Call for papers

Conference fees

If you are interested in giving a lecture or in presenting a poster
referring to one of the topics, please send us your abstract written
in English before 31 December 2005. All abstracts submitted will becarefully reviewed by the scientific committee.

Murray Moo-Young

Deadline for submitting abstracts: 31 Dec. 2005
Instructions for preparing abstracts

International Symposium on
Environmental Biotechnology
Leipzig 2006

The organizers
Thomas W. Egli
Chairman Section Environmental Biotechnology of the European Federation ofBiotechnology
President of Japanese Society of Environmental Biotechnology

Hauke Harms

hauke.harms@ufz.de

Matthias Kästner

matthias.kaestner@ufz.de

Ulrich Stottmeister

ulrich.stottmeister@ufz.de

4. Please use a common file format (doc, rtf, no pdf).
5. The abstract should not be longer than 400 words.
6. Please submit your abstract per e-mail to:iseb-eseb-jseb2006@fu-confirm.de

Local committee
Antonis Chatzinotas, Hermann Heipieper, Peter Kuschk, ThomasMaskow, Anja Miltner, Ivonne Nijenhuis, Marcell Nikolausz,
Dietmar Schlosser, Heinz Seidel, Karin Wendlandt, Lukas Wick

Conference chairs, local organizers

There will be a poster session with poster award and poster shortpresentations. The conference language is English.

Garabed Antranikian
Technical University Hamburg-Harburg,
Germany

Harold L. Drake
University of Bayreuth, Germany

Thomas Egli
EAWAG, Switzerland

Hauke Harms
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research
Leipzig-Halle, Germany

Hisao Ohtake
Osaka University , Japan

Eugenia Olguin
Ecology Institute Xalapa, Mexico

Juan L. Ramos
CSIC, Spain

Eliora Ron
University of Tel Aviv, Israel

Annele Hatakka
University of Helsinki, Finland

Stefanie Heiden
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU),
Germany

Ulrich Stottmeister
UFZ Centre for Environmental
Research Leipzig-Halle, Germany

Irena Twardowska
Polish Academy of Sciences, PolandMatthias Kästner
UFZ Centre for Environmental
Research Leipzig-Halle, Germany

Ken Killham
University of Aberdeen, UKMaia Kivisaar
University of Tartu, Estonia

Murray Moo-Young
University of Waterloo, Canada

Mikhail B. Vainshtein
IBPM, Russia

Jay Valdes
US Army RDECOM, USA

Willy Verstraete
University of Ghent, Belgium

Davide Zannoni
University of Bologna, Italy

International Society of Environmental
Biotechnology

EFB

European Federation of Biotechnology

JSEBJapanese Society of Environmental
Biotechnology

July 9 - 13, 2006

Conference fees
The conference fee includes welcome reception, conference dinner in the Moritzbastei, coffee breaks, and conference materials.

before March 1

Lars Peter Nielsen
University of Aarhus, Denmark

ISEB

Hisao Ohtake

1. State the topic your abstract belongs to.
2. State whether it is a lecture or a poster abstract.
3. The abstract must include name(s) of author(s), complete address(incl. fax and e-mail) of the contact author, title of paper, statementof objectives, principal results, and conclusion.

Scientific committee

Final Call for Papers
3rd Announcement

President of International Society of Environmental Biotechnology

after March 1Regular fee
Students
Excursions

€ 350
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BerlinDresden
Guided historical city walkResearch Project SAFIRASüdraum Leipzig -€ 40
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Remediation and sustainable
use of mining lakes

Further information and registration form on our webpage:

http://www.ufz.de/iseb-eseb-jseb2006
For questions concerning organization
ISEB / EFB / JSEB conference secretary:
Ms. Ogarit Uhlmann MSc.
F&U confirm

Foto: A. Künzelmann

UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle
Conference Centre "Leipziger KUBUS"
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

Permoserstr. 15,04318 Leipzig, Germany

Phone: +49 341 235 2264

Fax: +49 341 235 2782

E-Mail: iseb-eseb-jseb2006@fu-confirm.deTopics

WelcomeThe “global village“ relies on one common environment (air, water,land) transcending national boundaries. Growing concern on protection
and restoration of environmental quality demands technologies for theprevention of polluting releases and the treatment of extant pollution.
Biotechnology offers natural ways for making industrial processes
work more efficiently, creating less pollution, and providing biologicalreplacements for synthetic chemicals. Environmental biotechnology
is the way to address environmental problems ranging from theidentification and monitoring of biohazards to bioremediation techniques
for industrial, agricultural and municipal effluents and residues.
Control of relevant environmental processes requires understandingof natural processes, profound engineering expertise, prospective
environmental regulations and resource management strategies totackle the global challenges identified for this decade. Application ofmolecular methodologies may provide avenues to more sustainable,
efficient solutions to environmental problems.
We cordially invite you to join this event in the beautiful, modern andtraditional city of Leipzig.

