs
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Transportation to Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
14:30 – 15:15 Introduction to the CyanoData workshop
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break
Parallel Sessions:
A - in the Dean's meeting room
15:45 – 16:30 Planning beyond the FP7 project
16:30 – 18:30 Steering Committee Meeting (Steering Committee members only)
B - in the computer room
15:45 - 18:30 CyanoData Workshop
Transportation to the City
19:30 Dinner out (walk to the restaurant)
WEDNESDAY, December 10 [OPEN for guests and visitors]
08:45 – 09:45 Kenneth Reardon (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA) - Integrated design of cyanobacterial biorefineries
09:45 – 10:45 Koji Sode (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) - CyanoFactory Japan: present status and future perspectives
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 Koichi Abe (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)- Riboregulators for gene expression control tools in cyanobacteria
12:15 - 13:15 Lei Pei (Biofaction KG, Vienna, Austria) - Novel approaches to improve biocontainment
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:30 ”CyanoFactory” by Peter Lindblad (Uppsala University, Sweden), coordinator of the FP7 project Cyanofactory
15:30 – 16:30 Discussion: Synthetic biology of Cyanobacteria – an open field for collaborations
