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C3 - 1st Chemistry Meeting - 2nd Symposium on REEs recovery - 18th International Life Science Meeting


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Programme 2022

Print Programme
02
May
08:30 - 09:00

Opening Ceremony

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Karl Ennsfellner

Welcome Speech

CEO,  IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

Manfred Pferzinger

Welcome Speech

Head of Institute Health Management / Deputy Academic Head / Programme Director Management of Health Institutions

Helmut Schwarzl

Welcome Speech

WKO
Industrial
Division
Lower Austrian Economic Chamber

Hubert Culik

Welcome Speech

Chairman Chemische Industrie, Fachverband | Wirtschaftskammer Österreich 
Managing Director Rembrandtin

Uwe Rinner

Welcome Speech

Programme Director Applied Chemistry |
IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

09:00 - 10:30

Session 1

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Laura Holzapfel , Simon Offenthaler

 

 

Osama Abou-Zied

09.00 – 09.30

New Chalcone Derivatives for Harvesting Solar Radiation and Promising Liquid Crystal Polymers for Energy Storage

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Christian Becker

09.30 -10.00

Chemical Protein Synthesis – Providing Tailor-Made Proteins for Biology and Medicine

University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry,  Vienna, Austria

Andreas Kandelbauer

10.00 – 10.30

Application of Process Analytical Technology for Reaction Tracking in Chemical Processes

Lehr- und Forschungszentrum Process Analysis and Technology (LFZ PA&T),School of Applied Chemistry, Reutlingen University, Reutlingen, Germany

10:30 - 11:30

Coffee Break

-> Wing G1, Room E.25 & E.26

11:30 - 13:00

Session 2

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Hanna Humpel, Martin Artacker

 

 

Martin Ocepek

11.30 – 12.00

Sustainable Resins for Coatings

R&D Synthetic resins, Helios TBLUS d.o.o., Domzale, Slovenia

Uwe Monkowius

12.00 -12.30

Supramolecular Ruthenium-based Gels Responsive to Visible/NIR Light

School of Education, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Thomas Ruh

12:30 – 13:00

Tunable Perovskite Catalysts for CO2 Conversion

Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

14:30 - 16:30

Session 3

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Anna Gruber, Julian Kober

 

 

Student Session 1

14.30 – 15.00

  • Selina Bingel | Student Applied Chemistry
  • Uday Abu Shehab | Student Applied Chemistry

Gerhard Ecker

15.00 – 15.30

Prediction of Toxicity – From Machine Learning to Data Science

University of Vienna, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vienna, Austria

@Foto Credits: Universität Wien, Klaus Ranger

Peter Lieberzeit

15.30 – 16.00

Exploring the limits of molecularly imprinted polymers in chemical sensing

University of Vienna, Faculty for Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria

Jo Ann Innerlohinger

16.00 – 16.30

Wood-based Cellulose Fibers and their contribution to Circularity and Sustainability 

 

Lenzing AG, Research & Development, Austria 

16:30 - 18:00

Sightseeing City Tour Krems

18:00 - 19:30

Wine tasting

19:30 -

Dinner at the IMC Gozzoburg

03
May
08:30 - 10:00

Session 1

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Theres Zuser; Andreas Steiner

 

 

Raid Abdel-Jalil

08.30 – 09.00

Synthesis of a novel dual-modality imaging probe, for positron emission tomography (PET) and fluorescence microscopy

Chemistry Department, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman

Wolfgang Schöfberger

09.00 – 09.30

Catalysts for heterogeneous electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

 

Deputy Head of Institute |Institute of Organic Chemistry |Catalyst Synthesis and Sustainable Processes Johannes Kepler University Linz,  Austria.

Mohammad Khasawneh

09.30 – 10.00  online meeting icon vector | Illustrator Graphics ~ Creative MarketOnline Presentation

Salvadora Persica attenuates DMBA-induced mammary cancer through downregulation oxidative stress, estrogen receptor expression and proliferation and augmenting apoptosis

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science U.A.E. University, Al-Ain

Tomas Hudlicky

10.00 – 10.30

Unconventional methods” in organic synthesis: contributions of flash vacuum thermolysis, organic electrochemistry, and biocatalysis with oxidoreductase enzymes to natural product synthesis

Department of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

 

 

 

10:30 - 11:30

Coffee Break

-> Wing G1, Room E.25 & E.26

11:30 - 13:00

Session 2

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Sascha Wanko, Katja Zembsch

 

 

Ian Teasdale

11.30 – 12.00

Phosphorus-based smart polymers

Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Massimiliano Valentini

12.00 – 12.30

Catalytic water oxidation by using Ce(IV) complexes bearing Kläui-type ligand

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Student Session

12.30 – 13.00

Jana Pospisilova | Student Palacký University Olomouc

Kyra Sankar, Stefanie Zich| Student Applied Chemistry IMC*

Emilie Wisse | Student Applied Chemistry

* Recipients of a stipend from the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

14:30 - 15:00

Bustransfer to Melk

15:00 - 17:30

Sightseeing tour Melk abbey

17:30 - 18:00

Bustransfer back to Krems

18:30 - 22:00

Heuriger Müllner, event supported by WKO NÖ

Heuriger Müllner, event supported by WKO NÖ

04
May
08:30 - 10:30

Session 1

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Monika Frankowska, Lukas Liebentritt

