IBS 2016, Draft Program
DRAFT: 20/10/2016

Monday 24 October 2016
8.00amConference registration & exhibition opens
Room 203/204
9.00 – 9.45am
Welcome to Country & IBS 2016 and AusBiotech 2016
Glenn Cross, CEO, AusBiotech
Premier of Victoria, The Hon. Daniel Andrews MP
Prof Francesco Nicotra, Vice-President of IUPAC Division III, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
9.45 – 10.30am

100 years old … and just getting started
Paul Perreault, CEO and Managing Director, CSL Ltd
CSL is Australia’s most successful biotech and this year it will spend more than $USD600 million on R&D. CEO Paul
Perreault will discuss his decision to locate CSL’s global R&D hub in Melbourne, his vision for a renaissance in Australianbiotechnology and his view of the elements needed for business success.

10.30 – 11.00am
11.00am – 12.30pm

Morning tea break and networking with exhibitors
Room 212
Breakout 1: The structure, function anddigestion of food
Chair: Dr Mick Blake, Director Biosecurity Centreof Excellence, Box Hill InstituteKeynote: A/Prof Sally Gras, Director, ARC Dairy
Innovation Hub
The microstructure and function of milk and dairy

Room 216
Breakout 2: Biobased production

Room 217
Breakout 3: Glycomics

Chair: Prof Mary Garson, Professor ofChemistry, The University of Queensland
Keynote 1: Prof David James, Professor of Bio
Process Engineering, Sheffield University UK

Chair: Prof Mark von Itzstein, Director,
Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University
Prof Dr Rita Gerardy-Schahn, Director andProfessor, Institute for Cellular Chemistry,
Hannover Medical School, GermanyfoodsProf Ben Boyd, Professor in Drug Delivery
Sciences, Monash University
New insights into the structure of milk during
digestion
Simone Rochfort, Research Leader Molecular
Phenomics, AgriBio Economic Development
Dr Trevor Lockett, Group Leader, Personalised
Health, CSIRO
Starch structure and its impact in digestion andnutrition
12.30 – 1.30pm

Lunch break and networking with exhibitors

1.30 – 3.00pm

Breakout 4: BioRefinery
Chair: Prof Emile van Zyl, Senior Chair of Energy
Research in Biofuels, Stellenbosch University,
South Africa
Keynote: Prof Akihiko Kondo, Professor, Kobe
University, Japan
Development of microbial cell factories forconsolidated bioprocessing by synthetic biology
platform

Prof Danilo Porro, Professor, University of
Milano-Biocca, Italy
Molecular and process design for chemical
productions in yeasts cell factories
Prof Kristala Jones Prather, Associated Professor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
In search of a better enzyme: biocatalyst

Dr Wayne Patrick, Senior Lecturer, University ofOtago, New ZealandEngineering superior DNA ligase enzymes forbiomolecular applications
A/Prof Johan Verbeek, Associate Professor,
University of Waikato, New Zealand
New products for special needs, a new life forprotein by-products

Ways and means to engineer glyco-enzymes
for biotechnological applications
Prof Richard Payne, Professor of Organic
Chemistry and Chemical Biology and ARC
Future Fellow, School of Chemistry, The
University of Sydney
Glycopeptides and glycoproteins: Finding the
sweet spot for biology and medicine
Prof Richard Furneaux, Director, The Ferrier
Research Institute, Victoria University of
Wellington, New ZealandIs there a chemical code for the diverse
biological activities of heparan sulfate?

