Sunday, November 20, 2011

biotechnology summit 2012 preliminary program


To Whom It May Concern
March 12-17 preconference workshop:
                No. 1: Plant Biotechnology: Dr. Jose Juan Zuñiga Aguilar, CICY, email: zuniga@cicy.mx & Dr.Lorenzo Felipe Sánchez Teyer, CICY, email: santey@cicy.mx
                No. 2: Methods applied to the study of infectious and parasitic diseases, Dra. Laura Conde Fárraes, UADY, email:laura.conde@uady.mx
                No. 3: Somatic embryogenesis and embryo rescue. Dr. Héctor González Rosas, Colegio de posgraduados Km 36.5 Carr. México-Texcoco s/n Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo de México, email: hectorgr@colpos.mx
                No. 4:  Preparation and in vitro propagation of disease-free plants. Dr. Héctor González Rosas, Colegio de posgraduados Km 36.5 Carr. México-Texcoco s/n Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo de México, email: hectorgr@colpos.mx
                No. 5: Molecular Structural Bioinformatics: theoretical and computational methods for studying biological macromolecules and their ligands R. Charbel MAROUN, PhD, INSERM email: charbel.maroun@inserm.fr 
conference workshop
19-20     No. 6: Practical advice for doctors, Pharmacists, biologists, etc. about their careers. Dr. Dimitris Dogramatzis
                Specific Conference, Exhibition poster & oral session March 19-20 2012,
March 18    Registration and welcome 5-8 pm
March 19   7-8         registration       
                8-9         inauguration     
  1.                9-9:30     keynote  SILVER biotechnology Biobusiness, BioEntrepreneuship & Marketing; Development Economics, Biobusiness And Marketing: strategy for innovative development of the national economy, improvement of the system of the S&T and innovation activities management.  Dr. Dimitris Dogramatzis Biotechnology Textbook Author & Retail Pharmacy Owner & Manager at DOGRAMATZIS PHARMACY  The global marketing of biopharmaceuticals: How it is done
  2.                9:30-10:00           BLUE biotechnology  aquaculture, coasts and sea, Fish health and nutrition, Aquatic animals reproduction, cloning and genetic modifications, Aquaculture and fisheries pest and disease control;  Dra. Guadalupe de la Lanza Espino, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Departamento de Zoología, Laboratotio de Hidrobiología, Apartado Postal 70 153, C.P. 04510, Telefono 56 22 91 32, Fax 55 50 01 64, E-mails:gdlle@servidor.unam.mxgdlle@ibiologia.unam.mx         Current conditions of the coastal systems in Mexico
  3.                 10:00-10:30        GREEN biotechnology Biotechnologies for the production, processing and storage of agricultural and Livestock production, Biofertilizers and agrobiochemicals, Agri-Agrocultural pest and disease control, Ecology and rational wildlife management, preservation of biodiversity, Plant, Pets and Farm-animal disease, health, nutrition, reproduction, cloning and genetic modification, Plant micropropagation and plant tissue culture, Bioremediation & Environmental Biotechnology. Sustainable Design, Renewable energy generation: Resource-saving and energy-efficient, Bioremediation & Environmental Biotechnology, bio-fuel production and sustainable biotechnology development; biotechnologies for competitive production, New materials and new energy sources. Dr. Graciela Leguizamon Facultad de agronomía y Agroindustrias de la Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero Argentina   The use of biotechnology crops in Argentina,
  4.                 10:30-11:00        María del Carmen Navarro Maldonado. Coordinadora de la Licenciatura en Producción Animal. Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción. División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa. México D.F. navarromaldonadomaradelcarmen@gmail.com              Cloning embryos: Application to wildlife species as endangered bighorn sheep
  5.                 11:00-11:30        Coffee break    
  6.                 11:30-12:00        Dra. Patricia Tamez Guerra UANL FCB   Biotechnology and derived products for insect-pests control,
  7.                 12-00-12:30        Dr. Deepak Bhatnagar USDA ARS New Orleans Lousiana USA   The use of the tools of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics in combating aflatoxin contamination in crops and commodities
  8.                 12:30-13:00        Dr Juan Francisco Aguirre Medina INIFAP C:E. Rosario izapa      BIOFERTILIZERS
  9.                 13:00-13:30        Dra. Peggy Elizabeth Alvarez Gutiérrez, Profesor de Tiempo Completo Titular "C", Líder del CA Investigación y Desarrollo Agroindustrial, PE Ingenería Agroindustrial, Universidad Politécnica de Chiapas         Sustainable agro-industrial production in Chiapas México as an alternative technology for food security
  10.                 13:30-15:00        mealtime           
  11.                 15:00-15:30        GREY biotechnology  Industrial biotechnologies: Classical Fermentation & Bioprocess / Bioengineering Technology. Engineering and technological re-equipment of bioproduction, output of science-intensive bioproducts. Dr. Alvaro R. Lara, Departamento de Procesos y Tecnología Universidad Autonoma, Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Artificios 40, Col. Miguel Hidalgo, Del. Alvaro Obregón CP 01120, Tel 26363804, fax 26363800 ext. 3832 Bioprocess intensification through high cell-density cultivation in batch mode of metabollicaly engineered E. coli strains
