Find the programme for all the events during our Science Week here:
- 02.05. – 04.05.2022 | 1st C3 – Chemistry Meeting .
- 04.05.2022 | 2nd Symposium on REEs recovery
- 05.05. -06.05. | 18th International Life Science Meeting
Science Week
A Week with 3 events - one for Life Science, one for Chemistry, one for the project about REEs recovery
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
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 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 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