Breakout 5: IP global update
Chair: Lorraine Chiroiu, Deputy CEO,
AusBiotech

Breakout 6: Nanobiotech
Chair: Prof Teruyuki Nagamune, Professor,
The University of Tokyo, JapanDr Lisa Haile, Partner & Co-Chair Global Life
Sciences Sector, DLA Piper LLP, USA
Patent Eligibility including Natural Products andDiagnostics under section 101 in the US
Tania Obranovich, Vice President Ip, Legal
Affairs and Compliance, Clinical Genomics
John Tessensohn, Board Member Shusaku.
Yamamoto, Japan
Requirements, timing and strategies in patentterm extension (PTE) practice in JapanDr Charles Harding, Partner, D Young & Co, UK
Post grant developments in Europe

Keynote 1: Prof Justin Gooding, Scientia
Professor and Founding Co-director, The
Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, UNSW
3D printing of cells
Keynote 2: Prof Max Lu, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Surrey UK
Layered Inorganic Nanoparticles forControlled Delivery of Drug and RNAsProf Gordon Wallace, Chief Investigator,
University of Wollongong
3d Bioprinting. Can we emulate thehierarchical structures found in nature ?
Prof Soong Ho Um, Associate Professor,
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
A DNA Origami-based fluorescent system forscreening to facilitate pathway engineering

3.00 – 3.30pm
3.30 – 5.00pm

rapid and selective diagnosis of cytosolic RNA
cancer markers

Afternoon tea break and networking with exhibitors
Breakout 7: Plant molecular biology
Breakout 8: Bioremediation & waste
remediation
Chair: Prof Ian Godwin, Professor in Plant
Chair: Prof Gary Schenk, ARC Future Fellow andReader, The University of Queensland
Molecular Genetics, The University of
Queensland
Keynote: Prof German Spangenberg, Executive
Director, AgriBio Centre
Advances and prospects in forage systems biology
and molecular breeding

Prof Ian Godwin, Professor in Plant Molecular
Genetics, The University of Queensland
Transgenic cereals with enhanced end-use
qualities
Prof Jimmy Botella, Professor of Plant
Biotechnology University of Queensland
No equipment? No electricity? No problem!
A simple, low-cost molecular/nanotechnologybased diagnostic system for crop, animal andhuman diseases.
Prof Tomas Macek, Professor of Biochemistry,
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague,
Czech Republic
Transgenic plants tailored to overcome stressing

Keynote: Prof Linda Blackall, Professorof Biosciences and Academic Director of
Research Training, Swinburne University ofTechnology
Treatment of urban solid waste by compostingwith a focus on pathogen removal from the final
product
Keynote 2: Prof Gary Schenk, ARC Future Fellow
and Reader, The University of Queensland
Environmental Biocatalysis: a promisingstrategy to translate basic science into a variety
of applications
A/Prof Mike Manefield, Associate Professor,
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular
Sciences, UNSW
Bioremediation of organochlorines in Australia
Hana Stiborova, Research Assistant, UCT
Prague, Czech Republic
Biotransformation of waste products frompoultry industry

Breakout 9: Vaccine development
Chair: Prof Mark Kendall, Group Leader,
Delivery of Drugs and Genes Group
AIBN, The University of Queensland
Keynote: Prof Alan Cowman, Head, Divisionof Infection and Immunity, The Walter andEliza Hall institute of Medical Research
Current state of vaccine development formalaria

A/Prof Michael Nissen, Director of ScientificAffairs & Public Health, GSK Vaccines,
Singapore
Current status of Ebola virus vaccine
development
Prof Paul Young, Professor of Virology andHead of School, The University of Queensland
Clamping sub-unit viral vaccines: constraining
the conformation of recombinant viral fusion
proteins in their pre-fusion form enhances
vaccine potency
Prof Mark Kendall, Group Leader, Delivery ofDrugs and Genes Group
AIBN, The University of Queensland

conditions or improve phytoremediation

5.00 – 6.30pm

Engineering the improved reach of vaccines:
from needles to rockets to Nanopatches

Welcome reception IBS 2016 and AusBiotech 2016
Supported by CSL
Exhibition hall, Melbourne Room, Melbourne Convention Centre

Tuesday 25 October 2016
7.00amConference registration opens
6.55 -7.45am
South Wharf river promenade precinct walking tour
Meet at Hilton hotel reception
Free to attend - Please RSVP : events@ausbiotech.org
Join us for a walking tour that highlights Melbournes discovery and exploration, waterfront history, initial settlement and Aboriginal history. The tour
will include Melbourne maps, bushtucker samples, historic souvenir and a chocolate sample.
7.30 – 8.30am

