Conference Programme
Marine Biotechnology - marine products for health
Organised by University of Gothenburg and Region Västa Götaland through Maritime Cluster of West Sweden
When: September 19, 2019
Where: Conference Centre Wallenberg, Medicinaregatan 20, Gothenburg
Conference language: English
Programme
09:00 Registration and coffee
09:30 Welcome and introduction
Anders Blomberg, University of Gothenburg
Theme 1: Marine Drugs
Chair person: Anders Blomberg, University of Gothenburg
09:35 Marine bioprospecting
Espen Hansen, The Norwegian College of Fishery Science,Tromsö, Norway
10:10 Pharmacognosy on marine organisms - cyclic peptides from marine worms
Ulf Göransson, Dept. of Pharmacognosy, Uppsala University
10:45 Molecules from marine macroalgae with potential as medicine
Göran Nylund, Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg and Kosteralg AB
11:00 Cholinesterase inhibitors from marine organisms
Johan Svenson, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
11:15 Oral bioavailability and function of azotides from marine organisms
Frederik Diness, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen
11:30 Speed Talks
3 min; 3 slides - presentations from researchers and companies
- Potential health and medical uses of extracts from the marine filter feeding Ciona intestinalis cultured in large scale
Fredrik Norén, Marine Feed - Marine sponges, peptides, sterols
Sunithi Gunasekera, Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University - Energy efficient microalgae cultivation for biomass/biocrude production
Otilia Cheregi, Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg - Biotep: From lab- to pilot-scale
Runar Gjerp Solstad, Nofima - Enhanced chemical and biological extractions of crustacean chitin as determined by solid state analytical suite
Fionn O'Fearghail, Technological University Dublin and Chalmers - Atlantic salmon gill mucin O-glycosylation in health and during experimental amoebic gill disease
Sara Lindén, Dept of medical chemistry and cell biology, University of Gothenburg - Marine zooplankton - an overlooked source of natural products
Erik Selander, Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg - The national NMR centre and services relevant to marine projects
Millie Rådjursöga, The National NMR centre, University of Gothenburg - Collagen/collagen peptides extracted from fish
Mehdi Abdollahi, Division of Food and Nutrition Science, Chalmers
12:15 Lunch
Theme 2: Marine Medtech
Chair person: Johan Svenson, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
13:15 Marine oligosaccharides in pharmacy
Kurt Draget, Dept. of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU, Norway
13:50 The hagfish slime a new innovative material of marine origin Mattias Berglin, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
14:05 Exploring algae as food ingredients to aid swallowing
Patricia Lopez-Sanchez, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
14:20 ColdZyme: an enzyme from deep-sea cod that can prevent and reduce the duration of the common cold
Ulf Blom, Executive Vice President & Co-founder, Enzymatica AB, Lund
14:35 Fish-skin-substitute for use in surgery and for treating wounds
Hilmar Kjartansson, Kerecis, Iceland
14:55 Coffee break with speed dating
Planned meeting during the coffee break
15:40 Bibliometry - marine biotechnology in Gothenburg, Sweden and the world
Bo Jarneving, University of Gothenburg
15:55 Marine biotechnology - the regional perspective
Anders Carlberg, Västra Götalands Regionen (VGR)
16:10 Final comments
Johan Svenson, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
16:15 End