  12.                 15:30-16:00         PURPLE biotechnology  Strategy for the intellectual property protection, patents, publications, inventions, Dr. Ricardo Gomez FLores UANL FCB CIETT   Innovative Inventions and Patents
  13.                 16:00-16:30         PLATINUM biotechnology Synthetic Biology  Dr. Quintín Rascón Cruz Facultad de Ciencias Químicas Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua Circuito No.1 Nuevo Campus Universitario C.P.  31125 Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico Tel. 52 614 236-6000 Ext. 4260
  14.                 16:30-17:00   Prof. Dr. Abel MORENO INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA, UNAM CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, 3000 MEXICO, D.F. 04510  MEXICO Phone:  +52-55-56224467 synthetic biology
March 20   7-8         registration       
  1.                  8-8:30   Keynote YELLOW biotechnology Food, Nutrition Science and Neutraceuticals  nobody yet               
  2.                  8:30-9:00           WHITE biotechnology Gene-Based Industrial biotechnologies.Dr. Alvaro R. Lara, Departamento de Procesos y Tecnología Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Artificios 40, Col. Miguel Hidalgo, Del. Alvaro Obregón CP 01120, Tel 26363804, fax 26363800 ext. 3832, Metabolic engineering to increase the production of plasmid DNA vaccines by Escherichia coli
  3.                 9:00-9:30             IRIS biotechnology Multidisciplinary Area: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology. Applications based on omic's, Dr. Eduardo Armienta Aldana, Profesor - Investigador Titular "C", Facultad de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa   Protein research in the XXI century
  4.                 9:30-10:00           Dr. Jaime García Mena, Department: Genetica y Biologia Molecular, Institution: CINVESTAV-IPN, street 1: Av IPN 2508, street 2: Col Zacatenco, city: Mexico City, state: DF, zip code: 07360, country: MEXICO, telephone: +52(55) 5747-3800 X5328 (office), X5327 (lab).  Genomics of airborne bacteria in megacities
  5.                10:00-10:30         TRANSPARENT biotechnology Bioethics, Biotechnology and Society: tools for asses the support to the scientific sector, including its biotechnological potential and human resources. Lic. Alberto Arellano Méndez, National Institute of Genomic Medicine INMEGEN Adscripción: Departamento de Estudios Jurídicos, Éticos y Sociales, Puesto: Investigador en Ciencias Médicas, Teléfono : 5350-1900 ext. 1103, Email:aarellano@inmegen.gob.mx, Research Genetics and Society: Genetic discrimination
  6.                 10:30-11:00        Dr. Jesús Mario Siqueiros García INMEGEN DIRECCIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN, , Adscripción:  Subdirección de desarrollo de aplicaciones clínicas, Puesto: Investigador en Ciencias Médicas A, Teléfono : 5350-1900 ext. 1158, Email: jsiqueiros@inmegen.gob.mx, The Ethics of Evidence Building
  7.                 11:00-11:30        Coffee break    
  8.                 11:30-12:00        BROWN biotechnology  space and geomicrobiology, Arid Zone & Desert Biotechnology.Dr Jorge M. Santamaria Fernandez Scientific Research Centre of Yucatan (CICY)      “Biotechnological approach to global warming effects in agriculture”
  9.                 12:00-12:30        GOLD biotechnology  Bioinformatics, Nanobiotechnology, Microelectronic and Nicroelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Micro Systems Technology (MST), Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (NEMS)micromachines.R. Charbel MAROUN, PhD, HDR, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie (CIRB) CNRS UMR 7241/INSERM U1050 Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 PARIS, Tél: 01 44 27 14 91, Fax: 01 44 27 14 76, e-mail rmaroun@gmail.com,         charbel.maroun@inserm.fr       Molecular mechanism of signal transduction of a membrane receptor coupled to G protein
  10.                 12:30-13:00        DARK biotechnology Human and animal and pest control, Bioterrorism, Biowarfare, Biocrimes, Anticrop Warfare;       15:00-15:30    Lic. Francisco Emiliano Solís Aguirre UNAM FCQ  
  11.                 13:00-13:30        INDIGO biotechnology Education & Early Childhood Stimulation In The Culture Of Health, Nutrition, Sport, Art, Science, BioTechnology & Society as Information and telecommunication technologies TIC´S: for integrating science, education and manufacturing. Susana Lozano-Muñiz UNPA, Early stimulation on science and technology        
  12.                 13:30-15:00        Lunch       
  13.                 15:00-15:30         RED biotechnology  Human Health & disease, Medical, Diagnostics and tissue engineering; Dr. Dimitris Dogramatzis Biotechnology Textbook Author & Retail Pharmacy Owner & Manager at DOGRAMATZIS PHARMACYCurrent state of red biotechnology: Molecules, Therapeutic areas, and Manufacturers. Or Red biotechnology: An unfulfilled promise?
  14.                 15:30-16:00  Dra. Laura del Bosque Plata.. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica.             nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics in Mexico.
  15.                 16:00-16:30  Dra. Rosalva Mora Escobedo Dpto. Graduados en AlimentosEscuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, I.P.N.Tel. 57296000 Ext. 62462, "Germination of soybeans and its effect on chronic diseases".  
March 21   10-16  ̴   visit to the pyramids of Chichen Itza: As part of the schedule, it has been arranged that the group go visit the Chichen-Itza ruins on March 21st (on the equinox), in order to watch Kukulcan dance