How To make life changing products available to more people sooner.
Presenter: Chad Fox - President of MasterControl Asia
Join us and experience our version of MasterControl quality management. You will see firsthand the essence of our mission statement; To make lifechanging products available to more people sooner.
Invitation Only

8.30am8.45 – 9.20am
9.20 – 9.55am

Exhibition hall opens
Room 203/204
Biotechnology and innovation: risk and precaution: social license or not?
Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, New ZealandMillis Oration
Introduction: Dr Andrea Huggins, Vice President R&D Strategy, CSL
The rise, fall and rebirth of an Australian public health icon
Prof Ian Gust AO, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne

9.55 – 10.30am

Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC: Bringing Smart Money to Your Business
Dr Jeanne Bolger, Vice President Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

10.30 – 11.00am

Morning tea break and networking with exhibitors
Room 212
Room 214
Breakout 10: Pharmaceutical,
Breakout 11: Algae
medical and molecular biology

11.00am –12.30pm

Chair: A/Prof Vito Ferro, Deputy
Director, Biotechnology Program,
The University of Queensland
Keynote: Prof Stefan Oscarson,
Professor In Chemical Biology,
University College Dublin, Ireland
Development of a conjugate
vaccine against Cryptococcus
neoformans based on synthetic
capsular polysaccharide structures
Dr Fatemeh Dabbagh, AssistantProfessor, Faculty Of Pharmacy
And Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Hormozgan University Of Medical
Sciences, Iran
Human urate oxidase pseudogene
engineering in an effort to develop
humanized forms of uricase as animportant biopharmaceutical
Dr Thu-Ha Nguyen, Senior postdoc, University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences,
Vienna, Austria
Protein display on the cell surface

Chair: Prof Volker Sieber, Chair,
Chemistry of Biogenic Resources,
Technical University of Munich,Germany
Prof Peer Schenk, Professor, Schoolof Agriculture and Food Sciences,
University of Queensland
Microalgal biorefineries to costeffectively produce food, feed andbiofuelAndrew Lawson, Managing Director,
MBD Energy Ltd
High value algae based products
Mary Ibarra-Vidal, Master Student,
University Of Calgary
Auxenochlorella Protothecoides as asource of lipids and antioxidants
Dr Brenton Hamdorf, Industry
Engagement Manager,
University of Technology Sydney
Advanced Algae: PHARMACEUTICALAPPLICATIONSRoom 216
Breakout 12:
Nano-biotechnology: from drugdelivery to tissue regeneration
Chair: Prof Francesco Nicotra, VicePresident of IUPAC Division III,
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Room 217
Breakout 13:
Industrial and environmental
biotechnology
Chair: Dr Carol Hartley, Research
Scientist & Biocatalysis Team
Leader, CSIRO

Keynote: Prof Gert Storm, Utrecht
University, The Netherlands
Targeted nanomedicine to address
challenges in the delivery of biotech
drug products

Prof Muftah El-Naas, Qafco Chair
Professor, Qatar University, Qatar
Biotechnology in the oil and gas
industry: Potentials for thetreatment of processed water
Dr Boris Kolvenbach, Research
Assistant, University Of Applied
Sciences And Arts Northwestern
Switzerland
Multifactorial investigation of
sulfonamide antibiotics
biodegradation in five wastewater
treatment plants
Mattana Tunchai, Hiroshima
University, Japan
Identification and characterizationof chemotactic transducers for a
non-natural enantiomer of malate
in Ralstonia solanacearum
Dr Haiqin Chen, Professor, Jiangnan
University, China
Application of a delta-6 desaturase

Prof Teruyuki Nagamune, Professor,
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Dynamic micro-patterning andsorting of mammalian cells on
photo-cleavable PEG-lipid modified
surface
Prof Laura Cipolla, Dept.
Biotechnology and Biosciences,
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Nanostructured biomaterials fortissue regeneration: connecting
carbohydrate and material chemistry
Prof Paolo Scrimin, Department ofChemical Sciences, University of

of Lactobacillus plantarum
towards the development ofwhole-cell biocatalyst
Dr Xudong Wang, Post Doctoral ,Dalian University of Technology,
China
PEGylation kinetics of recombinanthirudin and its application forprocess optimization
12.30 – 1.30pm
1.30 – 3.00pm

Lunch break and networking with exhibitors
Room 212
Room 214
Breakout 14: Commercialisation
Breakout 15: Bioprocessing inof biotech from universities
biomanufacturing
Chair: A/Prof Vito Ferro, Deputy
Co-Chairs: Prof Murray Moo-Young,Director, Biotechnology Program,Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
The University of Queensland
University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof Tomas Macek, Professor of
Biochemistry, University ofChemistry and Technology, Prague,
Czech Republic
Keynote: Dr Noel Chambers, CEO, Keynote: Prof Fengwu Bai,
National Foundation for Medical
Distinguished Professor, Biochemical
Research and Innovation
Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong
Getting rubber to hit the road:
University, China
funding research for impact
Bioreactor and bioprocessengineering strategies for the
production of bulk commodities
Dr Kevin Cullen, Chief Executive
Officer, UNSW Innovations
Measuring Knowledge Exchange
and Commercialisation

Thanasak Lomthong, Kasetsart
University, Thailand
Cloning, expression andcharacterization of poly(L-lactide)degrading enzyme from Laceyella

Padova, Italy
Targeting and intracellular deliveryof functionalized gold nanoparticles:
exploiting multivalency and surface
properties

with α-linolenic acid preference on
eicosapentaenoic acid production in
Mortierella alpina

Room 216
Breakout 16: Drug development

Room 217
Breakout 17: Nano-biotechnology

Chair: Prof Ross Barnard, Director of
Biotechnology Programs, The
University of Queensland

Chair: Prof Francesco Nicotra, VicePresident of IUPAC Division III,
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Keynote: Prof Stefano Ciurli,
Professor Department of Pharmacy
and Biotechnology, University of
Bologna, Italy
Catalysis and inhibition mechanismsof urease, a nickel enzyme, madecrystal clear: a prodrome to drug
discovery and development
Trent Munro, Scientific Director,
Amgen, USA
A glimpse into the future of
mammalian cell culture processdevelopment: innovative approaches

Dr Hang Ta, NHMRC Early Career
Research Fellow, AustralianInstitute For Bioengineering And
Nanotechnology, University Of
Queensland
Targeting imaging contrast and live
cells in cardiovascular disease via achemo-biotechnological approach
Dr Sreejith Raveendran , Post
Doctoral Research Fellow, Toyo
University, Bio Nano Electronics
Research Centre, JapanDean Moss, Chief Executive
Officer, UniQuest
Creating a pipeline ofcommercialisation deals inbiotech: A University of
Queensland perspective
Anna Grocholsky, Director ofCommercialisation and innovation,
Macquarie University
Bench to bedside

3.00 – 3.30pm
3.30 – 5.00pm

sacchari LP175 in escherichia coli andapplication of the recombinant
enzyme for hydrolysis of poly(Llactide) polymer
Ahmad Lajis, Universiti Putra,
Malaysia
Comparative study of lipasecatalysed kojic acid esters synthesis
in stirred-tank, fluidized and packed
bed bioreactors

Afternoon tea break and networking with exhibitors
Room 212
Room 214
Breakout 18: Pharmaceutical,
Breakout 19: Agricultural
medical and molecularbiotechnology
Chair: Prof Gary Schenk, Professor Chair: Dr Mick Blake, Directorof Biophysical Chemistry, The
Biosecurity Centre of Excellence, Box
University of Queensland
Hill InstituteKeynote: A/Prof Max Cryle, Group
Leader, EMBL Australia
Understanding glycopeptide
antibiotic biosynthesis as apathway to new antimicrobial
agentsProf Jenny Martin, Director of theEskitis Institute for Drug
Discovery, Griffith University Towards antibacterials without
resistance

