> 12th European Congress on Biotechnology
12th European Congress on Biotechnology
21 - 24 August 2005
Copenhagen, Denmark
The European Federation of Biotechnology is the driving force behind the 12th European Congress on Biotechnology, an important forum for international biotechnology research and development. The Congress, which typically attracts more than a thousand people, took place in August 21-24, 2005 at the Technical University of Denmark.
The ECB12 was organised by Danish Biotechnology Forum, Danish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Medicon Valley Academy, on behalf of the European Federation of Biotechnology.
Main Scientific Topics
- Systems Biology (trinomics, metabolic engineering, nutragenomics, bioinformatics)
- Functional and Comparative Genomics (gene annotation, genetics, pharmacogenomics)
- Cellular Signaling (receptors, molecular interactions, signaling networks, pharmaceuticals)
- Stem cells and cloning (cell differentiation, reproductive cloning, transplantation, therapy)
Biotechnology Areas
- Industrial Biotechnology (white)
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (red)
- Food and Feed Biotechnology (green)
- Environmental biotechnology (blue)
Biotechnology and Society
- Biotechnology education
- Biotechnology and ethics
- Women in biotechnology
- Global life sciences
Keynote Speakers (invited)
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Zebra fish genetics and embryology (Max-Planck Institute, Tübingen, Germany)
- Eric Lander, comparative genomics (Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, USA)
- Leroy Hood, Systems Biology (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
- Matthias Uhlen, Enzyme Engineering (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)
- Paul Nurse, Yeast cell cycle (Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK)
- Sidney Brenner, C. Elegans development (The Molecular Sciences Inst., Berkeley, CA, USA)
Contact:
Lars Haastrup Pedersen
Department of Life Sciences
Aalborg University
Sohngaardsholmsvej 49
DK-9000 Aalborg
Tel.: +45-96 35 84 97
Fax: +45-98 14 18 08