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09.30 Chairman’s Welcome and Overview: Professor Chris J. Hewitt, Professor of Biological Engineering, Loughborough University

Session 1
•    Microbial Biofuels in Perspective: Professor Martin Tangney, Director, Biofuel Research Centre, Edinburgh Napier University
•    Learning from Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria how to Convert Solar Energy into Fuels: Professor Richard Cogdell, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow
•    Farming Marine Microalgae: the Next Agricultural Revolution: Professor Grant Burgess, Professor of Marine Biotechnology, Newcastle University

Session 2
•    Biohydrogen Production and Precious Metal Recovery for Fuel Cells: Dr Mark Redwood, Unit of Functional Bionanomaterials, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
•    Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery: Professor Adel Sharif, Director, Centre for Osmosis Research & Applications, University of Surrey
•    Expanded Bed Technology for High-rate Bioprocesses: Dr Mike Dempsey, School of Biology, Chemistry and Health Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University

Session 3
•    Land Bioremediation and Bionanotechnology: Dr Russell Thomas, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Professor Jon Lloyd, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
•    Industrial Production of Enzymes for Bioinnovation: Dr Stuart Stocks, Novozymes
•    Selection and Testing of New Marine Bacteria for Green and White Biotechnology Applications: Dr Robert Speight, Ingenza Ltd (to be confirmed)

Session 4
•    Production of Biodegradable Polymers (Polyhydroxyalkanoates): Dr Ipsita Roy, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster
•    Good bugs, Bad bugs; Sol-gel Encapsulated Bacteria in Anti-Fouling and Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Professor Robert Akid, Head of Structural Materials and Integrity Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University

16.40  Conference Close

Conference Chair

Professor Chris J. Hewitt, Professor of Biological Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU

Chris graduated with a first class honours degree in Microbiology from Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1990, and then went on to University of Birmingham to study for his PhD in Chemical Engineering. Chris is now busy developing the 'Centre for Biological Engineering', of which he is co-founder, at Loughborough that seeks to translate the latest bioscience discoveries into large quantities of safe economic pharmaceutical therapies. This is achieved by studying the interaction of the cell with the process engineering environment using such non-invasive techniques as flow cytometry, cell sorting and image analysis the motivation being process understanding, improvement and optimisation for informed scale-up/out. This subject comfortably spans the life science engineering interface and is key to the delivery of effective cell based therapies. Chris is also Chairman of the Biochemical Engineering Subject Group of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and Member of Council of the Society for General Microbiology.

Cost and Online Registration

Conference cost: £260 + VAT

Concessions are available to:

Professional Members of IOM3: £190.00 + VAT
Affiliate Member of IOM3 or supporting organisation: £225.00 + VAT
Student/Unemployed member: £80.00 + VAT
Student/Unemployed non-member: £100.00+ VAT

Early booking is recommended for this event, as delegate places are limited, and we envisage a large take up of places due to the possibility of highly valuable direct contact with the expert speakers in this field. 

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