Gurvinder Kalra, Phd Student,
Swinburne University Of Technology
Genetic diversity of Hin genes inbarley and potential implications forgrain texture variations
Prof Jianrong Lin, Professor, South
China Agricultural University, China
Advanced researches in miRNAs in
diapausing embryos of bombyx mori
Qianqian Xu, PhD Student,
University Of Science And

to impact time to clinic, productquality, and cost of processdevelopment and commercial
manufacturing
Prof Darren Kelly, CEO andManaging Director, Occurx
Developing novel therapeutics toprevent fibrosis of the retina
Dr Evan Siegel, CEO, Ground Zero
Pharmaceuticals, USA
Critical regulatory programs for
rapidly advancing new biotechnology
products into clinical trials andmarketing applications

Dual targeted gold nanocages
induce lysosome impaired diffusion
and apoptosis in breast cancer cells
Dr Peter Kingshott, Professor,
Swinburne University
Modulation of human stem cell
behaviour using binary colloidal
crystal substrates
Bhuvana Kamath Shanbhag, Phd
Student, Monash University
Noncovalent self-assembly of
enzymes into nanoparticles asadvanced nanobiocatalysts

Room 216
Breakout 20: Convergencebiotechnology
Chair: Dr Tai Hyun Park, Professor,
School of Chemical and BiologicalEngineering, Seoul National
University, South Korea
Keynote: Prof Eiichi Tamiya,
Professor, Osaka University, Japan
Single cells and organs on chips forbiomedical diagnosis and drug
screening

Room 217
Breakout 21: Industrial andenvironmental biotechnology
Chair: Dr Luke Guddat, Associate
Professor, University of Queensland

Dr Luke Guddat, Associate
Professor, University of Queensland
Evaluation and repurposing of
herbicides into antimicrobial drug
leads: An exploration of the
branched chain amino acidbiosynthesis pathway.
Prof Chunzhao Liu, Institute ofProcess Engineering, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China
Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles

Dr Kade Roberts, Senior Research
Scientist, Monash University
Development of new polymyxin
antibiotics with improved safety
and efficacy
Dr Mian-Chee Gor, Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, RMIT University
Cloning and expression of a novel
cyclic bacteriocin plantacyclin
B21AG in the probiotic
Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1
Dr George Kopsidas, Executive
Director, Imunexus
Converting existing antibodies intofunctional IgG-based bispecific andtrispecific formats via a quick andsimple conversion using theImunexin platform

7.00 – 10.30pm

Technology Beijing, China
Effects of dietary chlorella USTB-01
on growth performance and cecal
microbiota in broilers

Prof Man Bock Gu, Department of
Biotechnology, Korea University,
Korea
Sandwich-type biosensors and invitro diagnostic systems using a pairof aptamers and nanomaterials
Prof Sung Ok Han, Department of
Biotechnology, Korea University,
Korea
Designer nano-scale protein
complexes for C1/3/5/6 biorefinery
A/Prof N. Alice Lee, Associate
Professor, UNSW
Plasmonic NanoparticleImmunodiagnostic Systems for Food
Quality and Safety Monitoring
Dr Tai Hyun Park, Professor, Schoolof Chemical and BiologicalEngineering, Seoul National
University, South Korea
Olfactory and Taste Sensors:
Integration of Biotechnology andNanotechnology

International BioFest conference dinnerSupported by Patheon
Atlantic Peninsular, Shed 14, Central Pier, Docklands

Wednesday 26 October 2016
8.30amConference registration & exhibition open
Room 212
9.00 – 9.45am
A new model for drug development in academic institutions
Prof Dennis Liotta, Executive Director Emory Institute for Drug Development, Emory College, Atlanta USA
9.45 – 10.30am
Interrogating and guiding the microbiome for macro-organism health and Productivity

for Protein CaptureProf Xiao-Wei Yu, Professor,
Jiangnan University, China
Role of N-linked glycosylation in thesecretion and enzymatic propertiesof Rhizopus chinensis lipase
expressed in Pichia pastoris
Dr Nur Asshifa Md Noh, SeniorLecturer, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Rhamnolipid production in
Pseudomonas aeruginosa USM-AR2
fermentation using renewable
insoluble substrates in a bioreactor
integrated with an oil separation
system10.30 – 11.00am
11.00am –12.30pm

