Session 1: Bioremediation and Repurposing of Industrial Wastes
Monday, November 23, 2015, 10:00 – 11:40am
Location: TBD
Chair: Lisa Gieg, University of Calgary
Development of Algal-based Strategy to Bioremediate Oil Sands Process-Affected Water
Gordon Chua, University of Calgary
A Mixed Species Biofilm Approach for Applying Environmental Communities in Naphthenic Acid and PAH Bioremediation
Mark Demeter, University of Calgary
Magnesium Mineral Inhibition of Microbial Hydrocarbon Remediation
Steven Siciliano, University of Saskatchewan
Is There a Greener Future for Coal? There Better Be!
Bruce Peachey, New Paradigm Engineering
Deep Eutectic Solvents for Corncob Pretreatment
Lars Rehmann, University of Western Ontario
Session 2: Chemical and Thermal Conversions
Monday, November 23, 2015, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Location: TBD
Chairs: Lauren Mercier, BCN; Florence Williams, University of Alberta
Extraction of Lipids from Algae Using CO2-Expanded Liquids and Liquid CO2
Pascale Champagne, Queen’s University
Functional Biobased Waxes from Prairie Plant Oils
Samuel Mugo, MacEwan University
Inexpensive Transformation of Biomass to Value Added Chemicals via Transition Metal Catalysis
Sam Mitton, University of Alberta
Polyhydroxybutyrate Films Using Acetic Acid as Green Solvent
Preetam Anbukarasu, University of Alberta
Biobased Polyols: Replacing the Castor Oil
Tolibjon Omonov, University of Alberta
Rapid Conversion of Oils into Various Monomers
Aman Ullah, University of Alberta
Session 3: Engineering Biological Systems
Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: TBD
Chair: Niall Kerrigan, Genome Alberta
Potential Role for Synthetic Biology in Biomass Conversion to Value-Added Bio-Products
Nii A. Patterson, National Research Council of Canada
Optimizing Processing Conditions for Improved Growth of Methanotrophic Bacteria and Their Production of the Biopolymer Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Using Methane and Methanol as Feedstocks
Dominic Sauvageau, University of Alberta
High Alkalinity: Key for Unlocking the Potential of Photosynthetic Microbes
Hector De la Hoz Siegler, University of Calgary
Artificial Photosynthesis as a Novel Management Tool for Industrial Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Carlo Montemagno, Ingenuity Lab, University of Alberta
Biosynthesis of Fatty Alcohols Hexadecanol and Octadecanol from Simple Sugars and Biomass
David Stuart, University of Alberta
Enzymatic Transamidation and Click Chemistry: Developing One-Pot Protein Conjugation and Diversifying the Biocatalytic Toolbox
Natalie Rachel, Université de Montréal