 

 

Petra Galer

08.30 – 09.00 online meeting icon vector | Illustrator Graphics ~ Creative MarketOnline Presentation

Synthesis of Aminoglycosides via Dearomative Hydroamination of Benzene

Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoud, Muscat, Oman

Marloes Peeters

09.00 – 09.30

Outsmarting nature: Bioinspired materials for the detection of emerging pathogens

School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Wajdi Michael Zoghaib

09.30 – 10.00

Synthesis and Mesomorphism of a Novel Series of Liquid Crystals with de Vries Phase Behaviour

Department of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Oman

Hans Joachim Knölker

10.00 – 10.30

Applications of Iron-Catalyzed Oxidations in Organic Synthesis

Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

10:30 - 11:30

Coffee Break

-> Wing G1, Room E.25 & E.26

11:30 - 13:00

Session 2

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Hanna Schardax, Markus Holzapfel

 

 

Norbert Müller

11.30 – 12.00

Coiled-coil interactions of a calcium channel protein assessed by NMR

Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Martin Kotora

12.00 – 12.30

Synthesis, Properties, and Reactions of Indenofluorenes: From Solution to On-Surface Chemistry

Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Marco Beaumont

12.30 – 13.00

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BOKU University Vienna

13:00 - 13:30

Conference Picture

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

14:30 - 15:30

Session 3

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Nika Podlesnik, Uday Abu Shehab

 

 

Harald Pflanzl

14.30 – 15.00

BASF’s transformation towards climate neutrality and a circular economy

 

BASF Österreich GmbH, Managing Director, Vienna, Austria

@Foto Credits: Stefan Joham

Thomas Rosenau

15.00 -15.30

Cellulose aging and yellowing – analysis and structure of chromophores and molecular mechanisms of their formation

BOKU University Vienna, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry of
Renewable Resources, Muthgasse 18, A – 1190 Vienna, Austria

Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Porthansgatan 3, Åbo/Turku FI-20500, Finland

Till Opatz

15.30 – 16.00

Wood, Light and Electricity – Three Flavors of Synthetic Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Tony Barrett

16.00 – 16.30

Frustrations, Serendipity and Discovery 

Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub,  England 

16:30 - 17:00

Closing Ceremony

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Uwe Rinner

16.30 -17.00

Programme Director Applied Chemistry |
IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

18:00 - 22:00

Conference Dinner

13:30 - 13:45

Registration 2nd Symposium on REEs recovery

-> Wing G1

13:45 - 14:00

CONGRESS OPENING

-> Wing G1, Room E.23

 

Dominik Schild

13:45

Welcome and Introduction

Interreg REEgain ATCZ172 Project Leader

Professor Department of Life Sciences – Institute of Biotechnology, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Krems, Austria

14:00 - 15:20

SESSION 1: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PROJECT PARTNERS

-> Wing G1, Room E.23

Chair: Dana Mezricky & Doris Ripper 

Anjali Singh

14:00

Role of extremophile red alga Galdieria sulphuraria in bio-removal of hazardous industrial wastes of CFL bulbs containing rare earth elements (REEs) for environmental sustainability

The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Centre Algatech, Laboratory of Cell Cycles of Algae, Třeboň, Czech Republic

Wadih Rassy

14:25

Bioaccumulation of Rare Earth Elements

Institute of Biotechnology, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Krems, Austria

Claudia Kolm

14:50

Application of flow cytometry as process monitoring tool for industrial biotechnology 

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Krems Austria 

15:20 - 16:00

Coffee Break

-> Wing G1

16:00 - 17:00

SESSION 2: BUILDING BRIDGES

-> Wing G1, Room E.23

Chair: Dana Mezricky & Doris Ripper 

Klemens Kremser

16:00

OPTIMO – Optimized biogenic sulfuric acid production and application in the waste management sector

BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna

Raied Abed

16:20

A novel bioremediation approach to remove hexavalent chromium from polluted waters using microbial mats from mining sites

Sultan Qaboos University, Maskat Oman

Daniel Forstner

16:40

WEEE Recycling in Austria

MGG (Müller-Guttenbrunn GmbH), Amstetten Austria 

David Wurm

17:00

NovoArc

NovoArc,GmbH, Vienna Austria

18:00 -

Dinner at the "Heurigen Siedler"

Networking for project partners and industry

05
May
09:00 - 09:10

Meeting Opening 18th Life Science Meeting

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Manfred Pferzinger

09:00

Welcome Speech

Head of Institute Health Management / Deputy Academic Head / Programme Director Management of Health Institutions

Harald Hundsberger

09:05

Opening Speech for the 18th Life Science Meeting 2022

Head of the Institute of Biotechnology, Programme Director Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

09:10 - 10:00

Session: Medical Biotechnology

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Olivia Neuhofer, Janos Kondri

 

 

 

 

Christoph Wiesner

09:10

Designing Light-Inducible Cell Lines to Spatiotemporal Modulate specific Signaling Pathways

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Department of Life Sciences, Insitut of Biotechnology

