E. P. F. Workshop

E.P.F. WORKSHOP

“Biopolymerizations: biotechnological pathways towards new functional momomers, polymers and material applications”

Paris, May 15-16, 2006

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This European Polymer Federation Workshop devoted to Biopolymerizations will be organized at the campus of Paris-Jussieu, under the auspices of Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), of Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule-Aachen (RWTH), and of Groupe Français des Polymères (GFP)-Section Ile de France.

Its format, as was that of the previous Paris EPF Workshops every year since 1999, will be different from conventional meetings. Its objective is to develop thorough discussions about both upstream and downstream aspects of the domain, initiated by a limited number of tutorials and up to date overviews. Every 40 min lecture will be followed by a 20 min discussion, based on pre-written questions submitted by participants. These questions may be supported by 1-2 transparencies and short comments. A permanent poster presentation will be available.

This meeting will be informal, with no registration fee, but the audience will be limited to about 100 attendees. The participants will have to manage by themselves for food and lodging. A list of low/mid-cost hotels in the surroundings will be provided upon request.

Provisional Program:
Monday 15 morning: Basic Concepts.
8:00 – 8:50: Registration

8:50 – 9:00: Opening

9:00 - 9:40: C. Wandrey (IBT,Jülich) Introduction to Biocatalysis

9:40 – 10:00: Discussion

10:00 – 10:40: K. Hult (KTH, Stockholm ) Biocatalysed ROP of lactones : mechanism at the enzyme site

10:40 – 11:00: Discussion

11:00 – 11:20: Coffee break + Poster installation
11:20 – 12:00: S. Penczek (PAN, Lodz) Chemical ROP of cyclic esters

12:00 – 12:20: Discussion

Monday 15 afternoon: Enzymatic polymerization
14:00 – 14:40: S. Kobayashi (Kyoto Uni) Enzymatic Polymerization: A New Method

of Polymer Synthesis

14:40 – 15:00: Discussion

15:00 – 15:40: A. Heise (DSM, Gelen,) Chemoenzymatic approaches for the synthesis of macromolecular architectures

15:40 – 16:00: Discussion

16:00 – 16:20: Coffee break – Posters
16:20 – 17:00: A. Palmans (TUe Eindhoven) Chiral Polymers by Iterative Tandem Catalysis
17:00 – 17:20: Discussion
17:20 – 18:00: M. Möller (DWI-RWTH, Aachen) Branched polymer architectures by combined enzymatic and chemical synthesis

18:00 – 18:20: Discussion

18:20 - 22:00: Poster session (with wine-cheese party on site about 20:00)

Tuesday 16 morning: Biopolymerization via Bacteria
8:30 – 9:10: D. Tirell (Caltech, Pasadena) Engineering the Extracellular Matrix: A Novel Approach to Polymeric Biomaterials (provisional)

9:10 – 9:30: Discussion

9:30 – 10:10: Y. Doi (Tokyo Inst Technol, RIKEN Inst) Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) by recombinant bacteria

10:10 – 10:30: Discussion

10:30 – 10:50: Coffee break – Posters
10:50 – 11:30: M. Zinn (EMPA – ETH, Zurich)  Tailored Material Properties of Polyhydroxy-alkanoates through Biosynthesis and Chemical Modification

11:30 – 11:50: Discussion

11:50 – 12:30: M. Remaud-Simeon (INSA, Toulouse) Bacterial enzyme molecular engineering and biocatalyzed synthesis of polysaccharides

12:30 – 12:50: Discussion

Tuesday 16 afternoon: Industrial developments and prospective
14:20 – 14:40: U. Hänggi (Biomer, Krailling) Why should plastics processors use PHB ?

14:40 – 14:50: Discussion

14:50 – 15:20: R. Weberskirch (Bayer MS, Leverkusen) White Biotechnology - A BAYER Perspective

15:20 – 15:30: Discussion

15:30 – 15:50: Coffee break - Posters
15:50 – 16:20: S. Buchholz (Degussa, Hanau-Wolfgang) Title not yet provided

16:20 – 16:40: Discussion

16:40 – 17:10: S. Gautier (Kitozyme, Liège) Fungal biomasses, a source for functional biopolymers: extraction process and properties”

17:10 – 17:30: Discussion

17:30 – 17:50: General Conclusion

Organizing Committee:
Professor Jean-Pierre Vairon tel: [phone] / fax: [phone] / [e-mail]

UMR 7610 - Chimie des Polymères, case 185, Université P. & M. Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05

Professor Martin Möller Tel: [phone] 3650 / Fax: [phone]

[e-mail]

DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V.,Pauwelsstr. 8, D-52056 Aachen
Contact : Dr. Brigitte Rousseau, tel: [phone] / fax: [phone] / [e-mail], UMR 7610 - Chimie des Polymères, case 184, Université P. & M. Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05
Dr. Maud Save, tel: [phone] / fax : [phone]

[e-mail], UMR 7610 - Chimie des Polymères, case 185, Université P. & M. Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05
For more information, consult the EPF web site  at < www.europolymer.org >, or the GFP web site at < www.gfp.asso.fr >. A Meeting web site is open at < http://www.congres.upmc.fr/epf2006 >