SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME PROGRAMME 6
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICETB-2014) November 6-9, 2014 PROGRAMME 6th November 2014 1000-1200h Registration – JNU Convention Centre 1400-1700h Registration – JNU Convention Centre 1500-1700h BRSI Board of Governors and Management Council meeting 1700-1730h TEA 1730-1930h Opening session and BRSI award function 1930-2030h DINNER 7th November 2014 0900-1030h Presentation by BRSI award winners 1030-1100h TEA 1 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Time Parallel Sessions IA, IB, IC Session IA Mini-symposium on White Biotechnology CoordinatorChairs: Rakesh Bhatnagar & P Gunasekaran Session IB Food and Agricultural Biotechnology CoordinatorChairs: Emm M Papamichael & KC Upadhyaya Session IC Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Chairs: Prasenjit Sen & Lidia Szpyrkowicz Pistacia terebinthus resin: Biotechnological applications for food 1100-1300h new generation biofuel production from agro-industrial wastes using promoters in acidogenesis of biomass Athanasios Koutinas University of Patras, Patras, GREECE Catalytic and microbial selective deoxygenation of C-3/ C-5 platform molecules Chandrashekhar V Rode CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, INDIA Production of lactic acid from lignocellulosic biomass Digamber V Gokhale CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, INDIA Mechanism of bacterial aniline oxidation via gammaglutamylanilide Masahiro Takeo University of Hyogo, Hyogo, JAPAN production Maria Kanellaki University of Patras, Patras, GREECE From API discovery to the industrial production Enrico Bardone Biotech WG AIDIC, Milano, ITALY Engineering abiotic stress tolerance in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) for sustainable agriculture Bhavanath Jha CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, INDIA Defining molecular targets for synergistic therapy of Parkinson’s disease Krishna Misra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, INDIA Technological properties of lactobacillus isolated from traditional Greek dairy products Poonam Singh Nigam University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK Biotechnology of secondary metabolism in medicinal plants with emphasis on Coleus forskohlii and Dysoxylum binectariferum Sumit Gandhi CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, INDIA Enhanced Viability of microencapsulated Lactobacillus strains in complex coacervates Loulouda Bosnea University of Thessaloniki, GREECE 1300-1400h 1400-1530h Time Synergies Between Chemistry and Nanotechnology: Applications to Nanomedicine Maurizio Prato University of Trieste, Trieste, ITALY Recombinant E. coli used as biocatalyst for production of 3demthylated colchicines Kashyap K Dubey Maharashi Dayanand University, Rohtak, INDIA Recent trends in computer-aided engineering of G protein-coupled receptor (Gpcr) ligands Moro Stefano University of Padova, Padova, ITALY LUNCH POSTER SESSION I EEF: 01-252 (ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT) Parallel Sessions IIA, IIB, IIC 2 1530-1700h SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Session IIA Mini-symposium on White Biotechnology CoordinatorChairs: BN Johri & RBN Prasad Session IIB Genomics and Metabolomics-I CoordinatorChairs: Bhavanath Jha & Ravi Raghavan Session IIC Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Chairs: Enrico Bardone & Durg V Singh Biological conversion of lignocellulose into biofuels and high added value products using thermophiles Rajesh K Sani South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA Metagenomics and beyond: From sequence to function Atya Kapley National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, INDIA Mitochondrial ATP synthase as a molecular target for drugs Giovanna Lippe University of Udine, Udine, ITALY Fractionation of tropical feedstocks for bioenergy and biobased products Samir K Khanal University of Hawaii at Mãnoa, Honolulu, USA Catalytic chemicals production from biomass-derived compounds using water and carbon dioxide under hightemperature and high-pressure conditions Masayuki Shirai Iwate University, Iwate, JAPAN Microbial production of lipids and biomethanol from anaerobic process platforms Kartik Chandran Columbia University, New York, USA 1700-1730h Time The epigenetic modulation of Humicola grisea var. thermoidea cellulase and xylanase genes expression Marcio José Poças Fonseca University of Brasilia, Brazilia, BRAZIL Microarray based insights into functional gene diversity and microbial communities from contaminated coastal sites of India Natesan Manickam Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, INDIA A fight against tuberculosis: Generating novel