Sessions and topics

The Biotech Middle East 2017 program will present the most advanced issues in biotechnology and its related fields (health, cosmetics, food, energy, Environment, etc), which will be discussed by a selected group of international scientists, Industrials and Investors. It will include the research, industrial and commercial aspects of biotechnology, in areas such as: Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Food and Agriculture, Biofuels, Nanotechnology, Environment and Biodiversity, Biocatalysis, Bioremediation and Process engineering. It will include the following sessions and their topics:

 

Cell & Molecular Biology and BioInformatics

• Genomics and Proteomics
• Genetic Engineering
• Molecular Biology
• Synthetic Biology
• Bioinformatics

 

Physiology / Biochemistry

• Protein sequence, structure and function
• Enzyme kinetics and mechanisms
• Lipids and membranes, Metabolism,
• Electron transport and ATP synthesis,
• Photosynthesis
• Replication and DNA repair
• Transcription and RNA processing
• Recombinant DNA technology
• Structure determination of macromolecules
• Neurophysiology, Endocrinology
• Cardiovascular Physiology
• Immunology
• Respiratory Physiology, Renal Physiology, Cell Physiology, etc
• Ecological, Evolutionary and Comparative Physiology, etc.

 

Biochemical Engineering / Bioprocess Engineering

• Applied Biology
• Biomolecular Engineering
• Biocatalysis & Biotransformation
• BioProcess engineering.
• Process Intensification
• Novel Approaches in Multifunctional Reaction Processes
• Chemical Reactor Fundamentals
• Metabolic Engineering
• Bioremediation
• Sewage Processing
• Microbial Degradation
• cell and tissue engineering
• Culture Engineering
• Bioprocess Control and System Engineering
• Bio-separation
• Product Design and Engineering
• Reactor Design
• Novel Experimental Approaches and Modeling

 

Industrial Processes / New Products

• Scale-Up and Optimization
• Downstream processing
• Bioreactor engineering
• Modeling and control
• Biosensors
• Nanobiotechnology

 

Environmental Biotechnology / Green Economy

• Bioenergy
• Biorefinery: biocompounds and biofuel
• Forestry Products
• Green Chemistry
• Green Cosmetics
• Green Energy
• Wastes and Effluents
• Pesticides

 

Pharmaceutical / Medical Biotechnology

• Pharmaceutical, medical and molecular biology
• Biotechnology in diagnostics
• Biosensors
• Biotechnology in therapeutics
• Biomaterials
• Human and Animal Vaccines
• Phitotherapics
• Nutraceuticals
• Biodrugs
• Drugs
• Biotechnology in cosmetics

 

Food, Marine and Agro-Biotechnology

• Biotechnology to the Agriculture
• Food Safety
• Active principles of plants and cultivation
• Photosynthesis and Bioproductivity
• Microalgae Cultivation and Photosynthesis
• Animal biotechnology
• Marine Biotechnology

 

Bio-economy / Green Economy

• Biotechnology Accelerators
• Bio-law and Bio-ethic
• Biopolicy and Bioeducation

 

Focused Sessions:

Focused session on Genomics & proteomics

Chairs: Prof Shady Amin, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

 

Focused session on Structural Biology and Biophysical Chemistry

Chairs: Prof Wael M. Rabeh, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE