Tuesday 30 June 2009, Morning

„Bioprospecting and Identification“

Chair: Cathy Kroll

8:30

Registration

9:00:9:40

Ecological bioprospecting

Kurt Hanselmann,swiss | i - research and training, Zürich

9:40-10:20

Bioprospecting in the Green: Isolating Novel Probes for Chemical Genetics from Cyanobacteria

Karl Gademann, EPFL, Lausanne

10:20-10:50

Coffee break, Exhibition and Poster Session

10:50-11:20

Molecular diagnostics today – a short overview

Jürg Frey, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil, Wädenswil

11:20-11:50

Maldi-Tof mass spectrometry for identification and differentiation of bacterial strains

Peter Schumann, DSZM Braunschweig, Germany

11:50-12:20

Isothermal Micro-Nano Calorimetry: a new method for rapid detection and identification of microorganisms and evaluation of antimicrobial agents

Olivier Braissant, Ueli von Ah, Dieter Wirz and Alma U. Daniels, University of Basel, Basel

12:20-13:30

Lunch, Exhibition, Poster-Session