Viktoria Weber

09:30

Immunothrombosis and Endothelial Dysfunction as Central Pathomechanisms in Severe COVID-19

Vice Rector for Research Danube University Krems and Head Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Therapy Approaches in Sepsis

 

@Foto Credits :DUK/Reischer

 

Jörg Fritz

09:50

Tweaking Metabolism to dampen inflammatory lung diseases

 

McGill University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

10:10 - 10:30

Session: EUSAAT (European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing)- The Importance of Standardizarion of Cell Culture Models

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Lukas Herrmann, Alice Tamma

 

 

 

 

 

Winfried Neuhaus

10:10

3Rs related Concepts for Better Science

EUSAAT & AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Center Health and Bioresources, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics, Vienna

Regina Grillari

10:30

The importance of good cell culture practice for standardization of cell culture work

Evercyte GmbH

11:20 - 12:40

Session: Regenerative Medicine I

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Emmely Antonia Patrasso, Felix Zuntermann

 

 

Wilhelm Aicher

11:20

Therapy of muscle deficiency by cell injection using a novel waterjet technology

Center for Medical Research, Dept. of Urology, University of Tuebingen Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany

 

 

Monika Pichler

11:40

Musculoskeletal Allografts: proven concepts-development

Cells + Tissuebank Austria gemeinnützige GmbH | Magnesitstrasse 1 | 3500 Krems an der Donau | Austria

 

Patrick Rericha

12:00

The Epicardium as the Conductor of Cardiovascular Cells in Cardiac Regeneration

Sinha Lab, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine

Stefan Nehrer

12:20

Artificial Intelligence in musculoskeletal imaging

Universität für Weiterbildung Krems | Fakultät für Gesundheit und Medizin

@Foto Credits :DUK/Reischer

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch Break

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

14:00 - 15:00

Session: Regenerative Medicine II

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Elena Pfeiffer, Rayyan Bassem Adel Yakout

 

 

Antonio Beltrami

14:00

The longevity-associated gene BPIFB4 protects the heart from ischemia and senescence

Università degli Studi di Udine

Bernhard Winkler

14:20

Flow patterns in diseased vessel-the rationale for tissue engineering vascular grafts

Klinik für Herzchirurgie KFL
Department für Biomedizin, Basel

Johannes Bargehr

14:40

Regenerating human heart muscle with stem cells

 

MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, University of Cambridge
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge

15:00 - 15:40

Session: Protein Science

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Patrik Hains, Bianka Bognár

 

 

Federico Fogolari

15:00

Thermodynamics from molecular dynamics simulations

Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics University of Udine 
Udine – Italy

 

Gerhard Fischer

15:20

Structural Information at Atomic Resolution in Drug Discovery

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV

Markus Roucka

15:40

Effector function and interaction of immunoglobulins to Fc-receptors

VelaLabs GmbH – A Tentamus Company

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

-> Wing G1, Room E.25 & E.26

16:30 - 17:30

Session: Studium Generale

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Tamara Goldberger, Oliver Beisl

 

 

Gaston Sendin

16:30

Challenges in therapy development for Epidermolysis Bullosa

DEBRA Austria

Elisa Arthofer

16:50

CISH – A new internal T cell checkpoint

Deep Science Ventures; Wildside Bio

Daniel Pressl

17:10

High-Tech Med-Tech Products through Collaboration and Innovation

Wild GmbH

18:30 -

Heuriger Müllner

Come together with “Students, Graduates, Lecturers, Coaches and R&D Partners” at the Heurigen Müllner

Heuriger Müllner, Stadtgraben 50, A-3500 Krems

06
May
09:00 - 09:20

Session: Environmental Biotechnology

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Barbara Entler

 

 

Raeid Abed

09:00

A novel bioremediation approach to remove hexavalent chromium from polluted waters using microbial mats from mining sites

Biology Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

09:20 - 11:00

Krems Cooperation Award & PTS Award

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Barbara Entler

09:20

Introduction PTS Award

Professor Department of Life Sciences | Institute Biotechnology

Vanessa Meier

09:25

ARRDC4 in glucagon-mediated glucose homeostasis in vivo

Daniel Wallinger

09:45

Characterization of new bacteriophages for therapeutic applications

Bernadette Winter

10:05

The molecular function of Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma

Harald Leiter

10:30

Introduction Krems Cooperation Award

ecoplus Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Laura Breinschmid

10:40

Characterisation of tumourigenesis of a MYC driven tumour model

11:00 - 11:20

Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Barbara Entler

 

 

Markus Schweiger

11:00

Fostering Transatlantic Excellence – Fellowship Opportunities

Executive Director, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation 

11:20 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30

Session: Cancer Biology

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Sarah Schwarz, Maximilian Sexl

 

 

Gerda Egger

11:30

Mimicking tumor cell heterogeneity of colorectal cancer in stromal tumoroids

Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Applied Diagnostics

Mario Mikula

11:50

Making use of skin organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells

Medical University Vienna, Institute for Medical Genetics

Dagmar Stoiber

12:10

STAT3 – a game changer in AML?

