INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP Giuliano Degrassi

INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP Giuliano Degrassi

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GENERAL PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
INDUSTRIAL
BIOTECHNOLOGY GROUP
09.00 - 10.30:
CSA session: Plenary meeting
Giuliano Degrassi
10.30 - 11.00:
Coffee Break – ICGEB Atrium (CSA Members)
Giuliano.degrassi@icgeb.org
11.00 - 13.00:
CSA session: Plenary meeting
(cont.)
13.00 -14.00:
Lunch Break – ICGEB Common Room (CSA Members)
14.00 -15.40:
Scientific Presentations by ICGEB Research Groups (20+5’ per Group)
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Bacteriology
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Biotechnology Development
Unit
ICGEB
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ClusterSmartHealthFVG
Biosafety
Trieste
Human Molecular
Genetics
20May2016
15.40 - 16.00:
Coffee Break – ICGEB Atrium
16.00 - 17.40:
Scientific Presentations (continued)
IndustrialBiotechnologyGroup(BuenosAires)
1.DevelopmentofmicrobialinoculantsforplantgrowthpromoLonand
protecLon(bioferLlizaLonandbiocontrol)
-isola(onofbacterialendophytesfromsoybean,corn,wheatandbarley
-phenotypicandgenotypiccharacteriza(on
-selec(onofplantgrowthpromo(ngcandidates(riskclass1only)
-laboratoryandfieldtrialsforassessmentofperformances(inprogress)
IndustrialBiotechnologyGroup(BuenosAires)
2.HeterologousexpressionoflignocellulolyLcenzymesforpre-treatmentof
ofplantcellwall-containingagroindustrialwastesandproducLonofbiogas
-heterologusexpressionofcelluloly(cenzymesinE.coli(cellulase,
cellobiohydrolaseandbeta-glucosidase)alreadyachievedbut…….
-poorsolubility,thereforeexpressioninyeast(Pichia):inprogress
Aim: increase the yield of
biogas in anaerobic digestors
by means of a pre-treatment
oftheorganicsubstrates