ENZYME ENGINEERING 2009
SEPTEMBER 20-24, 2009
MARTINIPLAZA, GRONINGEN
THE NETHERLANDS
September 20-24, 2009
Martiniplaza, Groningen
The Netherlands
The Engineering Conferences are a leading international forum
for new developments in enzyme technology and biocatalysis,
including fundamental and practical aspects as well as emerging
applications of (engineered) enzymes.
Topics for the 2009 conference include:
bioinformatics and genome mining for new enzymes
computational and statistical approaches for enzyme
engineering
directed evolution and high-throughput screening
expression and modification of enzymes for secondary
metabolites
metabolic engineering
engineered enzymes for biofuels production
applications in biocatalysis, medicine, and new biomaterials
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Anton Glieder, Technical University Graz, Austria
Richard Gross, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, USA
Marco Fraaije, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Bernhard Hauer, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Akihiko Kondo, Kobe University, Japan
Jan-Metske van der Laan, DSM, The Netherlands
Karl-Heinz Maurer, Henkel AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Manfred Reetz, Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany
Dan Tawfik, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Ulrich Schwaneberg, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Craig Townsend, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Co-Chairs
Dick Janssen
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Oliver May
(DSM Pharmaceutical Products, The Netherlands)
Andreas Bommarius
(Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Scientific Organization Committee
Yasuhisa Asano
(Toyama Prefectural University, Japan)
Bauke Dijkstra
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Lubbert Dijkhuizen
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Bernhard Hauer
(BASF, Germany)
Roman Kazlauskas
(University of Minnesota, USA)
Allen Laskin
(Drew University, USA)
Jeffrey Moore
(Merck & Co., USA)
Dan Tawfik
(Weizmann Institute