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P R O G R A M M EW E L C O M E
We are delighted to invite delegates to the1st Gießen Symposium for InsectBiotechnology.
With more than one million cataloguedspecies, insects are the most successfulorganisms in terms of biodiversity. Theyhave evolved a diverse arsenal of activeingredients and enzymes to defendthemselves against pathogens andpredators, and to utilize challengingnutritional resources. Insect biotechnology,also known as yellow biotechnology, willmake this enormous range of naturalsubstances available to the bioeconomy.
The symposium has been organized by theLOEWE Centre for Insect Biotechnologyand Bioresources, and brings togetherscientists and professionals from insectbiotechnology and related disciplines toshare recent developments and research.We offer an interdisciplinary programmeallowing delegates to discuss recentinnovations, develop knowledge and skills,and build valuable connections with othersfrom around the world.
The 1st Gießen Symposium for InsectBiotechnology is free and open to thepublic, and will be held on 9-10 October2017 in Gießen.
Registration is necessary for participationand open until 31 Aug 2017. Delegatescan register by using the following link:
Session III | Enabling technologies
9:00 Prof. Dr. Anant Patel, Bielefeld University of AppliedSciencesFormulations for novel biological pest control strategies
9:30 PD Dr. Jens Gläser, JLU GießenNew and innovative strategies to access natural products
9:50 Dr. Tobias Weidner, THM GießenInsect-based expression systems
10:10-10:40 Coffee break
Session IV | From genes to protein production
10:40 Prof. Dr. Herwig O. Gutzeit, TU DresdenProduction of feed without the use of arable land
11:00 Dr. Karina Brinkrolf, Fraunhofer IMEGenome analysis of insect-associated microbes
11:20 Dr. Antje Steinbrink, Goethe-Universität FrankfurtMosquito distribution, modelling and identification
11:40-14:00 Lunch and poster session
Session V | Evolutionary ecology
14:00 Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt, Senckenberg DeutschesEntomologisches InstitutEvolutionary biogeography: Why are phylogeographicpatterns so similar around the world?
14:30 PD Dr. Steffen Pauls, Senckenberg Biodiversität undKlima ForschungszentrumRunning dry: transcriptome-wide gene expressionpatterns in aquatic insect larvae associated withintermittent flow regimes
15:00 Dr. Georg Petschenka, JLU GießenResistance and sequestration: drivers of insect–plantcoevolution
15:20 Close
14:00 Registration, Foyer
14:30 GreetingsProf. Dr. Peter Kämpfer, Vizepräsident für Forschungund Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses, JLUGießen
14:40 Introduction: Insect BiotechnologyProf. Dr. Andreas Vilcinskas, Fraunhofer IME & JLUGießen
Session I | Insect pest and vector control
15:15 Prof. Dr. Marc F. Schetelig, JLU GießenVector control strategies for mosquitoes
15:30 PD Dr. Johannes Stökl, Heisenberg Fellow, JLU GießenParasitoid wasps against D. suzukii
15:45 PD Dr. Sandra Steiger, JLU GießenThe evolution of parental care in burying beetles and itsimplications for insect biotechnology
16:00 Dr. Marisa Skaljac, Fraunhofer IMEUnderstanding critical aspects of aphid survival anddeveloping strategies for their control
16:15-16:45 Coffee break
Session II | Natural resources and natural product research
16:45 Prof. Dr. Helge Bode, Goethe-Universität FrankfurtMicrobial natural products and how to get to them faster:Examples from entomopathogenic bacteria
17:15 Dr. Miray Tonk, Fraunhofer IMEInsect antimicrobial peptides
17:30 Prof. Dr. Till Schäberle, JLU GießenFrom genes to novel natural products and back
18:15 Introduction of the new Masters programme: InsectBiotechnology & BioresourcesDean: Prof. Dr. Klaus EderOverview: Prof. Schäberle, Prof. Schetelig, Prof. Vilcinskas,PD Dr. Degenkolb
18:45-21:00 Get-together
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Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-3235392 Gießen
Email: [email protected]
The symposium is free and open to the public with mandatory online registration at:
insekten-biotechnologie.de/de/registrierung
Registration deadline: 31 August 2017
C O N T A C T
www.insekten-biotechnologie.de
V E N U EThe symposium will be held at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
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Main building, JLU Gießen, AulaLudwigstr. 2335392 Gießen
Parking: There is a parking area at the main building. Direct access is only possible from Stephanstraße.
Insect biotechnology in:
§ Plant protection and vector control
§ Natural product research
§ Biochemical engineering and bioprocessing
§ Evolutionary ecology
Broad interdisciplinary topics combiningbiotechnology, plant protection and processengineering
Insect Biotechnology and Bioresources
– Starting winter semester 2017/18 –
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management www.uni-giessen.de/studium/master/IBB
Contact and information
I N T R O D U C T I O N of the new Masters programme
Yellow Biotechnology at the interface of:
§ Red BiotechMedicine and pharmacology
§ Green BiotechPlant protection
§ White BiotechIndustrial and food biotechnology