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Title

B4B: Bugs 4 Biotech

Dates

10 octobre 2023

Organizer(s)

Dr. Saskia Bindschedler, UNiNE

Dr. Fabio Palmieri, UNINE

Speakers

- Dr Jean-Marc Brunner, CEO of Microcity

- Prof Alexandra Homsy, HE-Arc

- Prof Michael Studer, BFH

- Andrea Dsouza, University of Warwick, Warwick medical School

- Dr Mout de Vrieze, UniFR

- Jonas Staub, Mycrobez

- Dr Aleksandra Aleksovski, Bacthera AG

- Dr Line Thorsen, Principal Scientist, Bacthera AG

- Dr Anthony Croxatto, Director, Microbiology Department, ADMED

- Laure Cahuzac, Head development, Bacthera AG (Basel)

Description

The goal of this activity is to illustrate how fundamental microbiology research has enabled innovations in biotechnology. Here, we will detail examples in which serendipitous discoveries in bacteriological research have opened doors for new biotechnological applications and we will contrast this to other cases where hypothesis-driven translational research with microbes has been conducted to discover molecules of pharmaceutical value. We anticipate that this examples will prompt the entrepreneurship and innovative thinking of CUSO doctoral students.

Program

Final program

8h30-9h00	Registration
9h00-9h10	Introduction by organizers
9h10-10h00	Dr Olivier Zava, DESC-NE, Business partner & Dr Jean-Marc Brunner, Microcity, CEO Insights on life after a PhD and life science economy
10h00-10h40	Prof. Alexandra Homsy, HE-Arc, microfluidics Microfluidics-based formulation of bacterial-fungal consortia for delivery in soil
10h40-11h10	Coffee break EatEco
11h10-11h50	Prof. Michael Studer, BFH, Chemical and Environmental Engineering Engineering of ecological niches to create stable artificial consortia for complex biotransformations
11h50-12h30	Andrea Dsouza, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School Novel biosensor for rapid and efficient diagnosis of urinary tract infections and associated antimocrobial resistence
12h30-14h00	Lunch break EatEco
14h00-14h40	Dr Mout De Vrieze, UniFR, Plant-Microbe Interaction Group Challenging plants to find effective biocontrol agents: investigating late blight shifts in the potato microbiome
14h40-15h20	Jonas Staub, Mycrobez, CTO & Founder Cultivating applications in mycology
15h20-15h50	Coffee break EatEco
15h50-16h30	Dr Anthony Croxatto, Director, Microbiology Department, ADME Bugs 4 medical diagnostic
16h30-17h10	Dr Aleksandar Aleksovski, Head Drug Product Development, Bacthera AG (Basel) Laure Cahuzac, Head development, Bacthera AG (Basel) & Dr Line Thorsen, Principal Scientist, Bacthera AG (Denmark) From the Bug to the Drug
17h10-17h30 17h30-18h30	Concluding remarks Aperitif - Chef Falafel

Location

University of Neuchâtel, Faculty of science, room E326

Information

Registration

REGISTRATION CLOSE

Deadline for registration: 04.10.2023

Cancellation fee: 50.- if cancellation after the 04.10.23

Places

Deadline for registration

04.10.2023

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