rifamycin analogs by the manipulation of rifamycin polyketide synthase gene cluster of Amycolatopsis mediterranei Rup Lal University of Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA Screening, validation and development of mitochondrial drugs active in degenerative diseases Paolo Bernardi University of Padova, Padova, ITALY Influence of mixotrophic growth on global gene expression in unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 Pramod P Wangikar Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, INDIA Process development and scale up of cyclic glucans Mukesh Doble Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, INDIA Session IIIB Genomics and Metabolomics-II CoordinatorChairs: Sunil K Khare & Jose Teixeira Session IIIC Indo-Italian Workshop on Industrial Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Chairs: Giovanna Lippe & Krishna Misra TEA Parallel Sessions IIIA, IIIB, IIIC Session IIIA Mini-symposium on White Biotechnology CoordinatorChairs: Samir Khanal & AA Koutinas 3 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 1730-1830h Aspects in the catalytic synthesis of fatty acid esters, as biofuel alternatives, by native and/or genetically improved microbial lipases, Emmanuel M Papamichael University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE Leveraging model systems to improve sugar yields and sustainability in bioenergy grasses Rita Sharma Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA Presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in sewage treatment plant Raj Boopathy Nichollas State University, Louisiana, USA 1830-1900h 1900-1945h 1945-2045h Experimental confirmation of the UDP-GlcNAc biosynthetic pathway, which was not predicted from the genomic data of thermophilic archaeon, S. tokodaii Yutaka Kawarabayasi Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN A strategy for the identification of new abiotic stress determinants in rice using OMICS-based data mining and reverse genetics Ashwani Pareek Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA Sumoylation may play an important role in modification of large number of proteins associated with heat stress and salinity stress in plants Monendra Grover Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, INDIA Chitin nanofibrils as therapeutic support in advanced medications Elisabetta Petrucci University of Rome, Rome, ITALY Antibiotic resistance: a paradigm shift in discovery of antibiotics Durg V Singh Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, INDIA A biotechnological approach for the rational design and development of a new multi-target vaccine against tuberculosis Marco Terreni University of Pavia, Pavia, ITALY Anti-oxidant and anti-arthritic activities of methanolic extracts of Blepharispermum subsessile DC: an endemic medicinal plant. Sureshkumar P Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, INDIA BRSI GBM CULTURAL PROGRAMME DINNER 8th November 2014 Time Parallel Sessions IVA, IVB, IVC Session IVA Microbial Ecology and Diversity CoordinatorChairs: BP Kapadnis & R Praveen kumar Session IVB Enzymes Technology-I CoordinatorChairs: Sudha Bhattacharya & Maria Kanallaki Session IVC Mini-symposium on Bio-inspired Engineering CoordinatorChairs: Poonam S Nigam & Avinash K Agarwal 4 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 0900-1100h Bacterial community structure analysis following molecular approach to assess ecological impact of pollution Datta Madamwar Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, INDIA Bioleaching of fine-grained residues from copper smelting Simone Schopf TU Bergakademie Freiberg, GERMANY Microbial community structure in the rhizosphere of a Cry1Ac Bt-Brinjal and comparison to its non-transgenic counterpart Suresh K Dubey Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA Coral Microbiome: A potential resource in biotechnology Subrata K Das Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, INDIA Marine microbiota – A novel source for anti-infectives Shunmugiah K Pandian Alagappa University, Karaikudi, INDIA Continuous production of xylanase using a trickle bed reactor with Aspergillus nidulans under zero growth conditions Mark R Wilkins Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA Microbial Production of Industrially important substrate specific aminopeptidases K Madhavan Nampoothiri CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA Microbial Enzymes: Identification and characterization Dipti Sareen Punjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA Multiple amylases of the extreme thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans Tulsi Satyanarayana University of Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA Structure and functional analyses of recombinant