The Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) of Bielefeld University cordially invites you to attend the 9th International CeBiTec Research Conference entitled “Advances in Industrial Biotechnology: Renewable feedstocks and synthetic pathways for production of fine chemicals”. The conference will be held at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) of Bielefeld University from September 23rd to 25th, 2019.

Scientific Committee

Volker Wendisch (Bielefeld University, DE)
Katarina Cankar (Wageningen Plant Research, NL)
Peter van der Schaft (Axxence GmbH, DE)
Trygve Brautaset (NTNU Trondheim, NO)
Oskar Zelder (BASF, DE)

Invited Speakers

Ralf G. Berger (Hannover, DE)
Pablo Carbonell (Manchester, GB)
Kohsuke Honda (Osaka, JP)
Gregor Kosec (Acies Bio Ltd., SI)
Binod Parameswaran (Trivandrum, IN)
Sunghoon Park (UNIST, KO)
Dae-Kyun Ro (Calgary, CA)
Peter van der Schaft (Axxence GmbH, DE)
Heribert Warzecha (Darmstadt, DE)
An-Ping Zeng (Hamburg, DE)

The conference highlights the impact of renewable feedstocks and synthetic pathways for production of fine chemicals. The major topics to be addressed are:

1 – Aroma Biotechnology
2 – Synthetic pathways
3 – Podium discussion on white biotechnology
4 – Alternative Feedstocks
5 – C1 Utilization

The 2019 International CeBiTec Research Conference “Advances in Industrial Biotechnology” focuses on “Renewable feedstocks and synthetic pathways for production of fine chemicals” and will promote scientific excellence in microbial biotechnology by providing leading scientists and young researchers with a platform to present their work, to discuss current scientific understanding along with recent developments in key areas of industrial biotechnology, and to identify the priorities for further research.

The meeting will feature invited plenary lectures, poster presentations, short oral presentations and a podium discussion on white biotechnology.

Your are cordially invited to attend the conference. You also may actively participate in the symposium by presenting your work in poster sessions or as short oral presentation. The conference flyer can be found here.


Event host: CeBiTec, Bielefeld University
Event venue: Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University, Methoden 1, 33615 Bielefeld