SEB at Marseille 2008 - Green Products (Bioenergy and Pharmaceuticals)
Session organised by Prof Mike Fowler, Prof Mike Burrell (Sheffield University) and Prof Gail Taylor (University of Southampton)
Sponsored by the Plant Journal
Session Programme - Sunday 6th July
Session 1 - Bioenergy
09:30 Prof. Gail Taylor (Southampton University)
Poplar and willow- sustainable second generation biofuel crops? [P2.1]
10:10 Dr G Richter (Rothamsted Research)
A new type of process-based model for biomass yield from grass crops [P2.2]
10:30 Mr Matthew J. Aylott (University of Southampton)
Productivity of C3 bioenergy crops grown as short rotation coppice under current and future climates [P2.3]
10:50 Refreshment Break
11:20 Prof. J C Brown (Aberystwyth)
Miscanthus - a crop with a future [P2.4]
12:00 Dr Elaine F Jensen (IGER)
Unravelling the genetic control of flowering time in the bioenergy grass Miscanthus [P2.5]
12:20 Dr Kerrie Farrar (Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research)
Manipulation of plant architecture for increased biomass in Miscanthus [P2.6]
12:40 Lunch
14:00 Dr S McQueen-Mason (University of York)
Towards cost competitive cellulosic ethanol: strategies for improving saccharification of the cell wall [P2.7]
14:40 Dr J Hillier (University of Aberdeen)
Spatial predictions of greenhouse gas emissions associated with production of Miscanthus and Short Rotation Coppice in the UK [P2.8]
15:20 Dr R Rowe (University of Southampton)
A systematic review of life cycle assessments for bioenergy chains for heat, power and liquid transportation fuels [P2.9]
15:40 Refreshment Break
16:10 TBC Creating a sustainability framework for biofuel supply [P2.24]
16:50 General discussion
Session Programme - Monday 7th July
Session 2 - Pharmaceuticals from Plants
Chair: Prof. Mike Burrell
10:30 Prof. Vincenzo De Luca (Brock University) sponsored by The Plant Journal
The Catharanthus roseus leaf epidermome to model alkaloid biosynthesis and cellular specialization in plants [P2.10]
11:10 Mr Debbache Nadjet (University of Bejaia Algéria)
Antioxidant activity of extracts of three Algerian medicinal plants: Clematis flammula, Populus nigra and Ulmus campestris [P2.11]
11:25 Prof. Marcel Jaspars (University of Aberdeen)
Marine metabolites as pharmacophores and biomedical research tools [P2.12]
12:05 Lunch
Chair: Prof. Mike Fowler
13:15 Prof. Elizabeth Williamson (University of Reading)
More than just green: synergies and interactions between the components of herbal medicines [P2.13]
13:55 Miss Melinda Chua (University of Wolverhampton)
The analysis and composition of glucomannans from corms of the Chinese medicinal herb Amorphophallus konjac [P2.14]
14:15 Dr A Ganesan (University of Southampton)
The rocky road from natural product to biomedical research tools [P2.15]
14:55 Tea
15:25 Prof. Julian K-C Ma (University of London)
Recombinant medicines - recent progress and future prospects [P2.16]
16:05 Prof. Zivko Nikolov (Texas A&M University)
Transgenic plants: commercial opportunities and challenges for pharmaceutical and industrial products [P2.17]
16:25 Dr Martin Schumacher (DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH)Biotechnological approaches to conserve the potential of medicinal plants. [P2.18]
17:05 End of session
