XIX Congress of the Spanish Society of Biotechnology Program

Program

TUESDAY, JULY 15
Hour Classroom C1-009 Classroom C1-015 Sponsors
8.45 – 9.00 Course presentation Omics Technologies.
Prof. José Luis García
Course presentation Biotechnological processes and Applied Biocatalysis
Prof. María José Hernáiz & Prof. Francisco Valero
9.00 – 11.30 Seminars (see program) Seminars (see program)
11.30 – 11.50 Coffee break
11.50 – 13.30 Seminars (see program) Seminars (see program)
13.30 – 14.45 Lunch
14.45 – 17.15 Seminars (see program) Seminars (see program)
     
17.15 – 17.30 Course closing and diploma ceremony
       
16.30 – 18.30 Congress Registration  
18.30 – 19.00 Congress Inauguration Biotec2025
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
 
19.00 – 20.00 Plenary Conference.
Michael Koepcke, (Lanzatech)
“Stepping on the gas: Innovating for A Circular Carbon Economy”
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
20.00 – 21.30 Welcome cocktail  
       
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
Hour Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences Graduation Hall of the Faculty of Life Sciences Sponsors
  Biocatalysis
Chairman: Susana Velasco
Food Biotechnology
Chairman: Enrique Martínez and Eva García
 
9.00 – 9.25 Biocatalysis for Sustainable Biosurfactants: Enzymatic Innovations in Rhamnolipid Synthesis

KN1 María José Hernaiz

Facultad de Farmacia UCM. Madrid

Towards more balanced wines: Microbial control in times of climate change.

KN1 Mª Jesús Torija

U. Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona

 
9.25 – 9.50 Immobilize to go further: from the design to the integration of immobilized biocatalysts.

KN2 David Roura

InSEIT AG, Switzerland

Advantages and disadvantages of adaptive evolution in the improvement and diversification of lactic starter cultures

KN2 Beatriz Martínez Fernández

Instituto de productos lácteos de Asturias. Grupo Dairy Safe

 
9.50 – 10.05 O1 O1  
10.05 – 10.20 O2 O2  
10.20 – 10.25 F1 F1  
10.25 – 10.30 F2 F2  
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break  
  Biocatalysis
Chairman: Fernando López-Gallego
Food Biotechnology
Chairman: Enrique Martínez and Eva García
 
11.00 – 11.25 From Nature to Artificial Intelligence. Designing the Biocatalysis of the future

KN1 Manuel Ferrer
ICP-CSIC Madrid

Enzymatic modification of polyphenols to optimize their physicochemical and bioactive properties.
KN1 José Luis González Alfonso
ICP-CSIC Madrid

11.25 – 11.50 Engineering Artificial Metalloenzymes: Protein-Metal Hybrids for Tunable Biocatalysis.

KN2 Aitziber L. Cortajarena

CIC biomaGUNE-BRTA. Donostia.

Applied Biotechnology: Technology Transfer in High-Value Cultures.
KN2 Verónica Romero Gil
Tafiqs in Foods, S.L. Marca registrada OLEICA
11.50 – 12.05 O1 O1
12.05 – 12.20 O2 O2
12.20 – 12.25 F1 F1
12.25 – 12.30 F2 F2
     
12.30 – 13.30 Plenary Conference.
Dra. Fátima Bosch (CBATEG-UAB)
“Gene therapy to treat highly prevalent metabolic diseases: A new horizon for human health”
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
 
       
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch  
       
14.30 – 15.30 Posters session  
Hour Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences  
  Biotechnology and Health
Chairman: Celia Nieto
Environmental Biotechnology
Chairman: Carmen Michán
 
15.30 – 15.55 Nanostructured drug delivery systems for targeted antimicrobial therapy

KN1 Manuel Arruebo

Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón

20 years of microbial electrochemical technologies: from lab to full scale

KN1 Abraham Esteve

U. Alcalá/IMDEA AGUA

 
15.55 – 16.20 Challenges addressed in the development of Immunobiogram: a novel cell-technology IVD test that applies Precision Medicine paradigm to the personalization of immunosuppresant medicines

KN2 Isabel Portero

CEO Biohope

Bioengineering synthetic cellular organelles to enhance sustainable biocompund production

KN2 Henning Kirst

Ramón y Cajal. U. Córdoba. (IMIBIC)

 
16.20 – 16.35 O1 O1  
16.35 – 16.50 O2 O2  
16.50 – 16.55 F1 F1  
16.55 – 17.00 F2 F2  
       
17.00 – 18.00 Round table 1: Young Biotechnologist
Chairman: Josu López Fernández (Consultant FI group)
Participants:
· Juan Antonio Castro – President of Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia
· Elena Bayá Isnard – Manager en FI GROUP
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
 