Programme
Sunday July 9, 2006
Registration

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Opening Session

6 p.m. - Greetings of the organizers

Lecturer A.J.B. Zehnder, Switzerland: Water resources Feeding a growing human population accelerates local andglobal nutrient cycles
Football world championship broadcasting in the conference centre!
8 p.m.

General-/sub-topics, and keynote lecturers
1 Microbial diversity – Global challenges
Characterization of microbial communitiesJ. Prosser, UK: Molecular characterisation of microbial communities
and their ecosystem function

Biofilms
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht, The Netherlands: Developments in aerobic
granular sludge systems

Adaptation and stress response
K. N. Timmis, Germany/UK: Psychrophily and chaperones

N-, S-, P- turnover
H. L. Drake, Germany: Earthworms: Transient heaven for N2Oproducing terrestrial microbes

Metals (incl. heavy metals)
P. Lens, The Netherlands: Heavy metals in anaerobic environments:
bioavailability, precipitation and removal

Organic contaminants
A. Hatakka, Finland: Role of fungi and their enzymes in the degradationof recalcitrant compounds in soil

Trace compounds: pharmaceuticals, personal careproducts, endocrine disruptors
T. Ternes, Germany: Fate of pharmaceuticals and personal careproducts in sewage treatment plants and river sediments

Alternative electron acceptors, electron shuttles
B. Schink, Germany: Redox reactions in anoxic environments:
pathways, energetics, and biochemical consequences

Oligotrophic environments
T. Egli, Switzerland: Microbial growth and competition at low nutrient
concentrations: On our way from single substrates to the complex
environment

Transport and bioavailability
H. Harms, Germany: Homogenizing contaminated soil without touchingit

Ecological modelling and engineering
M. Tullner, Germany: Modeling of microbial processes in the subsurface

3 Biomonitoring of natural and engineered processes
Stable isotope probing and biomarkers
M. J. Bailey, UK: The use of stable isotope probing to link microbial
diversity with function

Functional genes
J. R. van der Meer, Switzerland: A la carte engineering of transcription
activators for whole cell living bacterial bioreports

Phylogenetic genes
R. Amann, Germany: Phylogenetic genes as tools for studying thediversity and function of environmental microorganisms

Chip technology
J. Zhou, USA: Functional gene arrays for environmental studies:current status, challenges and future

Biosensors
S. Belkin, IL: On-chip canaries for toxicity monitoring

In situ activity assessment
M. Kästner, Germany: New approaches for assessment of microbialactivity in-situ – soil, sediments, and freshwater

2 Environmental processes
Gene transfer
J. L. Ramos, Spain: Life of Pseudomonas putida in the plantrhizosphere: metabolic versatility via gene transfer

4 Treatment of water, soil and waste
Groundwater: natural attenuation and enhanced
attenuation
C. Holliger, Switzerland: Reductive dechlorination: Result of horizontal
gene transfer and common effort of different populations?

TopicsReactive biobarriers
P. Adriaens, USA: Scaling of sediment bioremediation processes
and applications

Waste water treatment, constructed wetlands
M. Jetten, The Netherlands: Application and metabolism of new N
cycle bacteria

Waste treatment, composting
P. Weiland, Germany: Biomass digestion - Successful pathway forenergy production and waste treatmentSoil bioremediation, phytoremediation
J. Vangronsveld, Belgium: Role of plant associated bacteria toimprove phytoremediation of contaminated soils

Biosafety, biohazards, military related wastes
C. Smalla, Germany: Effect of veterinary medicines on theabundance, diversity and transferability of antibiotic resistancegenes

Environmental process engineering
J. Puhakka, Finland: Environmental bioprocess engineering forrecovery and control of metals

Bioprocess control
U. v. Stockar, Switzerland: Methods for predicting microbial
growth yields based on thermodynamic analysis

5 Technical processes and industrial applications
Cleaner production - manufacturing with lesspollution
A. Schmid, Germany: Microbial metabolism and biotechnology for asustainable chemistry

Use of renewable feed stocks and resources
G. Antranikian, Germany: Extremozymes, a new generation ofbiocatalysts

Alternative fuels and bulk chemicals
W. Verstraete, Belgium: Microbial fuel cells relative to otherfermentations for biomass to energy conversion

Biotransformation in non aqueous systems
H. Ohtake, Japan: Bio-based production toward sustainableindustrial development

Novel bioreactor systems and process scale up

6 Governmental regulations on environmental
quality
Environmental law
Landscape and resource management
Water resources

7 Perspectives of biotechnology
Workshop and round table discussion