 

Division Pharmacology, Department Pharmacology, Physiology and Microbiology
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

 

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

13:30 - 14:30

Education and Career in Life Sciences - Round Table Discussion

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Uwe Schlokat

Vice President, Global Project Management, Ottobock International

Wolfram Strobl

Fresenius Medical Care Adsorber Tec, Geschäftsführer

Marcel Krepstakies

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG | Biopharma Austria | Focused Factory Microbial |Head of Team Downstream Manufacturing 1

Rita Seeböck

University Hospital St.Pölten, Clinical Institute of Pathology and Molecularpathology

Gerda Egger

Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Applied Diagnostics

Christian Lubich

Institute Krems Bioanalytics

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

Reinhard Nestelbacher

Sciencetainment – Agentur für Wissenschaftskommunikation

Günter Waxenecker

BASG – Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen
AGES – Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit

Anita Kazda

Takeda, Manufacturing Purification – Compliance & EHS

14:30 - 15:30

Session: Institute Bioanalytics

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Mahan Harirpoush, Verena Kern

 

 

Franz Herzog

14:30

Structural Proteomics: a promising tool in biomedical research

Institute Krems Bioanalytics

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

Lars Dittus

14:50

Bioanalysis of therapeutic proteins in drug discovery

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
Drug Discovery Sciences

Christian Lubich

15:10

Immunogenicity Assessment of Therapeutic Biologics

Institute Krems Bioanalytics

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

-> Wing G1, Room E.25 & E.26

16:00 - 17:20

Session: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology & Regulations

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Johanna Schiedlbauer, Jorge Úbeda Garrido

 

 

Alois Jungbauer

16:00

Extra cellular vesicles separation and biophysical characterization

Institute of Bioprocess Science and Engineering Department of Biotechnology
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

Günter Waxenecker

16:20

The role and challenges of a national competent authority in the development of biopharmaceuticals

Abteilung Biologika, Präklinik und Statistik (BPSA)
Institut Begutachtung & Analytik (BGA)
Geschäftsfeld Medizinmarktaufsicht
BASG – Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen
AGES – Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit

Marcel Krepstakies

16:40

7 survival skills for the biopharmaceutical industry

 

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG | Biopharma Austria | Focused Factory Microbial |Head of Team Downstream Manufacturing 1

Emanuel Kreidl

17:00

Benchmarking Commercial Media and Impact on Clone Selection

Ichnos Sciences

17:00 - 17:30

Practical Training Semester Award

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

18:30 -

Dinner with the Graduates, Lecturers and Guests at the “Heuriger Siedler”

www.siedler-wachau.at

Hundsheim 55
3512 Mauternbach

17th International Life Science Meeting- VIRTUAL

26th of May

16th Life Science Meeting 2019

Programme 2019

Print Programme
08
May
09:00 - 09:15

Meeting Opening

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Martin Waiguny

Welcome Speech

Chair of the Academic Board / Head of Institut Business Adminstration & Management, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

Harald Hundsberger

Opening Speech for the 16th Life Science Meeting 2019

Head of the Institute of Biotechnology, Programme Director Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

09:15 - 10:15

Session: Immmunology and Cancer

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Susanne Waizenauer, Ines Aykara

Katrin Kramer

09:15

Cancer vaccines – Using virus-like particles for immunotherapy

Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago

Jörg Fritz

09:35

Regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) in inflammatory diseases, tissue homeostasis, and cancer

McGill University, Research Center on Complex Traits, Canada

Rita Seeböck

09:55

Gender aspects and epigentics in lung cancer

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Project Manager Department Life Sciences

 

10:15 - 11:15

Session: Applied Chemistry

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Lisa Rausch, Oskar Schlesinger

Uwe Rinner

10:15

Next Generation Chemistry Program in Krems

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Programme Director Applied Chemistry, Institute Biotechnologie

Raid Abdl-jalil

10:35

Asymmetric Synthesis of Heterocycles

College of Science Sultan  Qaboos University Muscat-Oman, Chemistry Department

Michael Lukas

10:55

A cost-effective combination of methods to verify authenticity and provenance of PGI Styrian pumpkin seed oil

JR-AquaConSol

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 - 12:30

Session: Biomedical networks

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Caroline Schätz, Nico Fischer

Jörg Menche

11:45

Network medicine — From protein-protein to human-machine interactions

CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Gerald Lirk

12:05

Data Analytics in NGS ans NNGS

University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (FH OÖ), Research Group Bioinformatics

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

14:00 - 15:00

Session: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Enzymes in Biotechnology

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Asena Boyadzhieva, Alon Tal

Georg Gübitz

14:00

Enzymes based processes in biomedical application

BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences- Vienna, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Agrobiotechnology – IFA Tulln

Udara Yapa

14:20

Case Study:
Process Transfer of a Bacterial Antigen production process into Single-Use Equipment

MSD Animal Health Danube Biotech GmbH.

Wolfgang Rist

14:40

Bioanalysis of NBEs: Measuring Antibody Concentration as Prerequisite for the Assessment of Therapeutic Efficacy

Boehringer Ingelheim / Drug Discovery Sciences / Bioanalysis

Doris Ribitsch

15:00

Enzyme engineering for environmental applications

BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences- Vienna, Institut für Umweltbiotechnologie, IFA Tulln

15:20 - 15:50

Coffee Break

15:50 - 17:50

Session: Medicine and Biotechnology

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Michaela Fehringer, Lena Hinterstoisser

Klaus Podar

15:50

Targeting Transcription Factors for Multiple Myeloma Therapy

Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Project Leader „Signal Transduction and the Tumor Microenvironment“, Head of the Multiple Myeloma Program, Attending Physician

Viktoria Weber

16:10

Interaction of C-Reactive Protein with Extracellular Vesicles

Vice Rector for Research Danube University Krems, Head Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Therapy Approaches in Sepsis, Deputy Head of Department for Health Science and Biomedicine, Deputy Head of Center for Biomedical Technology

Mario Mikula

16:30

Phenotype switching in Melanoma

Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Medical Genetics

Franz Trautinger

16:50

Latest Challenges in Melanoma Therapy

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital of St. Pölten

Ingeborg Menzl

17:10

Let’s degrade! A new treatment approach for ALL

Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna 

Urs Hafeli

17:30

Nanobiotechnology in Bioscience and Clinic

University of British Columbia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / University of Copenhagen, Department of Pharamacy

18:30 -

Heuriger Müllner

Come together with “Students, Graduates, Lecturers, Coaches and R&D Partners” at the Heurigen Müllner

Heuriger Müllner, Stadtgraben 50, A-3500 Krems

09
May
09:00 - 09:40

Session: IMC Research Focus Group

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Constanze Raitmayr, Alexander Hubalik

Christoph Wiesner

09:00

Novel 2D and 3D-Cell Screening Strategies

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Department of Life Sciences, Insitut of Biotechnology, Research Assistant

Reinhard Klein

09:20

Adenovirus combating strategies

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Department of Life Sciences, Insitut of Biotechnology, Head of Research Laboratories

09:40 - 10:30

Practical Training Semester Presentation Award

Practical Training Semester Presentations of
3 selected Bachelor Students of the Institute of Biotechnology IMC Krems

Klavdija Bastl | Elucidating the physiology of KRAS-amplified gastric cancer
Mathias Binder | Detection and quantification of Gas6/soluble Axl complexes in human serum
Florian Richter | 3D Bioprinted Vascularized Cardiac Spheroids: a Novel in vitro Model to study Heart Angiogenesis?

 

Chair: Barbara Entler

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

10:30 - 10:50

Session: Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Chair: Barbara Entler

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Marita Hiipaka

10:30

Introduction to project studies at Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Tampere University of Applied Sciences | Biomedical Laboratory Sciences | Laboratory Engineering

10:50 - 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:15

Round Table Discussion

Round Table Discussion

” Education and Career in Life Sciences”

Chair: Uwe Schlokat | Vice President Global Project Management, Ottobock

 

Discussion Board: 

Georg Weingart | BIOMIN Holding GmbH,Austria, Biomin Research Center, Team Analytical Chemistry

Martin Kern | MSD Animal Health Danube Biotech GmbH, Austria

Katrin Kramer | Dep. of Pathology, University of Otago New Zealand | IMC Alumna

Wolfram Strobl | Fresenius Medical Care Adsorber Tec GmbH Austria

Ulrike Fuchs | Takeda Regulatory Affairs Austria | IMC Alumna

Birgit Reipert | Baxata/Takeda Austria, Drug Discovery, Department Immunology

Jörg Fritz | Depts Microbiology, Immunology & Physiology, McGill University, Canada

Alois Jungbauer |Protein Technology and Downstream Processing, Dept Biotech, BOKU University Austria

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Uwe Schlokat

Chair Discussion Board

Vice President Global Project Management, Ottobock

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch Break - Board Meeting PTS Award

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

Board Meeting PTS Award -> WING G1, Room G1.1.19

13:30 - 14:50

Session: Applied Bioanalytics and Drug Development

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Isabeau Lüddecke, Annabelle Schwaiger

Birgit Reipert

13:30

Immunological challenges in AAV-based gene therapy

Baxata Innovations GmbH, a Takeda company, Drug Discovery Austria, Department Immunology

Paul Knöbl

13:50

New therapeutic options for thrombotic microangiopathies

Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine 1, Div. Hematology and Hemostasis

Peter Allacher

14:10

One size fits all?  Bioanalysis in different matrices

IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems , Laboratory Head / Research Institute for Applied Bioanalytics and Drug Development

Hanspeter Rottensteiner

14:30

Takeda‘s liver targeted AAV gene therapy platform to tackle monogenic rare genetic diseases

Takeda, Drug Discovery Austria, Research Gene Therapy

14:50 - 15:20

Coffee Break

15:20 - 16:40

Session: Industrial Biotechnology

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Chair: Hera Saqub, Helene Stütz

Sven Breunig

15:20

Bio-engineering of high-performance designer polymerases

Procomcure Biotech

Alois Jungbauer

15:40

Continuous biomanufacturing, how do we define a lot/batch, theoretical and practical considerations

BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institut of Biotechnology

 

Moriz Mayer

16:00

Fragment Based Drug Discovery with Focus on NMR Methods

Analytics Research Laboratory Head, Boehringer Ingelheim

Georg Weingart

16:20

Mass Spectrometry Detection of Phytogenics and Mycotoxins

BIOMIN Holding GmbH, Biomin Research Center, Team Analytical Chemistry   

 

TOGETHER WITH

Tibor Czabany

BIOMIN Holding GmbH, Biomin Research Center, Team Analytical Chemistry 

16:00 - 17:00

Meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Board

Parallel in Room G1.1.19

16:40 - 17:10

Coffee Break

17:10 - 17:30

Session: Young European Biologist Association

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Viktor Denev

17:15

Bridging Young Eurpean Scientist

Co-Founder and Co-Chairman at Bulgarian Bioscience Society, Vice President at Young European Biologists

 

together with…

Adrijana Smoljan

Secretary in Association of Biology Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Member of Young European Biologists, Main organizer of Young Life Science in Europe 2018

17:30 - 18:00

Practical Training Semester Award

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

18:30 -

Dinner with the Graduates, Lecturers and guests at the "Weinlodge Wachau"

Weinlodge Wachau

Fam. Siedler

Mauternbach 2

3512 Mautern

09
May
13:00 - 13:30

REGISTRATION

Registration for

1st Symposium on REEs recovery

Recovery from Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipments (WEEEs)

Organisation Team: Philip Wanka, Susanne Waizenauer, Pauline Mezricky

 

13:30 - 13:40

CONGRESS OPENING

Opening Speech

-> Wing G1, Room E.23

Dominik Schild

Interreg REEgain ATCZ172 Project Leader

Professor Department of Life Sciences – Institut Biotechnologie, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Krems, Austria

13:40 - 14:00

SESSION 1: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PROJECT PARTNERS

Chair: Susanne Waizenauer & Pauline Mezricky

-> Wing G1, Room E.23

Mária Čížková

13:40

Use of algae to recover rare earth elements from waste materials

The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Centre Algatech, Laboratory of Cell Cycles of Algae, Třeboň, Czech Republic

Jens Hartmann

14:10

Purification and accumulation of rare earth elements from the acidophilic algae Galdieria

Head of Process Engineering – Center of Biomedical Technology, Danube University Krems

 

14:40 - 15:00

Coffee Break

15:00 - 16:00

SESSION 2: BUILDING BRIDGES – RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS - SUPPORT SERVICE

Chair: Susanne Waizenauer & Pauline Mezricky

-> Wing G1, Room E.23

Sophie Thallner

15:00

IRAS-Innovative recycling technology for ashes and slags

K1-MET GmbH

 

 

together with…

Sabine Spieß

IRAS-Innovative recycling technology for ashes and slags

K1-MET GmbH

Lukas Madl

15:30

How to generate value out of your research projects

Registered Technology Transfer Professional, TECNET, Austria

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30

NETWORKING FOR PROJECT PARNTERS AND INDUSTRY

19:00 -

COME TOGETHER - DINNER AT THE “WEINLODGE WACHAU”

Weinlodge Wachau

Fam. Siedler

Mauternbach 2

3512 Mautern

Programme 2018

Print Programme
18
April
09:00 - 09:10

Meeting Opening

Opening Speech by the Head of the Institute of Biotechnology and Vice Rector IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Harald Hundsberger

Vice Rector, Head of Institute Biotechnology and Programme Director Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

09:10 - 11:00

Session: International & National Partners Research and Academia

Chair: Edwine Lehner, Makay Kolos

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

 

Anna Fahlgren

09:10

Zebrafish PDX Models for Precision Medicine within Oncology

Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

*Lecturer, Collaboration Partner

Jörg Fritz

09:35

The Multifacted Roles of Type 2 Immunity: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance

McGill University, Research Center on Complex Traits, Canada

*Lecturer, Collaboration Partner

Katarina Kågedal

09:55

Is Lysozyme the Cure for Alzheimer´s Disease?

Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

*Lecturer, Collaboration Partner

Veronika Sexl

10:15

The Natural Killers Go Astray – Promoting Tumor Formation

Chair of the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology,University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

*Lecturer, Collaboration Partner, Supervisor of PhD-students

Enni Markkanen

10:35

Charting the molecular landscape of cancer-associated stroma in canine mammary tumours

Junior Group Leader, Institute of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich

*Lecturer, Collaboration Partner, Supervisor of PhD-student

 

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 - 13:00

Session: National & International Partners Research and Academia

Chair: Bettina Sajtos , Alexander Pils

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Barry Ryan

11:20

Adapting and Applying Nature’s Swiss Army Knives: Exploring Applied Enzymology in DIT

Dublin Institute of Technology, Department of Food Science and Environmental Health

*Lecturer, Collaboration Partner

Gernot Schabbauer

11:45

Urea Cycle Meets Immunology: From Basic Research to Therapeutic Application“

Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna

* Lecturer, PTS-Coach, Research Partner, Member Development Team

Petr Rathner

12:05

STIM1 protein studied by high resolution NMR spectroscopy

Johannes Keppler University Linz, Institute of Organic Chemistry

*Lecturer and Collaboration Partner

Marc Fahrner

12:25

STIM1 A dual mechanism promotes switching of the Stormorken STIM1 R304W mutant into the activated state

