Please Note: The Conference Program below is not in its final version, adjustments will occur. Final Program will be available two months before the conference date.
BIT’s 2nd Symposium on
Enzyme & Biocatalysis (SEB-2011)
Time: April 25-30, 2011
Venue: World Expo Center, Dalian, China
(Please Note: The Speech Order is Tentatively Arranged, it is Subjected to Re-arrangement by Session Chair Later)
Grand Opening Ceremony
April 25, 2011 (Monday) 09:00-09:30
Welcome Remark from the Organizer
Welcome Speech from Dalian Government
Speech Addressed by International Professional Society Leader
Speech Addressed by China Central Government Leader
Speech from Representative of Nobel Prize Laureates
Speech from Representative of Top Biotechnology Industry Leader
Nobel Laureates Forum
Time: April 25, 2011 (Monday) 09:40-11:40; Place: Multi-Functional Hall, Mezzanine, DWEC
Moderator
Dr. Tian Xu, Investigator, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, USA; Director, Institute of Developmental Biology & Molecular Medicine, Fudan University, China
09:40-10:10
Title: Function of Proteins Involved in Neurotransmitter Release and Short-term Synaptic Plasticity Dr. Erwin Neher,Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1991, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
10:10-10:40
Title: 60 Years of DNA Dr. Richard Roberts, The Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1993, Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs, USA
10:40-11:10
Title: The Ribosome- An Amazing Machine for Translating the Genetic Code Dr. Ada E.Yonath, The Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2009;Director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
11:10-11:40
Title: Why Our Proteins Have to Die so We Shall Live or the Ubiquitin Proteolytic System - From Basic Mechanisms thru Human Diseases and onto Drug Development Dr. Aaron Ciechanover,The Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2004, Distinguished Research Professor. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Keynote Forum
April 25, 2011 (Monday)
Time: 14:00-17:00; Place: Meeting Room 10, 2nd Floor, DWEC
Moderator:
Dr. Peter Seufer-Wasserthal, Senior Vice President, Pharmaceuticals, Codexis Inc., USA
14:00-14:10
Moderator’s Introduction
14:10-14:40
Title: Microbial Enzymes and Bioconversions in Industry: A Success Story Dr. Arnold L. Demain, Professor, Member of the National Academy of Sciences in The United States; Founder of Department of Fermentation Microbiology at Merck & Co., Inc., Drew University, USA
14:40-15:10
Title:Industrial Enzymes–A Sustainable Solution for Industry Dr. Wenping Wu, Senior Director, R&D Center,Novozymes China,China
15:10-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Title: Biocatalysis: Renewed Interest with Surge in Industrial Biotechnology
Dr. Mani Subramanian, Professor, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering; Director, Center for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing, The University of Iowa, USA
16:00-16:30
Title: Understanding Catalysis Starts with Structure: Determining the Coordination Structure of Heme Iron Enzyme Active Sites with Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy
Dr. John H. Dawson, Carolina Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, USA
16:30-17:00
Title: Xanthine Oxidoreductase and the Origins of Catalytic Power Dr. Russ Hille, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of California,USA
