PROGRAM
Days: Tuesday, September 29th Wednesday, September 30th Thursday, October 1st Friday, October 2nd
Tuesday, September 29th
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14:00-18:00 Session 1: Registration
Registration
16:30-18:00 Session 3: Keynote Talks
Keynote presentation
Chairs:
| 16:30 | Adventures with Clostridium (and cousins), Biomass Conversion, and Entrepeneurship. (abstract) |
| 17:15 | From the Weizmann Process to a Platform Cell Factory: The Evolution of Clostridium acetobutylicum for Continuous and Commercial Production of Bulk Chemicals |
18:00-21:00 Session 4: Poster Session A and Reception
Recombinant synthesis of isobutyrate in the acetogen Eubacterium callanderi 'Marburg' (abstract) PRESENTER: Barbara Rühle |
Interspecies interactions between Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae during fermentation of wheat straw hydrolysate to butanol (abstract) PRESENTER: Bruno Xavier Ferreira |
Deletions of genes with unclear functions within and adjacent to the C1-fixing cluster reveal distinct roles in Clostridium autoethanogenum (abstract) PRESENTER: Ugochi Jennifer Nwaokorie |
Characterizing the effect of temperature on ethanol production in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum strains (abstract) PRESENTER: Isabela Queiroz |
Functional annotation of thermophilic putative glycerol consumption genes (abstract) PRESENTER: Melina Erikson |
Adaptive laboratory evolution of Clostridium autoethanogenum for improved growth on low-CO syngas (abstract) PRESENTER: Simra Sharif |
Application of an oxygen-scavenging enzyme cascade for cell-free testing of Clostridium autoethanogenum metabolism under atmospheric conditions (abstract) PRESENTER: Krista Mehaņikova |
Optimization of Plasmid Curing from Genetically Engineered Clostridium autoethanogenum (abstract) PRESENTER: Victoria Chinonyerem Udemezue |
Optimisation of cell-free gene expression towards accelerating metabolic engineering in Clostridium autoethanogenum (abstract) PRESENTER: Nilesh Sheshrao Kolhe |
Fermentation of acetate and lactate by an anaerobic co-culture for butyrate production (abstract) |
Wednesday, September 30th
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09:00-10:25 Session 5: Physiology and Biochemistry
Chair:
| 09:00 | The Deficiency of Electron-Bifurcating [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Enhances H 2 -driven CO₂ Fixation and Ethanol Production in Clostridium ljungdahlii (abstract) |
| 09:35 | CO2 capture by a co-culture consisting of A. woodii and C. drakei to produce carboxylic acids (abstract) PRESENTER: Frank Bengelsdorf |
| 10:10 | Metabolic response of Clostridium autoethanogenum to syngas composition variations in batch bioreactor cultivations (abstract) PRESENTER: Clara Carneiro |
10:25-10:55Coffee Break
10:55-12:15 Session 6: Physiology and Biochemistry
Chair:
| 10:55 | Towards a quantitative understanding of Clostridium thermocellum metabolism (abstract) |
| 11:30 | Butyrate as a growth factor of Clostridium acetobutylicum: Post-translational modifications of butyrate-forming Clostridium (abstract) PRESENTER: Hyeongmin Seo |
| 11:45 | Engineering A. thermocellus to utilize lactate formation as a primary NADH sink to study limitations in metabolism (abstract) PRESENTER: Carolus Nurminen |
| 12:00 | Heliobacteria, The Phototrophic Clostridia, Utilize NfnAB for Phototrophic Energy Conversion (abstract) PRESENTER: Patricia Baker |
12:15-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:50 Session 7: Genetics and Synthetic Biology
Chair:
| 13:30 | Progress in understanding gas conversion by thermophilic microorganisms (abstract) |
| 14:05 | Re-engineering carbon fixation: Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase as a metabolic control point in Clostridium autoethanogenum. (abstract) PRESENTER: Kurshedaktar Shaikh |
| 14:20 | Engineering Clostridium acetobutylicum as a Robust Chassis for Synthetic Biology (abstract) PRESENTER: Elpida Maragkozoglou |
