The 10th Workshop on the Genetics and Physiology of Acid- and Solvent-producing Clostridia
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The sector of Life Sciences is fast-growing and consists of enthusiastic scientists and entrepreneurs involved in every aspect concerning the quality of our lives.
Wageningen forms the heart of Dutch agricultural and life sciences and is the centre of the Dutch Food Valley. The city has more than 120 private companies focused on innovative development and a large number of well known research institutes actively involved in the areas of food, nutrition, life sciences and health. It also houses Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR) which is internationally renowned and agricultural college Larenstein. In Wageningen, any entrepreneur, researcher or teacher will find everything which is necessary for further growth and development. The city is proud of its unique role and gives high priority to the further development of its ‘City of Life Sciences’.
Cobalt Biofuels is a next generation biofuels company enabling the transition to domestically-produced, renewable fuels.  The company has a portfolio of technologies that will accelerate the competitive commercialization of biobutanol, the next generation biofuel.
Cobalt's technologies can also be applied to lower the cost and increase the efficiency of producing current biofuels, including ethanol. Cobalt is comprised of cutting-edge researchers from top US universities and seasoned management from leading bio-engineering firms. The company is backed by leading Bay Area life science and technology investors.
 Green Biologics Limited (GBL) is a leading industrial biotechnology company creating innovative technology solutions and collaborating with commercial partners on the production of renewable bio-chemicals and 2nd generation bio-fuels from a range of non-edible agricultural and industrial waste biomass feedstock
GBL offers world leadership in the development and utilization of high performance proprietary clostridia and thermophilic microbial strains, fermentation and down-stream processes targeted at low cost production of butanol and a range of other solvents and organic acids. GBL is headquartered in Oxfordshire, UK and has offices in Georgia, USA

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Wageningen UR works on knowledge that helps us to create safe, healthy and above all tasty food.
Food that is healthy and safe for us, but also for our environment. Wageningen UR develops more efficient production and distribution methods in which wastage of natural raw materials is minimised. Wageningen UR also incorporates the newly created knowledge into its education programmes.

Mascoma Corporation is a leader in advanced low-carbon biofuels technology based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Using proprietary microorganisms and enzymes developed at the company's laboratories in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Mascoma is collaborating with research partners globally to identify, patent and deploy a new generation of microbes and
low-cost processes for producing advanced cellulosic ethanol technologies across a range of non-food feedstocks. Mascoma plans to develop demonstration and commercial scale production facilities in locations across the United States. For more information, visit www.mascoma.com.
   

This work is supported with a grant of the Dutch Programme EOS (Energy Research Subsidy) a joint initiative of the Ministries of Economic Affairs, Education, Culture and Sciences and of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. Co-financing was provided by the Renewable Resources Program of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.


 B-basic

B-Basic is a consortium of universities, research institutions and industry. The programme focuses on the development of new bio-based production concepts for the chemical (and energy) industry which are rooted in the current explosive increase in fundamental insights in molecular biology through the genomics revolution,combined with advanced bioprocess technology and existing chemical knowledge.


'As the forum, conscience and voice of the arts and sciences in the Netherlands, the Academy promotes the quality of scientific and scholarly work and strives to ensure that Dutch scholars and scientists make the best possible contribution to the cultural, social and economic development of Dutch society.
 
On 8 May 2008, it was precisely two hundred years since King Louis Napoleon founded the Royal Institute of Science, Letters and Fine Arts, the forerunner of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy is celebrating this landmark year (KNAW 200) by organising a wide variety of different events.Throughout 2008, the Academy is focusing on the “Magic of Science”: the adventure of science and how it fascinates and challenges us all, regardless of our age.'