Sunday 28^th September

Time

1630-1845

Registration at the lobby of the WICC, welcome drinks

1845-1915

Opening of the Clostridium 10 Workshop by Dr. Pieternel Claassen.

Welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Martin J. Kropff, Rector Magnificus/ Vice President of the Executive Board of the Wageningen University and Research Center.

1915-2000

Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. David Jones, University of Otago (New Zealand)

 “The history of the Acetone Butanol Ethanol fermentation process”

2000-

Dinner at WICC (Sports Bar)

0830-

0900

Registration at the lobby of WICC

Session: Gene expression, Chairman: Willem de Vos, Wageningen UR

0900-0930

Novel and known transcription factors involved in regulation of solventogenesis by C. acetobutylicum -Peter Dürre, University of Ulm

0930-1000

Of stress and tolerance- Terry Papoutsakis, University of Delaware

1000-1030

The initiation of  sporulation in C. acetobutylicum- Michael Young, Aberystwyth University

1030-1100

Break

1100-1130

Clostridial quorum sensing- Nigel Minton, University of Nottingham

1130-1200

 Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol fermentation:

Metabolic network, fluxes and reaction kinetics- Peter Götz, University of Stuttgart

1200-1230

Mathematical modelling of gene regulation networks in C. acetobutylicum-

Sara Jabari, University of Nottingham

1230-1400

Lunch + Poster Session

Session: Strain improvement, Chairman: Hubert Bahl

1400-1430

Metabolic engineering of C.  acetobutylicum for the production of butanol at high yield- Philippe Soucaille, Metabolic Explorer

1430-1500

New perspective on cellulose fermentation by C. thermocellum-

Nicolai Panikov, Thayer School of Engineering

1500-1530

Analysis of a C. acetobutylicum acetate kinase knock-out mutant  –Wouter Kuit, Wageningen University and Research Center

1530-1600

Break

1600-1630

Characterization of an isolate of high-ratio butanol producing C. acetobutylicum- Weihong Jiang, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences

1630-1700

Biochemical characterization of an acetoin reductase from C. beijerinckii NCIMB8052 and expression in C. acetobutylicum ATCC824- Marco Siemerink, Wageningen University and Research Center

1700-1730

Metabolic engineering of C. acetobutylicum using TargeTron system-

Sheng Yang, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences

1730-1900

Drinks + Poster Session

1900-

1945

Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Lee R. Lynd, Dartmouth College (USA)

" Mascoma Corporation, Clostridium, and me: Personal reflections on the emergence of a cellulosic biofuel industry"

2000

Dinner at WICC

Session: Biochemistry & Stress response, Chairman: Nigel Minton

0900-0930

Oxygen tolerance in the strict anaerobe C. acetobutylicum- Hubert Bahl, University of Rostock

0930-1000

The sugar uptake capabilities of C. beijerinckii.  Wilfrid Mitchell, Heriott-Watt University

1000-1030

Co-production of riboflavin and butanol in Clostridium acetobutylicum 824- George Bennett, Rice University

1030-1100

Break

1100-1130

Biobutanol in Biosynergy- Frederic Monot, IFP- Institute Français du Petrol

1130-1200

Utilizing bioluminescence as a dynamic, sensitive, real-time reporter of butanol production in Clostridium ABE fermentation- Stacy Burns-Guydish, Cobalt Biofuels

1200-1230

β-glucoside transport in C. acetobutylicum-  The Biofuels Technology Center in Scotland- Eve Bird, Martin Tangney, Napier University

1230-

1330

Lunch

Social activity

1345

Departure to the Hoge Veluwe Park

1430-1600

Visit to the Kröller-Müller Museum at the Hoge Veluwe Park

1600-1800

Reception at the "Koperen Kop" restaurant, at the Hoge Veluwe Park.

Offered by Green Biologics

1800

Departure to WICC

2000

Dinner at restaurant "O Mundo", Hotel De Wereld