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June 17–18
UIT - The Arctic University of Norway, TROMSØ

BIOPROSP_25

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Monday 16th of June
kl. 19:00–21:00
Welcome Party /Get-Together at Ølhallen. March 16th from 7 pm.
Tuesday 17th of June
kl. 09:00–09:10
Welcome to the 12th biennial BIOPROSP_25 conference
Session 1 - Marine Biotech for Health: From Discovery to Application
kl. 09:10–09:55
Opening keynotes: Marine Biotech for Health
Eriko Takano , Professor of Synthetic Biology, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre, SYNBIOCHEM & University of Manchester
kl. 09:55–10:40
Keynote: The value of the FERMO tool
Marcel Jaspars , Director of Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry University of Aberdeen
kl. 10:40–11:10
Coffee Break
kl. 11:10–11:25
Novel synthetic cationic antimicrobial peptides and their potential as antibiofilm agents
Ataur Rahman , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UiT - Norges arktiske Universitet
kl. 11:25–11:40
Protein kinases as screening targets for identification of new marine bioactive compounds
Stéphane Bach , Scientific Manager, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
kl. 11:40–12:10
Adventures with Great Barrier Reef sourced natural products – the NatureBank approach
Rohan Davis , A/Professor and Academic Lead at Naturebank, Griffith University, Brisbane
kl. 12:10–13:10
Lunch
kl. 13:10–14:10
Postersession

Poster presentations

kl. 14:10–14:30
EU-OPENSCREEN: A multinational initiative to support collaborative projects in chemical biology
Bahne Stechmann , Deputy Director, EU-Openscreen
kl. 14:30–15:00
Coffee break & Poster session
Session 2 - Biotech Toolbox: Cutting-Edge Tools for Research and Processing
kl. 15:00–15:45
In-process epimerisation of alginates from Saccharina latissima, Alaria esculenta and Laminaria hyperborea
Katharina Nøkling-Eide , Forsker, Sintef
kl. 15:45–16:05
Bioprospecting methodologies within EUREMAP: European Research Infrastructure for Marine Bioprospecting
Didier Stien , Researcher, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
kl. 16:05
End of conference day 1
kl. 16:45–19:00
Afternoon activities
kl. 19:30–21:00
Conference Dinner
Wednesday 18th June
Session 2 Continues - Biotech Toolbox: Cutting-Edge Tools for Research and Processing
kl. 09:00–09:45
2024 was the Year AI Won Two Nobel Prizes—What’s Next for Human Scientists?
Odd Erik Gundersen , Adjunct Associate Professor-Department of Computer Science, NTNU
kl. 09:45–10:05
RNA Restriction Enzymes - New Tools With Multiple Applications
Bernd Striberny , Research Manager, Arcticzymes
kl. 10:05–10:20
Open life-science data
Erik Hjerde , Forsker, UiT - Norges arktiske Universitet
kl. 10:20–10:45
Coffee break
kl. 10:45–11:00
Autonomous Marine Biodiversity Mapping and Bioprospecting
Alexander Wentzel , Sjefforsker, SINTEF
kl. 11:00–11:15
Digital sequence information (DSI) - ethical challenges to marine bioprospecting that emerge in the changing landscape of COP16
Ragna Breines , University of Bergen, Seniorrådgiver
kl. 11:15–12:15
Lunch and poster session
Session 3 - Marine Resources for Food and Feed: Sustainable Innovation and Commercialization
kl. 12:15–13:00
Marine Resources for Food and Feed - Opportunities and challenges with locally sourced feed ingredients
Erik-Jan Lock , Research Director, Nofima
kl. 13:00–13:45
Arctic Bioscience: «From fish to pharma»: Natural inflammation resolution from herring roe oil
Hogne Hallaråker , CSO/ Founder, Arctic Bioscience
kl. 13:45–14:00
Bioactivity and bioavailability of active peptides and aminoacids from krill protein hydrolysate (E. SUPERBA) in CACO-2 Model
Miroslava Atanassova , Scientist, Møreforskning
kl. 14:00–14:25
Coffee Break
kl. 14:25–14:40
Innovative sustainable aquaculture practices: Salmon and microalgae land-based IMTA
Hanna Böpple , Researcher, Norce
kl. 14:55–15:10
Mapping of marine rest raw materials from the Norwegian industry
Magnus Stoud Myhre , Research scientist, SINTEF Ocean
kl. 15:10–15:25
Fish sludge as a resource for biocircular feed production? – benefits and risks
Veronika Sele, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
kl. 15:25–15:40
Award for best poster 2025!

The award for best scientific poster

kl. 15:45
End of Bioprosp 25

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