Dr James Tiedje, Director, Centre for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, USA
Morning Tea Break and networking with exhibitors
Room 212
Room 214
Room 216
Breakout 22: Biocatalysis
Breakout 23: Biofuels and bioenergy Breakout 24: Industrial bioactive
discovery and development
Chair: Dr Colin Scott, Group
Chair: Prof Akihiko Kondo,
Chair: Dr Jess Gledhill, Associate, FB
Professor,
Kobe
University,
Japan
Leader Environmental &RiceIndustrial Biotechnology, CSIRO
Keynote: Prof Nicholas Turner,
Keynote: Prof Emile van Zyl, Senior
Keynote:Professor, The University of
Chair of Energy Research in Biofuels, Dr James Crawford, Chemistry Team
Manchester, UK
Stellenbosch University, South Africa Leader, Small Molecule Drug
Biocatalytic cascade reactions
Developing CBP yeast for biomass
Discovery, Genentech, USA
enabled by synthetic biology
conversion
Discovery of non-covalent BTK
inhibitors for the treatment ofrheumatoid arthritis and lupus
Dr Colin Jackson, Leader Prof Gunnar Liden, Professor, Lund
Dr Tina Lavranos, Senior Director –Chemical and Structural
University, Sweden
Cancer, Bionomics
Biotechnology, AustralianHigh-solids processing ofCancer stem cell resistance: A drug
National University
lignocellulosic biomass to sugars and discovery and development
Dr Claudia Vickers, Associateethanol
challenge
Group Leader and Accelerate
Juan Xia, Shanghai Jiao Tong
Dr Paul Stupple, Director of
Fellow, Australian Institute for
University, China
Medicinal Chemistry, Cancer
Bioengineering and
The regulation of flocculation by c-di- Therapeutics CRC
Nanotechnology
GMP phosphoesterase genes in
The discovery of potent and selective
Engineering microbial production Zymomonas mobilis
inhibitors of the arginine methylof isoprenoid-based biofuels andtransferase PRMT5
biochemicals
Dr Carol Hartley, Research
Scientist & Biocatalysis Team
Leader, CSIRO
Nanomachine biocatalysts forbiobased nanofactories

Room 217
Breakout 25: Interfacial chemistry
for biomaterials and biotechnology
Chair: A/Prof David Beattie, Chair:
RACI Division of Interfaces, Colloids,
and Nanomaterials
Prof Vincent Ball, Professor,
University of Strasbourg, France
Polydopamine films andnanomaterials: from bioinspiration
to structural investigations andfunctional materials
Prof Sally McArthur, Director,
Swinburne Innovation Precinct,
Swinburne University Of
Technology
Controlling biology at surfaces:
exploring the effects of
micro/nanostructure and chemistryon bacterial adhesion
Donna Menzies, OCE Postdoctoral
Fellow, CSIRO
Prebiotic chemistry inspired
coatings for biomedical andmaterial science applications
A/Prof David Beattie, Chair: RACIDivision of Interfaces, Colloids, andNanomaterials
Novel Polyelectrolyte Multilayer
Coatings for Applications in Wound
Dressings

12.30 – 1.30pm
12.30 – 1.30pm

1.30 – 3.00pm

Lunch Break and networking with exhibitors
UK Department for International Trade lunch - DiscoverOpportunities in UK Life Sciences
Invitation only, express interest: events@ausbiotech.org
A panel of Life Sciences experts from the UK andAustralia will explore the opportunities for business andresearch collaboration in the UK.
Room 212
Room 214
Breakout 26: Biofuel & bioenergy Breakout 27: Industrial andproduction
environmental biotechnology
Chair: Prof Peer Schenk,
Professor, School of Agriculture
and Food Sciences, University of
Queensland

