Biotechnology of New Materials — Environment — Quality of Life

• School of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University (SibFU)

Conference topics concern contemporary biotechnologies of production, study and application of biosynthesis end products for medical and technical purpose and environmental safety and include the following:   

• Global challenges of XXI century, the role and potential of biotechnology for end product synthesis and environmental conservation;
• Valuable products of microbiological synthesis and new biomaterials; application areas- industry, medicine, pharmacology etc.;
• Ecological biotechnology and environmental conservation problems.

The conference will include:

• Presentations of leading researchers in the sphere of production, study and application of new materials and environmental safety (30 min.);
• Scientific reports (10 );
• Poster session and round table.

Participants:

• Leading scientists in the sphere of industrial, medical and ecological biotechnology;
• Leading researchers from the institutes of Russian Academy of Sciences (RUS) and higher educational institutions of Russia;
• Young people, interested in science — students of biological and chemical departments, studying biotechnology, biophysics, high-molecular compounds, material sciences, ecology.   

Keynote speakers:

• The Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Iosif Gitelson;
• The Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Ivshina;
• Professor Christopher J. Brigham, Assistant Professor Department of Bioengineering University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA;
• Professor Vasif Hasirci. BIOMATEN, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering and Department of Biological Sciences. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey;
• Professor George Guo-Qiang Chen. Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University Beijing, Chin

Conference working languages: English, Russian.

On-campus accommodation is possible for non-resident participants. Accommodation cost is 800–1500 rubles/day depending on room type.