Bioproducts, Bioreactors and Bioprocesses

This symposium reflects the natural synergy between the development of novel bioproducts, bioreactor systems and bioprocesses needed to commercialize new discoveries in biotechnology for the economic benefit, health and welfare of our changing world.

This symposium is part of the overall theme “ Challenges for a Changing World ” of the 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering and covers a wide spectrum of bioproducts, bioreactor and bioprocesses.

Confirmed keynotes

Costas Kiparissides
"A combined metabolic/polymerization modeling approachon the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production. "

Adriano Mariano
" Optimisation of a fermentation process for butanol production using pso. "

Boris Tartakovsky
" A multi-population model of a microbial fuel cell. "

Rochefort Dominic
" Paper modified with microencapsulated enzymes: towards bioactive paper. "

Amer Almadidy
" Biotechnology: applications & benefits. "

Krull Rainer
" Microbiology of filamentous fungi: Linking cellular biology to process Engineering using Aspergillus niger. "

E. Franco-Lara
" Microbioreactors: Design, Characterization, Instrumentation and Parallelization. "

D. Grant Allen
" Growth and adhesion of microalgae: development of a microalgal bioreactor utilizing wastewater. "

Arvind Lali
" Pseudobioaffinity adsorbent for efficient and cost effective immunoglobulins purification. "

Andrés F G Barrios
" Bioprospection approach for bioremediation in colombia: evaluation of a cr (vi) biosorption process using a native bacillus sphaericus strain . "

Scope

This symposium covers a wide range of commercially important bioproducts that have the same common characteristics, namely, they are derived from renewable raw materials employing green bioprocesses which are sustainable and environmentally friendly. This symposium has the following proposed topics :

Biopolymers for biomedical applications

Nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery

Microbioreactors in biochemical engineering

Biosensors and biomarkers

Biopharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals

Bioinsecticides and biopesticides production by microorganisms

Application of metabolic and synthetic biology to biochemical engineering

Lignocellulosic bioconversion to bioproducts

Extraction and purification of bioproducts

Biofuels from renewable raw materials

  • Liquid Biofuels
  • Gaseous Biofuels

Biofuel Cells and applications

Photobioreactors for algae and bio-oil production

New developments in immobilized enzymes and cell bioreactors

Novel bioproducts from renewable resources

Bioprocess design and economic analysis

Publication

This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 Proceedings.

Organizers

Dr. Argyrios Margaritis, P.Eng., F.C.I.C.
Professor of Biochemical Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, N6A 5B9
CANADA
Tel: (519)-661-2146
Fax: (519)-661-4275
amarg@uwo.ca
http://www.engga.uwo.ca/people/amargaritis/

Members of the Scientific Committee

Professor Dr. Rainer Krull
Technische Universitat Braunschweig
Institut Fur Bioverfahrenstechnik
Gausstrassa 17, 38106, Braunschweig
GERMANY
r.krull@tu-bs.de
Tel: 0531/391-7653
Fax: 0531/391-7652

Professor Arvind Lali
Department of Chemical Engineering
University Institute of Mumbay, Matunga
Mumbai, 400019
INDIA
aml@udct.org
Tel: 91 2224145616
Fax: 91 2224145614

Professor Huining Xia
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B5A3
CANADA
hxiao@unb.ca
Tel: 506-453-3532
Fax:506-453-3591

Professor Dimitre Karamanev
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, N6A 5B9
CANADA
dkaramanev@eng.uwo.ca
Tel: 519-661-2111 (x88230)
Fax: 519-661-349

Professor Gaetan Laroche
Department of Mining Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Universite Laval, Laval, Quebec, G1V0A6
CANADA
gaetan.laroche@gmn.ulaval.ca
Tel: 418-656-2131 ext. 7983
Fax: 418-656-5343

Dr. Gordon Surgeoner
President and CEO
Ontario Agri-Food Technologies
1 Stone Road West
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 4Y2
CANADA
gord@oaft.org
Tel:519-826-4195
Fax:519-826-3389