ALAMY_6 - Invited Speakers

Keynote Speaker - Bernard Henrissat (Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 7257 Case 932, Marseille, France): When starch meets the gut microbiota

Lifetime Achievement Award - Lubbert Dijkhuizen and Bauke W. Dijkstra (Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands): B.W. Dijkstra: From ALAMY to the colour of your eyes: how ALAMY influenced my research; L. Dijkhuizen: Biochemical characterization of a novel glycoside hydrolase family 70 4,6-alpha-glucanotransferase enzyme (GtfD) from the Gram-negative bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum NCIMB 8003

Eva Nordberg Karlsson

Eva Nordberg Karlsson (Biotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden): Alkyl glycoside production using enzymes from the alpha-amylase family

Haruhide Mori (Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan): Thermophilic alkalophilic alpha-amylase from Bacillus sp.

Diego Gomez-Casati

Diego Gomez-Casati (CEFOBI-CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina): Role of CBMs in starch metabolism in plant and algae

Christophe Colleoni (Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France): Micro and macroevolution of starch metabolism in algae

Bruce R. Hamaker (Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA): Response and function of the mammalian alpha-glucosidases to starch

Jean-Phillipe Ral

Jean-Philippe Ral (CSIRO Agriculture, Canberra, ACT, Australia): Bioengineering starch degradation in wheat grain: mechanism, regulation and end products

Closing Lecture - Stefan Janecek (Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia): How wide and flexible is the armful of the alpha-amylase family?


After the ALAMY_6 Introduction Programme Committee Topics and Sessions Confirmed Invited Speakers Selected Oral Talks Poster board size Important dates Final programme Sponsors Registration and Abstracts Fees and Payments Conference buses Internet Weather forecast ------- A brand new journal "Amylase"	Invited Speakers Keynote Speaker - Bernard Henrissat (Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 7257 Case 932, Marseille, France): When starch meets the gut microbiota Lifetime Achievement Award - Lubbert Dijkhuizen and Bauke W. Dijkstra (Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands): B.W. Dijkstra: From ALAMY to the colour of your eyes: how ALAMY influenced my research; *L. Dijkhuizen: Biochemical characterization of a novel glycoside hydrolase family 70 4,6-alpha-glucanotransferase enzyme (GtfD) from the Gram-negative bacterium Azotobacter* chroococcum NCIMB 8003 Eva Nordberg Karlsson (Biotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden): Alkyl glycoside production using enzymes from the alpha-amylase family** Haruhide Mori (Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan): Thermophilic alkalophilic alpha-amylase from Bacillus sp. Diego Gomez-Casati (CEFOBI-CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina): Role of CBMs in starch metabolism in plant and algae Christophe Colleoni (Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France): Micro and macroevolution of starch metabolism in algae Bruce R. Hamaker (Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA): Response and function of the mammalian alpha-glucosidases to starch Jean-Philippe Ral (CSIRO Agriculture, Canberra, ACT, Australia): Bioengineering starch degradation in wheat grain: mechanism, regulation and end products Closing Lecture - Stefan Janecek (Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia): How wide and flexible is the armful of the alpha-amylase family?