glucuronoxylanxylano-hydrolase CtXynGH30), its truncated derivative Xyn30A and associated family 6 carbohydrate binding module CtCBM6 from Effect of chemical pretreatments on digestibility of lignocellulosic materials and bioenergy production Silvia Bolada Rodriguez University of Valladolid,Valladolid, Spain Role of solid catalysts for thermo-catalytic valorization of waste biomass Thallada Bhaskar Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, INDIA Bio-catalyzed Electrochemical System: A sustainable platform for valorization of waste to resource S Venkata Mohan CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, INDIA Solid acid catalyst pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of macroalgae cellulosic residue for the production of bioethanol Keat Teong Lee Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, MALAYSIA Clostridium thermocellum Arun Goyal Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, INDIA 1100-1130h Time TEA Parallel Sessions VA, VB, VC Session VA Innovations in Biotechnology CoordinatorChairs: Jyoti P Jadhav & Keat Teong Lee Session VB Enzymes Technology-II CoordinatorChairs: Ganti S Murthy & Mark R Wilkins Session VC Mini-symposium on Bio-inspired Engineering CoordinatorChairs: Rintu Banerjee & KB Ramachandran 5 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME On the development of innovative biotechnological processes- the production of biosurfactants Jose Antonio Couto Teixeira University of Minho, Braga, PORTUGAL 1130-1300h Next generation instrumentation development for infectious diseases Krishnan Sankaran Anna University, Chennai, INDIA Bacteria as bio-protectant for building materials M Sudhakara Reddy Thapar University, Patiala, INDIA Designer lipids based on vegetable oils RBN Prasad CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, INDIA Diabetes and emerging technological advancements M Balasubramanyam Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, INDIA Formulation of herbal bath soap from Vitex negundo leaf extract Ruckmani K Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, INDIA 1300-1400h 1400-1530h Time C5 Deconstruction of plant biomass using hemicellulases from thermophilic fungi Bhupinder S Chadha Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, INDIA Laccase from fungal sources and their promising applications in Biotechnology Akshaya Gupte Natubhai.V Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, INDIA Fabrication of hybrid immobilized cells and their microbial community response to various processes disturbances in a highrate hydrogen producing reactor fed with galactose Gopalakrishnan Kumar Daegu University, Gyeongbuk, SOUTH KOREA Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor in chemoprevention of prostate cancer Rana P Singh Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA Characterization of α-amylase from Pennisetum typhoides entrapped inside calcium alginate beads Pravin K Ambasht North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, INDIA Evaluation of immunomo-dulatory and therapeutic potential of a lectin from Aspergillus nidulans Ram S Singh Punjabi University, Patiala, INDIA Biocatalytic recovery of N-acetylated chitotriose and chitotetraose from chitinous seafood waste and their free radical scavenging ability Balasaheb P Kapadnis University of Pune, Pune, INDIA A discrete growth model of Artemisia annua hairy roots in a bioreactor for commercial production of Artemisinin Ritu Ranjan Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, INDIA LUNCH POSTER SESSION II FAF: 01-171 (FOOD AND AGRICULTURE) IBF:01-80 (INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY) Parallel Sessions VIA, VIB, VIC Session VIA Plant Biotechnology CoordinatorChairs: Rajiv Mathur & Neera Bhalla Sarin Session VIB Biological Waste Treatment CoordinatorChairs: Duu Jong Lee & Atya Kapley Session VIC Mini-symposium on Bio-inspired Engineering CoordinatorChairs: Raghvendra Gaikaiwari & MAA Khan 6 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria of mandarin orange (Citrus reticulate Blanco) and King chilli (Capsicum chinense) and their inoculants for plant growth Narayan C Talukdar Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, INDIA 1530-1700h Studies to improve wheat for high temperature stress areas Suman Bakshi Bhaba Atomic Centre, Mumbai, INDIA Secreted effectors of fungi: New insight towards generating disease free plants Praveen Verma National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, INDIA Down regulation of osmotin (PR5) gene by Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) leads to susceptibility of resistant Piper colubrinum Link. To the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora capsici Anu K Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA Removal of phenolic compounds from aqueous solutions by biosorptive foam separation containing CTAB using Metabolic network bottlenecks in xylulose utilization in A new approach to increase methane production from two phase anaerobic digestion Jonathan WC Wong Hong Kong Baptist University, HONG KONG Degradation of chlorpyrifos in batch and continuous aerated packed fbed bioreactors by Aspergillus sp Siddh N Upadhyay Indian Institute of Technology-BHU, Varanasi, INDIA Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ganti S Murthy Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA Ultrasound enhanced glycerol bioconversion: mechanistic investigations Vijayanand S Moholkar Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, INDIA Harmful microorganisms in aerobic and anaerobic waste treatments Merja Kontro University of Helsinki, Lahti, FINLAND Significance of Penicillium ochrochloron chitinase as a biocontrol agent against pest Helicoverpa armigera Jyoti P Jadhav Shivaji University, Kolhapur, INDIA Mathematical modeling of biodegradation of sewage under varying chloride concentrations Akhilendra B Gupta Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, INDIA Bioprocess development for caffeine degradation in food products and effluents Sathyanarayana N Gummadi Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, INDIA Technological Issues and Solutions to Deployment of Advanced Microbial Biofuels S M Paul Khurana Amity University, Manesar, INDIA Biosurfactant production by a CO2 sequestering Bacillus sp. strain ISTS2 Smita Sundaram AIRF, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA Session VIIB Microbial Products Coordinator- Session VIIC Mini-symposium on Bio-inspired Engineering Coordinator- Micrococcus lylae M Arulmozhi Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, INDIA 1700-1730h Time TEA Parallel Sessions VIIA, VIIB, VIIC Session VIIA Bioremediation and Environmental Management Coordinator- 7 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Chairs: Raj Boopathy & S Venkata Mohan 1730-1900h Phytoremediation: technology to cleanup textile effluents and contaminated sites Sanjay P Govindwar Shivaji University, Kolhapur, INDIA Environmental Health hazards of distillery waste and its biodegradation for environmental safety Ram Chandra Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, INDIA Application of sulphate reducing bacteria for microbial electrocatalysis Priyangshu M Sarma The Energy and Resource Institute, New Delhi, INDIA Kinetics and biofiltration of dimethyl sulfide emitted from P&P Industry Balendu Shekher Giri CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA Production of fatty acids and light oils from CO2 mitigation using Bacillus cereus SM1 isolated from sewage treatment plant Smita Raghuvanshi Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, INDIA 1900-2000h Chairs: Datta Madamwar & K Madhavan Nampoothiri Acinomycetes surpass bacteria and fungi; An emerging trend in enzyme and nanotechnology Dayanand Agsar Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, INDIA Solanesol bioresources and metabolism: Unique specialty in ubiquity Rajender S Sangwan DBT Bioprocessing Unit, Mohali, INDIA Media engineering for the production of an alkaline xylanase from Bacillus pumilus MTCC 5015 by submerged fermentation and its application in bio-bleaching Leya Thomas CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA Cloning and expression of gamma carbonic anhydrase from Serratia sp. ISTD04 for sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide and production of hydrocarbons as biofuel Shaili Srivastava AMITY University, Gurgaon, INDIA An effective Exobiopolymer based process for binding phosphate from water Moushumi Ghosh Thapar University, Patiala, INDIA Chairs: Silvia Bolada & Thallada Bhaskar Denitrifying sulfide removal by Azoarcus sp NSC3 and Pseudomonas sp CRS1 mix Duu Jong Lee National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, TAIWAN Development of a chitosan-based adhesive Anil K Patel DBT-IOCL Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy Research, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd; R&D Centre, Faridabad, INDIA Green catalytic conversion processes for production of fuels from renewable biomass materials Kamal K Pant Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, INDIA Applications of nanoparticles in the production and processing of microalgal biodiesel Ramanujam Praveen Kumar Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, INDIA Biosorption of Cr (VI) by calcium alginate-encapsulated Enterobacter aerogenes T2, in a semi-batch plug-flow process Jigisha Panda University of Calcutta, Kolkata, INDIA DINNER 9th November 2014 8 