Johannes Keppler University Linz, Institute of Biophysics

*Lecturer

Maria Gschwandtner

12:45

Reticulon 1A Identifies Human Dendritic Cells

Medical University Vienna, Dept. of Dermatology

*Graduate, Lecturer, Supervisor of Master Students

13:00 - 15:00

Lunch Break

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

 

15:00 - 16:00

Session: Regenerative Medicine

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

 

 

 

Viktoria Weber

15:00 

Differential Interaction of Extracellular Vesicles with Innate Immune Cells

Vice Rector for Research, Danube University Krems and Head, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Therapy Approaches in Sepsis

*Lecturer, PTS- and PhD-Coach, Employer of IMC-Graduates, R&D Partner

@Foto Credits :DUK/Reischer

Michael Bernhard Fischer

15:20

Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Danube University Krems, PhD Coordinator

* Lecturer

@Foto Credits :DUK/Reischer

Stefan Nehrer

15:40

Strategies for Cartilage Regeneration

Danube University Krems, Dean Faculty of Health, Head Department of Health Sciences and Biomedicine

*Supervisor of Bachelor & Master Students, Lecturer

@Foto Credits :DUK/Reischer

16:00 - 16:20

Coffee Break

16:20 - 17:20

Session: Applied Chemistry

Chairs: Miriam Tarasiewicz , Florian Friedl

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

 

 

Uwe Rinner

16:20

Applied Chemistry in Krems: Where Tradition Meets Innovation

des. Studiengangsleiter Applied Chemistry, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

*Lecturer

Martin Kotora

16:40

Development of 17βHSD1 Inhibitors Based on 15-Substituted Estrone

Charles University Prague, Department of Organic Chemistry; Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

17:20 - 17:40

Session: Presentation Global Biotech Player Lonza

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Tanja Kiefer

17:20

IBEXTM Solutions – A new Biotech Park in Visp, Switzerland

Sr. HR Business Partner
Lonza AG,  Switzerland

Dominik Wegmann

17:20

IBEXTM Solutions – A new Biotech Park in Visp, Switzerland

Head MSAT IBEX
Lonza AG,  Switzerland

Michael Mödler

17:20

IBEXTM Solutions – A new Biotech Park in Visp, Switzerland

Head Training IBEX
Lonza AG,  Switzerland

17:40 - 18:40

Session: “Studium Generale”

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Renata Rychtáriková

17:40

Superresolution Using Ordinary Microscopes

University of South Bohemia, Laboratory of Experimental Complex Systems

*Lecturer

Geja Oostingh

18:00

Point of Care Technologies- Development, Validation and Regulations

University of Applied Science Salzburg, Department of Biomedical Sciences

*Lecturer

Dalibor Stys

18:20

Automated Classification of Animal Behaviour Trajectories

University of South Bohemia, Head Laboratory of Experimental Complex Systems, Former Minister of Education, Czech Republic;

*Lecturer, Research Partner

19:00 -

Heuriger Müllner

Come together with “Students, Graduates, Lecturers, Coaches and R&D Partners” at the Heurigen Müllner

Heuriger Müllner, Stadtgraben 50, A-3500 Krems

19
April
09:00 - 09:40

Session: Practical Training Semester Presentation Award

09:00

Practical Training Semster Presentations

3 selected Bachelor Students of the Institute of Biotechnology IMC Krems

Susanne Waizenauer
Optimizing CRISPR/Cas9 mediated Genome Editing by using a Conversion of GFP to BFP in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Line

Petra Grünstäudl
Monoclonal antibodies directed to human Growth Hormone: development, production, characterization, and the establishment of an assay system

Bronislava Bobušová
Marine bacteria as a source of novel antibiotics: screening approaches and identification of active compounds

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

09:40 - 10:00

Session: Research Focus Institute of Biotechnology IMC Krems - Viral Infections

Chairs: Megan McFadden, Pallo Michal

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Reinhard Klein

09:40

Strategies for Combating Adenovirus Infections

Institute of Biotechnology IMC Krems, Head of Research Laboratories, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

* Team Institute Biotechnology IMC Krems

09:00 - 10:00

Parallel | Lonza AG - global company profil | location Visp | career opportunities | Q&A

-> Parallel Session in Wing G1, Room E.23

Tanja Kiefer

09:00

Lonza AG – global company profil | location Visp | career opportunities | Q&A

Sr. HR Business Partner
Lonza AG, Switzerland

Dominik Wegmann

09:00

Lonza AG – global company profil | location Visp | career opportunities | Q&A

Head MSAT IBEX
Lonza AG, Switzerland

Michael Mödler

09:00

Lonza AG – global company profil | location Visp | career opportunities | Q&A

Head Training IBEX
Lonza AG, Switzerland

10:00 - 10:30

Session: RACLUS: Rare Disease Cluster Salzburg

Chairs: Megan McFadden, Michal Pallo

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Johann Bauer

10:00

Gene Therapy in the Rare Disease Epidermolysis Bullosa – New Horizons and New Challenges

Head of the University Clinics of Dermatology Salzburg, Medical Director of the EB House Austria,

*Lecturer, Research Partner, PTS/ARTS Supervisor.