| 14:35 | Gene expression of target enzymes related to mixotrophic metabolism in Clostridium beijerinckii Br21 (abstract) PRESENTER: Jonatã Bortolucci |
14:50-15:30Coffee Break
15:30-16:50 Session 8: Genetics and Synthetic Biology
| 15:30 | Development of advanced genome engineering tools for the human gut acetogen Eubacterium limosum (abstract) |
| 16:05 | Development of a dual-selection system for characterizing inducible promoters in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum (abstract) PRESENTER: Edson Kim |
| 16:20 | Metabolic engineering and Scale-Up of autotrophic lactate production in Acetobacterium woodii (abstract) PRESENTER: Marie Ortner |
| 16:35 | Rex-mediated regulation coordinates energy homeostasis and C2/C4 carbon flux partitioning in Clostridium Tyrobutyricum (abstract) |
17:00-21:00 Session 9: Poster Session B and Reception
Chairs:
Integrated Genomic, Transcriptomic and Secretomic Analyses Reveal Adaptive Mechanisms of Acetivibrio thermocellus (formerly Clostridium thermocellum) B8 for Sugarcane Residue Deconstruction (abstract) PRESENTER: Eliane F. Noronha |
Metabolically tailored Clostridia as robust platforms for biohydrogen production from wastewater by-products (abstract) PRESENTER: Emilia Malgorzata Sasal |
Clostridium thermocellum as a versatile CBP platform candidate for conversion of untreated, cotreated, and pretreated lignocellulose (abstract) PRESENTER: Annamalai Neelamegam |
Modeling Clostridium thermocellum Metabolism for the In Silico Evaluation of Growth Temperature Effects on Ethanol Biosynthesis (abstract) PRESENTER: Cristian Ferraz |
Preliminary screening of Clostridium luticellarii growth and metabolite profile under Heterotrophic and Mixotrophic Conditions using Amino Acid Supplementation (abstract) PRESENTER: Pablo Salgado |
Consolidated bioprocessing under a high sucrose environment (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria Clara Pandim |
Cotreatment consolidated bioprocessing for sugarcane feedstock (abstract) PRESENTER: Miguel Canha |
Biochemical evidence for substrate channeling in the bifunctional Aldehyde Alcohol Dehydrogenase enzyme in Clostridium thermocellum (abstract) |
Are lactic acid bacteria friendly or hostile to butyrate-producing bacteria in the production of butyric acid by sequential batch processing and using effluents from brown sugar production? (abstract) PRESENTER: Felipe Eng |
Consolidated bioprocessing under a high sucrose environment |
Thursday, October 1st
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09:00-10:25 Session 10: Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology
Chair:
| 09:00 | The 6-phosphofructokinase reaction in Acetivibrio thermocellus is both ATP- and pyrophosphate-dependent (abstract) |
| 09:35 | Fine-tuning Chain Elongation Selectivity and H2 production in Clostridium kluyveri: Ethanol and acetate ratio effect (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrés Suazo |
| 10:10 | Carbon-to-Food Technology: Industrial-Scale Microbial Valorization of CO₂ into Proteins and Lipid (abstract) |
10:25-10:55Coffee Break
10:55-12:15 Session 11: Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology
Chair:
| 10:55 | Exploring the regulatory landscape behind improved autotrophy of Clostridium autoethanogenum (abstract) |
| 11:30 | Metabolic remodeling during cellulose and hemicellulose co-utilization in Clostridium thermocellum (abstract) |
12:15-13:30Lunch
13:30-21:00 Social event and Dinner
Trip to Plantarum Botanical Garden - Nova Odessa, SP, Brazil
Plantarum Botanical Garden is the largest plant collection in Latin America. Located in the urban area of Nova Odessa (about 35 km from Campinas), Plantarum is a reference center for research and conservation of Brazilian flora. The visitor can admire over 6,000 species across the themed gardens, designed to place everyone in perfect harmony with Brazilian fauna, flora, and folklore.