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Time Parallel Sessions VIIIA, VIIIB, VIIIC Session VIIIA Medical Biotechnology CoordinatorChairs: Kasturi Datta & RNK Bamezai Cancer proteomics: Implications for development of diagnostic biomarkers Swatantra K Jain Hamdard University, New Delhi, INDIA 0900-1030h Characterization of H. pylori type IV secretion system Gopal Jee Gopal MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, INDIA Direct visualization of HIV-enhancing endogenous amyloid fibrils in human semen Jay Kant Yadav Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, INDIA Efficacy of a novel 9-OAcSG based antigen assay for early diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis Sumi Mukhopadhyay Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, INDIA Hypoglycemic and hepatoprotective effect of Cinamomum cassia on alloxan induced diabetic mice Ranjit Kumar Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Patna, INDIA High mode contamination of multi-drug resistant super-bugs in Kolkata: Mechanism of gene activation and remedy by heterogeneous phyto-antibiotics Asit K Chakraborty Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, INDIA 1030-1100h Session VIIIB Workshop on Nanomaterials CoordinatorChairs: Dayanand Agsar & BS Chadha Bioinspired innovations in nanotechnology Kishore M Paknikar Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, INDIA Interaction of nanoparticles with non-halophilic and halophilic bacteria: evidences of nanotoxicity Sunil K Khare Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, INDIA Bionanoresources: Preparation, properties and applications of a new set of nanocelluloses and nanolignins from sugarcane bagasse Anjani J Varma CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, INDIA Low frequency Raman spectroscopic study in small particles and biological objects Prafulla K Jha MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, INDIA Session VIIIC Workshop on Environment and Occupational Health CoordinatorChairs: Gurunathan Baskar & Parmjit S Panesar Occurrence and analysis of natural progesterone and synthetic progestins in Czech wastewaters Vimal Kumar University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Vodňany, CZECH REPUBLIC Effects of anti-estrogenic activity on the measurement of estrogenic activity in wastewater Masaru Ihara Kyoto University, Shiga, JAPAN Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) induces oxidative stress and DNA damage in human breast cancer cells: Possible role of estrogen receptor α (ERα) Mihir Tanay Das Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, INDIA Extreme resistance to endotoxin in fish: Does TLR-4 signaling pathways play critical roles? Mrinal Samanta Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, INDIA Impact of methoxyacetic acid, an endocrine disruptive compound, on androgen-mediated gene response in mice testes Gargi Bagchi Amity University, Gurgaon, INDIA TEA 9 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Time Parallel Sessions IXA, IXB Session IXA Socio-biological Perspectives of Environment, Bioethics and IPR CoordinatorChairs: Rajeev K Sukumaran & Akhilesh Tiwari 1100-1215h Sachin Chaturvedi Research & Information System for Developing countries, IHC, New Delhi, INDIA Importance of Intellectual Property Creation Shaleen Raizada Sanshadow Consultants Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, INDIA Technology Intervention & Delivery Models with Scalable Solutions for Rural India: Some Experiences Sunil K Agarwal Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, INDIA Intellectual Property Rights: Emerging Issues in Funding of Research Saumen Chattopadhya School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA 1215-1315h LUNCH 1315-1445h POSTER SESSION III 1445-1615h INDUSTRY – YOUNG RESEARCHERS INTERACTIVE SESSION 1615-1715h CLOSING SESSION – Poster Awards and Declaration of XII BRSI Venue IBF: 81-177 (INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY) Session IXB Climate change: mitigation and adaptation options CoordinatorChairs: Madhukar Khetmalas & K Sankaran Climate change and society: Understanding adaptive capacities and adaptations to climate change Sucharita Sen Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA Biodiversity conservation and its implications for human rights (Socio-biological Perspectives of Environment) Vimla Vyas Academic Staff College, University of Allahabad, INDIA Climate Change Impact on Water Resources: Adaptation and Mitigation Options S Sreekesh Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, INDIA MBF: 01-167 (MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY) SBPE-01-18 (SOCIOBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ENVIRONMENT) 10
© Copyright 2024