Hannelore Breitenbach-Koller

10:20

Specialized Ribosomes as Therapeutic Tools in the Rare Disease Epidermolysis Bullosa

Departement Cell Biology and Physiology, Translational Research Project Land Salzburg: Customized Protein Synthesis

*Lecturer, Research Partner;

10:00 - 10:20

Parallel | Utilization of microbial mats for the production of various biofuels

-> Parallel Session in Wing G1, Room E.23

Raeid Abed

10:00

Utilization of microbial mats for the production of various biofuels

Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:40

Session: Key Note Lecture

Chair: Klavdija Bastl, Mathias Binder

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Darryl McConnell

11:00

Drugging Cancer’s Big Four

Research Site Head Austria, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG

*Lecturer

11:40 - 13:00

Round Table Discussion

“Education and Career in Life Science”

 

Chair: Uwe Schlokat | Vice President Global Project Management, Ottobock
Lecturer, Supervisor of Bachelor and Master Students

 

Discussion Board:

  • Florian ASTELBAUER | IMC Alumnus, Quality Management, Shire
  • Johann BAUER |  Chairman Dermatology Dept., Paracelsus Med. University Salzburg
  • Ulrike FUCHS | IMC Alumna; Regulatory Affairs, Shire
  • Matthias Hackl | CEO TAmiRNA, Vienna
  • Martin KERN | Plant Manager Krems Facility, Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Tanja KIEFER| Human Resources, Lonza AG
  • Darryl McCONNELL | Research Site Head Austria, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG
  • Vanessa ERNST| IMC Alumna; Medical Writer Octapharma
  • Nicole STARY| IMC Alumna; Head Quality Compliance, Boehringer Ingelheim Vienna
  • Tamara  ZMOELNIG | IMC Alumna; Project Management Office Manager, Novartis Drug Product Schaftenau

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Uwe Schlokat

“Education and Career in Life Science”

Chair: Uwe Schlokat | Vice President Global Project Management, Ottobock

* Lecturer, Supervisor of Bachelor and Master Students

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break – Board Meeting PTS AWARD

Lunch Break at the canteen of Campus Krems

Board Meeting PTS Award  -> Wing G1, Room G1.1.19

14:00 - 15:00

Session: Immune system profiling for personalized diagnostics in hemophilia A

Chair: Wadih Rassy, Patrick Rericha

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Birgit Reipert

14:00

Clinical translation of  immune system profiling in infant patients with hemophilia A

Global Research, Baxalta Innovation GmbH, part of Shire

Christian Lubich

14:20

Differential effects of von Willebrand factor on processing and presentation of factor VIII-derived peptides

Research Institute for Applied Bioanalytics and Drug Development, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

 

Helmut Schweiger

14:40

Novel approach for personalized Hemophilia diagnostics – unravelling FVIII immunogenicity

Research Institute for Applied Bioanalytics and Drug Development, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems

15:00 - 15:40

Session: Medical Biotechnology

Chair: Julia Grasegger, Theresa Auer

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

 

Antonio Paolo Beltrami

15:00

Glioma Associated Stem Cells; A Model of the Tumor Microenvironment for Precision Medicine

Istituto di Anatomia Patologica Universitaria, Udine

* Joint Master program, Lecturer

Giuseppe Damante

15:20

Biological Effects of TERT1 on Thyroid Cancer Cells

Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Udine

* Joint Master program, Lecturer

 

15:40 - 16:20

Coffee Break

16:20 - 18:00

Session: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology & Technologies

Chair: Tatjana Tomek , Viktor Denev

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

Juan Hernandez Bort

16:20

New Genetic Therapy Techniques are about to Change the Patients Journey – Points to Consider from a Process Development and Manufacturing Perspective

Head of Early Stage Development, Gene Therapy, SHIRE

 

Martin Kern

16:40

Large Scale Vaccine Manufacturing in Krems

Managing Director, MSD Animal Health Danube Biotech GmbH

*Lecturer

Jakub Dostalek

17:00

Plasmonic Affinity Biosensors for Sensitive Biomarker Analysis

Senior Scientist Biosensor Technologies,AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

*Research Partner, Supervisor of Master & PhD Students

Rudiger Ettrich

17:20

Modulation of human ORAI1 channels: modeling and simulations

Head, Center for Nanobiology and Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Nove Hrady

Matthias Hackl

17:40

microRNAs – Tiny Molecules with Great Potential as Biomarkers and Drug Targets”

CEO TAmiRNA GmbH, Vienna

*Lecturer

Felix Spira

18:00

Novel automated benchtop imaging platform for advanced cell biological assays

Molecular Devices, Austria

*Lecturer and Research Partner

17:40 - 18:00

Parallel | Meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Board

Meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Board

Department of Biotechnology with Graduates

-> Wing G1, Room G1.1.19

18:20 - 18:40

Practical Training Semester Award

-> Wing G1, Room E.21

19:00 -

Dinner with the Graduates, Lecturers and Guests at the “Weinlodge Wachau”

Weinlodge Wachau
Fam. Siedler
Mauternbach 2
3512 Mautern