Please note that backpacks, tripods, monopods, and food are not permitted inside the Garden.
- Duration of the visit to the garden: 2 hours (from 2:30pm to 4:30pm)
- We will check who is interested in a guided visit at the in-site registration on Tuesday Sept 29th
- The bus will leave to Campinas at 4:30pm, to avoid traffic
- Expected time to arrive at CPV: 5:30pm
- time to refresh at the hotel
- 06:50pm – the bus will take participants (at the parking lot of the conference venue) to the restaurant to have the special dinner
Special Dinner at Empório do Nono - 7 pm
Empório do Nono is a restaurant-bar that serves snacks and typical Brazilian dishes in a relaxed, happy-hour atmosphere. During dinner, there will be a band playing the samba, a traditionally Brazilian musical style. To make the evening even more entertaining, two samba dance instructors will perform and teach interested conference attendees how to dance the samba like true Brazilians.
Friday, October 2nd
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09:00-10:25 Session 12: Metabolic Engineering and Systems Biology
Chair:
| 09:00 | Metabolic engineering for high titer ethanol production (abstract) |
| 09:35 | Adaptive evolution of electron transfer pathways in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum (abstract) PRESENTER: Joao Henrique T. M. Fabri |
| 10:10 | Sustainable acetone production in Clostridium ljungdahlii (abstract) PRESENTER: Franziska Küchle |
10:25-10:55Coffee Break
10:55-12:20 Session 13: Feedstock Utilization and Consortia
Chair:
| 10:55 | Proteomic Characterization of the Clostridium cellulovorans Cellulosome and Noncellulosomal Enzymes with Sorghum Bagasse (abstract) |
| 11:30 | The central role of the genus Clostridium (and friends) in the solubilization and utilization of lignocellulosic carbohydrates. (abstract) |
| 12:05 | Clostridia as versatile platforms for the valorization of waste biomass into hydrogen gas (abstract) PRESENTER: Roberto Mazzoli |
12:20-13:30Lunch
13:30-15:25 Session 14: Industrial and New Applications
Chair:
| 13:30 | Engineering Clostridia for Chemicals and Biofuels Production (abstract) |
| 14:05 | Valorization of an Industrial Paper Fiber Reject Side-Stream using Consolidated Bioprocessing with Clostridium thermocellum and Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum (abstract) PRESENTER: Axel Pereswetoff-Morath |
| 14:20 | Strategies to enhance carbon capture in a microbial electrosynthesis cell using Clostridium carboxidivorans (abstract) PRESENTER: Valeria Reginatto |
| 14:35 | Clostridium pasteurianum as Industrial Microorganism for Efficient Production of 1,3-Propanediol: From Metabolic Engineering, to Fermentation and Product Separation (abstract) |
14:50-15:20Coffee Break
15:20-16:40 Session 15: Industrial and New Applications
Chair:
| 15:20 | Gas Fermentation with Clostridium: Bridging C1 Feedstocks and Sustainable Bioproducts (abstract) PRESENTER: Priscilla F. F. Amaral |
| 15:55 | From Biogenic CO2 to 1-Hexanol: Advancing Gas Fermentation in an integrated circular biorefinery concept (abstract) PRESENTER: Giacomo Antonicelli |
| 16:10 | Clostridium carboxidivorans as a versatile biohydrogenation platform for odd-chain alcohol production (abstract) PRESENTER: Riccardo Raspone |
| 16:25 | Kinetic Modeling of a Bacillus subtilis–Clostridium beijerinckii Co-culture for ABE Fermentation: Dynamic Analysis of Microbial Interactions and Solvent Production (abstract) PRESENTER: Julián Quintero |
16:40-17:30 Session 16: The future of the "Clostridium" meeting
In the 36 years since the first Clostridium meeting, there has been a significant change in the taxonomic classification of many former Clostridial species.
- What are the key commonalities that tie our community together?
- What should be the focus of future meetings?
- Do we change the meeting name to reflect changes in taxonomy, or keep it for historical reasons?
Chairs:
17:30-21:00 Closing Ceremony and Dinner
* Poster awards