14th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences

The 14th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Sciences (ESBES) was organized at the headquarters of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR Byen) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ESBES Symposium had 245 registered participants and it was organized jointly with the Fermentation Based Manufacturing Symposium, adding 70 additional participants.

There were 3 plenary lectures:

“Phenotypical heterogeneity in bioprocesses: better think positive!?”by Prof. Anna Heins (Hamburg University of Technology) and Prof. Alexander Grünberger (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

“Intensification of biocatalytic processes towards industrial volumetric productivities” by Prof. Selin Kara (Leibniz Universität Hannover).

“Added value from reconstructed biomass fractions: Tackling lignin particle aggregation through hemicellulose- and laccase-assisted bioprocess” by Prof. Kirsi S. Mikkonen (University of Helsinki).

The central topic of the congress was ‘Biochemical engineering for the sustainable processes of the future’. There were 96 oral presentations and 92 posters in parallel sessions:

Digitalisation

Biocatalysis

Biotechnology and metabolic engineering

FBM Scaling, Gradients and Heterogenity

Novel upstream and downstream process concepts

Circular bioeconomy and processing

FBM Innovation for Biomanufactoring

Biopharmaceutical process

Industrial water and wastewater technology

Bioenergy

Bioprocesses for food engineering/precision fermentation

Education/New (bio)materials for process engineering

Within the Session “Novel upstream and downstream process concepts”, Dr. Patrícia Concórdio-Reis (NOVA) presented results from the EcoPlastiC project in an oral presentation:

“Upcycling of PET-based plastic waste into biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) using mixed microbial cultures” authored by Patricia Concordio-Reis (NOVA), Ana Teresa Rebocho (NOVA), Maria Nicolau Batista (NOVA), Margaret Brennan-Fournet (TUS), Cuneyt Erdinc Tas (TUS), Necdet Ozcelik (TUS), Cristiana A. V. Torres (NOVA), Maria A. M. Reis (NOVA) and Filomena Freitas (NOVA).

Dr. Patrícia Concórdio-Reis during her oral presentation “Upcycling of PET-based plastic waste into biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) using mixed microbial cultures”.