Chair: Prof Mary Garson, Professorof Chemistry, The University of
Queensland

Keynote: Prof Volker Sieber,
Chair, Chemistry of Biogenic
Resources, Technical University of
Munich, Germany
Biorefiney concepts and reactions
for fuels and chemicals

Peng Huadong, Phd Student,
Department Of Chemical
Engineering, Monash University
Comparison of the performance ofheterologously expressed plant andmicroalgae lipid accumulation genes
on lipid content of yeast
Dr Ahmad Ramli Mohd Yahya,
Associate Professor, Universiti Sains,
Malaysia
Natural antibiotics andbiosurfactants from mangrove
actinomycetes
Dr Guo-Chao Xu, Associate
Professor, Jiangnan University, China

Dr Paul Bennett, Science Leader,
Clean Technologies, Scion, New
Zealand
Drivers for Biofuels?
Dr Bill Rowlands, Chief Scientist,
LicellaStrides towards the commercial
deployment of hydrothermal
technology for the production of

IDA – Ireland Business Lunch: Biomanufacturing
strategies for the future
Invitation only, express interest: events@ausbiotech.org
Hear from Barry Heavey, Global Head of Life Sciences at
IDA Ireland about the latest biomanufacturing advancements andopportunities for business, research and collaboration in Ireland.
Room 216
Breakout 28: Clean environmental
sustainability and pollution
abatement
Co-Chairs: Prof Murray Moo-Young,
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof Tomas Macek, Professor of
Biochemistry, University ofChemistry and Technology, Prague,
Czech Republic
Keynote: Prof Murray Moo-Young,
Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
University of Waterloo, Canada
Clean environmental sustainability:
the biomass agenda

Room 217
Breakout 29: Drug discovery inacademic institutions

Prof Ondrej Uhlik, A/Prof, Group
Leader, University of Chemistry andTechnology, Prague, Czech Republic
Plants and fertilization impact
differentially on bacterial
communities and their functional
potential in contaminated soils
Dr Chen-Guang Liu, A/Prof,Dr Andrew Harvey, Senior Director
QEDDI, UniQuest
Prof Dennis Liotta, Executive
Director Emory Institute for Drug
Development, Emory College,
Atlanta USA
Dr Brian Moloney, Head ofBusiness Development, WuXi
Apptec, USA
Prof Brian Cox, Sussex University,

Chair:Mark Ashton, Executive Director,
Intellectual Property
Commercialisation, UniQuest

Keynote: Mark Ashton, Executive
Director, Intellectual Property
Commercialisation, UniQuest

renewable fuels and chemicals
from biomass
Dr Allan Green, Innovation
Leader for Biobased Products,
CSIRO Agriculture & Food
Leaf oils – game-changing
technology creating scalable, lowcost, renewable fuel feedstocks
3.00 – 3.30pm
3.30 – 5.00pm

Crystal structure of tyrosine
decarboxylase and identification of
key residues involved inconformational swing and substratebinding
Prof Hai Yan, Professor, University
Of Science And Technology Beijing,
China
Biodegradation of nodularin bysphingopyxis sp. USTB-05
Afternoon Tea Break and networking with exhibitors
Breakout 30: Biofuels andBreakout 31: Marine biotechnology
bioenergy
and aqua culture
Chair: Prof Fengwu Bai,
Chair: Prof Wei Zhang, Director,
Distinguished Professor,
Centre for Marine Bioproducts
Biochemical Engineering,
Development, Flinders University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China
Keynote: Dr Guo-Hua Miao,
Keynote 1: Prof Tadashi Matsunaga,
President
Director, DuPont, China
Tokyo University of Agriculture andBiofuels Development: fromTechnology, Japandiscovery to commercialization
New technologies for bioenergy
production using algae and otheraquatic microorganisms
Keynote 2: Prof Wei Zhang, Director,
Centre for Marine Bioproducts
Development, Flinders University
Australia national marine science
plan: putting marine biotechnology
and bioproducts into the economic
agendaProf Yang Mu, Professor,
Dr Scott Smid, Deputy Head,
Discipline of Pharmacology
University of Science and
The University of Adelaide
Technology of China, China
Drug discovery and development
Biohydrogen production fromtargeting neuroprotection from