Sponsors presentations
18:00 – 18:10 Condalab  
18:10 – 18:20 Biotechnology Communicator Asociation. Comunica Biotec  
18:20 – 18:30    
 
THURSDAY, JULY 17
Hour Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences Sponsors
  Industrial Biotechnology
Chairman: Juan Manuel Bolivar
Environmental Biotechnology
Chairman: Beatriz Galán
 
9.00 – 9.25 Enzymes as key catalysts for the sustainable synthesis of bioplastics: from biomass to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid catalyzed by HMFO

KN1 Kirian Bonet-Ragel

DEQBA-UAB. Barcelona

Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors in the response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to environmental and host stimuli

KN1 Marián LLamas

Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC)

9.25 – 9.50 Sustainable Biotech? Prove it, show me the metrics

KN2 Pablo Domínguez de María

Sustainable Momentum S.L. (SusMom)

KN2
9.50 – 10.05 O1 O1
10.05 – 10.20 O2 O2
10.20 – 10.25 F1 F1
10.25 – 10.30 F2 F2
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
  Industrial Biotechnology
Chairman: Xavier García-Ortega
Plant Biotechnology
Chairman: XXX
11.00 – 11.25 Advancing bioprocess engineering for sustainable and efficient production of bacterial polymers

KN1 Alberto Rodríguez-Martín

CIB-Madrid

Lighting up plant biotechnology: autobioluminescence as a tool for prototyping synthetic gene circuits and monitoring plant viral infections

KN1 Marta Vázquez-Vilar

IBMCP-CSIC

11.25 – 11.50 From Discovery to Market: Strategies to Accelerate Biologics Development

KN2 Iván Martínez Monge

R&D Manager HIPRA Biotec services. Girona

A thorny issue

KN2 Pietro Gramazio

Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana (COMAV) – (UPV)

11.50 – 12.05 O1 O1
12.05 – 12.20 O2 O2
12.20 – 12.25 F1 F1
12.25 – 12.30 F2 F2
     
12.30 – 13.30 Plenary Conference.
Amparo Querol (Food Biotechnology) IATA-CSIC.
“Optimization of wine fermentations through innovative approaches: Yeast Biodiversity, Multi-omics analysis and model-based design of metabolic fluxes”
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
 
     
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
     
14.30 – 15.30 Posters session
     
15.30 – 16.30 Round table 2: Biotechnology and Sustainability
Chairman: Auxiliadora Prieto (CIB-CSIC)
Participants: Xavier Gabarrell. Vicerector for Campus and sustainability (UAB)
Abraham Esteve Núñez, BIOE GROUP, Universidad de Alcalá/IMDEA AGUA
Marta Vazquez Vilar -Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, IBMCP (UPV – CSIC)
Silvia Osuna ICREA & Universitat de Girona, Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
16.30 – 17.30 Plenary conference Young researchers Award SEBiot Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
17.30 – 19.00 SEBiot Assembly
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
Sponsors presentations

17:30 – 17:40

17:40 – 17:50

17:50 – 18:00

20.00 – 23.00 Gala Dinner
Marina Bay Marina Street 19-21. Olympic port. Barcelona
 
FRIDAY JULY, 18
Hora Graduation Hall of the Faculty of Life Sciences Graduation Hall of the Faculty of Life Sciences Sponsors
  Microbial Biotechnology Chairman: Victor González-Menéndez and Alvaro Mourenza New Challenges in Biotechnology
Chairman: XXX
 
9.00 – 9.25 How fungi will save us from the climate change apocalypse

KN1 Pablo Cruz Morales

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability

Next-Generation USP Development: Driving Innovation and Robustness in CHO-Based Bioprocessing
KN1 Evan Gilman
Leanbio
 
9.25 – 9.50 Tittle to be confirmed

KN2 Antonio Fernández

Chief Executive officer of Biomar

Rational Design of Efficient Enzymes

KN2 Silvia Osuna

ICREA & Universitat de Girona, Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química

 
9.50 – 10.05 O1 9.50-10.10 KN3  
10.05 – 10.20 O2

10.10 – 10.30

Applications of AI in the manufacturing of biological drugs

KN4 Jordi Gibert

Head of Biotechnology Unit. Klinea Biopharmaceutical Engineering

 
10.20 – 10.25 F1  
10.25 – 10.30 F2  
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break  
11.00 – 12.00 Round table 3. Biotechnology and Industry
Chairman: Francesc Godia (DEQBA-UAB)
Participants:
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
 
12.00 – 13.00 Plenary Conference
Alfonso Valencia (BSC-CNS)
“Biotechnology in the times of AI”

Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences
 
13.00 – 13.30 Closing Ceremony
Auditorium of the Faculty of Life Sciences