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Clostridium XII

International Conference on the Genetics, Physiology and Biotechnology of Solvent- and Acid-forming Clostridia

10 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2012

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The final programme will be specifically designed to both reflect the attending scientific community (as indicated by submitted abstracts), as well as those areas perceived as current or of emerging importance. Areas of science to be covered include:-

Gene Tools and Genomics

Basic Physiology

Gene Regulation

Metabolic Engineering (including application of ‘Systems’ and ‘Synthetic’ Biology)

Environmental processes

Biopolymer Utilisation (with an emphasis on Biomass)

Bioprocessing

Industrial Applications & Processes

Acetogens (basic biology and industrial applications)

Clostridial-based product streams

There will be 3 Keynote speakers. Two have been finalised – Professor Hubert Bahl (University of Rostock), and Professor Derek Lovely (University of Massachusetts) . The last will be announced shortly.

	HUBERT BAHL - "Global regulators in Clostridium acetobutylicum " Hubert Bahl is a professor of microbiology at the University of Rostock, Germany, and heads the Division of Microbiology at the Institute of Biological Sciences. His primary research area is the molecular physiology of clostridia, especially of Clostridium acetobutylicum. He is one of the pioneers who restarted research on the classical industrial ABE fermentation over 30 years ago. The focus of his recent research is the molecular analysis of the stress response (phosphate limitation, heat shock, oxidative stress) of C. acetobutylicum and of the cellular events connected with the metabolic shift from acid to solvent formation in C. acetobutylicum. Photograph: Georg Scharnweber/NNN
	DEREK LOVLEY - "Feeding Acetogenic Clostridia Electricity to Produce Organic Commodities from Carbon Dioxide" Derek Lovley is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Director of the Environmental Biotechnology Center at the University of Massachusetts. Research in his laboratory focuses on: anaerobic microbial processes that impact the natural cycling of carbon and metals in soils and sediments; bioremediation of hydrocarbon and metal contamination; and novel bioenergy strategies that involve microbe-electrode interactions. Recent research on Clostridia has focused on genome-scale modeling of the metabolism of Clostridium ljungdahlii and genetic manipulation of this organism designed to improve electron transfer from electrodes to cells and expand the diversity of products that C. ljungdahlii can produce from carbon dioxide reduction.