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Redox potential control forenhancement of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae tolerance to inhibitorsfrom lignocellulosic biomass

UK
Inventing drugs in academia

Breakout 32: Chemistry to Biology –a new manufacturing possibility
Chair: A/Prof Ian O’Hara, Principal
Research Scientist, Queensland
University of Technology

Breakout 33: Pharmaceutical,
medical and molecular
Chair: A/Prof Vito Ferro, Deputy
Director, Biotechnology Program,
The University of Queensland

Keynote: Prof Shi-Zhong Li,
Executive director, US-Sino Joint
Center for Biofuel Research,
Tsinghua University, China

Keynote: Prof Nicolas Moitessier,Professor, Mcgill University, Canada
Computational methods for drug
design and development –development and applications toenzyme inhibitors discovery as
Alzheimer’s disease and cancer
therapeutics

Dr Tom Williams, Research Fellow In
Synthetic Biology, Macquarie
University
Fine-tuning an organic acid

Dr Satoshi Yamaguchi, Lecturer,
The University Of Tokyo, Japan
Photolytic protein aggregates forcontrolled release of active proteinwastewater in microbial
electrolysis cells
Way Khor, PhD Student, Ghent
University, Belgium
Production of medium chain fatty
acids from grass
Dr Irnia Nurika, SeniorLecturer/Assoc.Prof, University ofBrawijaya, Indonesia
Evidence for the mechanisms
involved in the degradation of
lignocellulose in wheat straw by
Serpula lacryman.

5.00 – 6.00pm

marine and aquatic organisms
Rob Kinley, Technology Lead, CSIRO
Agriculture
Adaptation yields biotechnology:
invasive seaweeds offer
environmental optimism

biosensor for directed evolution ofsynthetic yeast cell factories
A/Prof Robert Speight, Associate
Professor, Microbial Biotechnology,
Queensland University ofTechnology
Developing bioprocesses usingchemistry and biology at theinterface of industry and academiaInternational BioFest Networking Reception, networking for all three BioFest events.
Canapes, drinks, live entertainment and networking
Supported by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Showtime Events Centre, South Wharf Precinct

Dr Bong-Hyuk Choi, Research
Assistant Professor, Postech, South
Korea
Mussel adhesive protein-based
bone-specific multifunctional
artificial extracellular matrix forbone tissue engineering
Dr Haiyang Zhang, Postdoc Fellow,
University of Science andTechnology Beijing, China
Evaluation of generalized bornmodels for affinity prediction of
cyclodextrin host−guest complexes
Prof Dae-Hyuk Kweon, Professor,
Sungkyunkwan University, South
Korea
Development of small molecule
chemicals with Botulinum
neurotoxin-like activities

Thursday 27 October 2016
8.30amConference registration opens
Room 212
9.00 – 9.45am
Self-assembled supramolecular nanosystems for targeting therapy of intractable diseases
Prof Kazunori Kataoka, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering and Bioengineering Graduate Schools of Engineering, University of Tokyo,
Japan
9.45 – 10.30am
Synthetic designer vaccines protect from bacterial infections
Prof Dr Peter Seeberger, Director, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
10.30 – 11.00am
Morning Tea Break and networking
Room 212
11.00 – 11.45am
Biotech and the future of man
Prof Huanming Yang, President, BGI-Shenzhen, China
11.45am – 12.30pm
Development of peptide and peptidomimetic therapeutic agents from a New Zealand perspective
Prof Margaret Brimble, Distinguished Professor, The University of Auckland, New Zealand12.30 – 1.00pm
IBS 2016 Closing Reception
Glenn Cross, CEO, AusBiotech
Prof Margaret Brimble, Distinguished Professor, The University of Auckland, New ZealandNicolas Moitessier, McGill University, Canada
1.00 – 2.00pm
IBS 2016 Closing lunch and drinks