Program
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Pre-conference dinner at the „Wirtshaus Garbe“ (http://www.wirtshausgarbe.de/) next to the Hohenheim campus (self-payer) starting from 6 p.m.
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
09:00-10:00 Coffee & Registration
10:00-10:15 Welcome address (Rudolf Hausmann)
10:15-11:00 KEYNOTE: Ibrahim Banat - A Journey into Biosurfactants Research and Development for Over Three Decades
------- Session 1: Rhamnolipid biosurfactants -------
11:00-11:20 Gloria Soberón-Chávez - Use of Pseudomonas chlororaphis for the heterologous production of rhamnolipids
11:20-11:40 Sonja Kubicki - Burkholderia species naturally producing O-methylated rhamnolipids
11:40-12:00 Denise Maria Guimarães Freire - Rhamnolipid scale-up production from corn ethanol industry by-product and preliminary economic analysis
12:00-12:20 Till Tiso - Combined strain and process engineering to overcome challenges in foaming rhamnolipid production fermentations
LUNCHBREAK 12:30-13:30
13:30-14:15 KEYNOTE: Monica Höfte - Perspectives of Lipopeptides Producing Bacteria as Biocontrol Agents in Agriculture
------- Session 2: Lipopeptide biosurfactants -------
14:30-14:50 Alexis C. R. Hoste - Study of the impact of bacterially produced lipopeptides on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in vitro
14:50-15:10 Noomen Hmidet - Lipopeptides of B. methylotrophicus DSC1: Production, stuctural analysis and biotechnological applications
15:10-15:30 François Coutte - Spray-drying performances of the three families of lipopeptides biosurfactant produced by Bacillus subtilis
15:30-15:50 Chantal Treinen - Exploring new strategies for efficient and robust surfactin production in Bacillus bioprocesses
COFFEE BREAK 16:00-16:30
------- Session 3: Glycolipid biosurfactants -------
16:30-16:50 Lars Blank - Plastics as carbon source for microbial biosurfactants
16:50-17:10 Amira Oraby - Optimization potentials for the fermentation of cellobiose lipids derived from life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis
17:10-17:30 Lars Bippus - Life Cycle Assessment for process optimization of Mannosylerythritol lipids (MEL) production
17:30-17:50 Niki Baccile - Biosurfactants or bioamphiphiles? Thoughts and opportunities concerning microbial glycolipids
POSTER PARTY with German beer, sausage and pretzels 18:00-22:00
Thursday, September 29, 2022
8:00-9:00 Coffee & Registration
9:00-9:45 KEYNOTE: Sanket J. Joshi - Biosurfactants applications in enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
9:45-10:30 KEYNOTE: Leonie Asfora Sarubbo - Biosurfactants as a sustainable technology for the control of oil spills
COFFEE BREAK 10:30-11:00
------- Session 4: Biosurfactant applications -------
11:00-11:20 Izak Schlebusch - Extraction of hazardous heavy metals from South African mine wastewater by biosurfactant precipitation
11:20-11:40 Baiyu Zhang - Development of a lipopeptide-based dispersant for marine oil spill response
11:40-12:00 Niki Baccile - Hydrogelling properties of microbial glycolipids
12:00-12:20 Matthew Twigg - Glycolipid biosurfactants as novel anti-cancer agents
LUNCHBREAK 12:30-13:30
13:30-14:15 KEYNOTE: Christoph Syldatk - Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of glycolipid biosurfactants
------- Session 5: Enzymatic synthesis and natural surfactants -------
14:30-14:50 Daniela Tsekova - L-Asp based monomeric and gemini surfactants - surface activity and biological study
14:50-15:10 Grzegorz Pasternak - Biosynthesis of surfactants in bioelectrochemical systems
15:10-15:30 Rossana Pitocchi - Biosurfactant proteins form fungi grown in hostile environments
15:30-15:50 Diego Romano Perinelli - Surface and emulsifying properties of soyasaponin-based surfactants from legumes
COFFEE BREAK 16:00-16:30
------- Session 6: Downstream processing of biosurfactants -------
16:30-16:50 Xanel Vecino - Screening of anionic resins for the formulation of heterogeneous membranes for the removal of lactic and concentration of biosurfactants from corn steep waters
16:50-17:10 Fredy Wsbaldo Baron Nunez - Analysis of downstream process strategies for the production Mannosylerythritol lipids (MEL)
17:10-17:30 Kirsten Van Niekerk - Aqueous Two-phase separation for lipopeptide purification
17:30-17:50 Sigrid Görgen - Adapted cell factories for production of biosurfactant on cheap substrates
CONFERENCE DINNER 19:00
Friday, September 30, 2022
8:00-9:00 Coffee & Registration
9:00-9:45 KEYNOTE: Wim Soetaert - Bridging the Gap from Biosurfactants Research to Commercialization
9:45-10:30 KEYNOTE: Tomotake Morita - Tailor-made mannoylerythritol lipids
COFFEE BREAK 10:30-11:00
------- Session 7: Industrial perspectives -------
11:00-11:20 Alexandra Trambitas & Jochen Kleinen - Rhamnolipids is revolutionating the laundry detergent market
11:20-11:40 Marcin Lukaszewicz - The beauty of lipopeptides: from theory to practice
SHORT BREAK 10:40-11:50
11:50-12:10 Ben Dolman - Overcoming technoeconomic challenges to build first ktonne scale sophorolipid plant and begin mass market biosurfactant application
12:10-12:30 Teresa Gea - Challenges in the scaling and commercialization of sophorolipids by solid state fermentation
12:30-12:50 Sofie Lodens & Sophie Roelants - The Waste2Func project: Valorisation of food waste into microbial biosurfactants
12:50-13:00 Closing remarks and end of the Conference (Rudolf Hausmann)