March 19. Symposium Strategies to Monitor and Reduce Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis among Targeted Insects
No  Time  Speaker  Presentation Title

8:30-9:00  Carlos Blanco (USA) Pros and cons of implementing an F2 screen for Bt-resistance monitoring
9:00-9:30  Ryan Kurtz (USA) US corn and cotton monitoring programs and current results
9:30-10:00 Blair D, Siegfried (USA) Resistance monitoring efforts with European corn borer
10:00-10:30 Ingeborg Zenner de Polanía (Colombia) Combination of field and laboratory trials to monitor Bt resistance, before and after, introduction of genetically engineered crops
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Miguel Serrano (Centroamérica) A program for monitoring the susceptibility of target lepidopteran pests to Bt proteins in three countries in Latin America
11:30-12:00 Lindsey Flexner (USA) Simulation modeling and Insect Resistance Management
12:00-12:30 Gerardo Hernandez (Mexico) Heliothines development and its influence on refugee area 
12:30-13:00 William D. Hutchison (USA) Areawide suppression of European corn borer with Bt maize reaps savings to non-Bt maize growers.
13:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-15:30 Alan Reynolds (USA) Teleconference on EPA efforts to detect/ reduce Bt resistance development
15:30-16:00 Yu Cheng Zhu (USA) Teleconference Use of microarray and RNAi to explore Bt resistance in the sugarcane borer
16:00-16:30 William Moar (USA) Characterization of Bt resistance in Helicoverpa zea and implications towards Bt resistance development
16:30-17:00 J. Ángel Saavedra Bt-crops regulation in Mexico: An industrial point of view
17:00-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-18:00 Alejandra Bravo (Mexico) Domains II and III of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin remain exposed to the solvent after insertion of part of domain I into the membrane.  
18:00-18:30 Patricia Tamez Guerra (Mexico) Bt resistance, immunity and gut microbiota in Plodia interpunctella
18:30-19:00 Yu-Lin Gao (China) & Zhong-Ren Lei (China) Enhancement of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa toxicity to vegetable Coleopteran larvae by a Tenebrio molitor cadherin fragment
19:00-19:30 José Concepción Rodríguez (Mexico) Could Bt-crops insect resistance negatively affect organic agriculture

March 20. Symposium Strategies to Monitor and Reduce Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis among Targeted Insects
No Time Speaker Presentation Title
9:00-9:30 Brenda Oppert (USA) Functional Genomics as a Tool to Study Insect Responses to Bt Intoxication
9:30-10:00 Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes (USA) Proteomic characterization of insect resistance to Cry toxins and Bt crops
10:00-10:30 Mario Soberon (Mexico) Enhancement of insecticidal activity of Cry1 toxins against fall armyworm by site directed mutagenesis of toxin receptor binding epitopes.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Jeff Fabrick (USA) Current status of pink bollworm Bt resistance in Arizona
11:30-12:00 Patricia Pietrantonio (USA) Receptors of Bt toxin(s) in Helicoverpa zea larval midgut
12:00-12:30 Elena Elpidina (Russia) Differential expression of peptidases and glycosidases in the midgut of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Aa-treated Tenebrio molitor larvae
12:30-13:00 Blair D, Siegfried (USA) Bt resistance characterization and detection in fall armyworm
13:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-15:30 Jaime Molina-Ochoa (Mexico) La conducta alimenticia en diabróticas en presencia de líneas portadoras de Bt y sus isolíneas
15:30-16:00 William Moar (USA) CRWIII and the use of pyramided RNAi to delay resistance to Cry3Bb1 in CRW in maize”.
16:00-16:30 Nicholas Storer (USA) Benefits of pyramiding multiple Bt traits for resistance management
16:30-17:00 Michael Caprio (USA) Insect resistance management and risk assessments
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-18:00 Anthony M. Shelton (USA) Will conserving natural enemies with Bt plants affect resistance evolution?
18:00-18:30 Sharon Downs (Australia) A contingency plan for mitigating resistance in Australian pests to the toxins within Bollgard II cotton
18:30-19:00 Ryan Kurtz (USA) Syngenta’s insecticidal traits and their efficacy against key pests
19:00-19:30 Bruce Tabashnik (USA) Field-evolved Resistance to Bt Crops