The program informed below is a preliminary schedule and may change until the date of the event. Check this page regularly and keep up to date on the IBSB: Brazilian CAZyme Research Meeting schedule.
Agenda
Presentation/Activity | Speaker | Starting time |
Welcome | Mario Murakami (LNBR/CNPEM) | 9:10 |
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) | Eduardo Couto (LNBR/CNPEM) | 9:15 |
CAZyme discovery Expanding and harnessing the CAZy database | Bernard Henrissat (DTU) | 9:30 |
CAZyme discovery Microbiomics-based discovery of novel CAZymes families | Gabriela Persinoti (CNPEM) | 10:20 |
CAZyme discovery The degradation of lignocellulose by termites: new insights | Ednildo Machado (UFRJ) | 10:45 |
Coffee break | – | 11:10 |
CAZyme catalysis Structural biology of CAZymes: from Biotechnology to Drug Discovery | Alessandro S. Nascimento (USP) | 11:30 |
CAZyme catalysis Glycoside hydrolases mechanisms: substrate conformations and reactivity in endo and exo enzymes | Mariana Morais (CNPEM) | 11:55 |
CAZyme discovery Metagenomic CAZymes: a green tool for bioprocess | Eliana Lemos (UNESP) | 12:20 |
Enzyme mechanisms Molecular mechanisms for N-glycan utilization in bifidobacterial gut symbionts | Priscila Giuseppe (CNPEM) | 12:45 |
Lunch | – | 13:10 |
Enzyme mechanisms CAZyme profiling in an insect leaf litter decomposer: how host enzymes degrade cell wall components | Richard John Ward (USP) | 14:35 |
Oxidative CAZymes Functional studies of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases from Aspergillus fumigatus | Fernando Segato (USP) | 15:00 |
Oxidative CAZymes Deletion of AA9 LPMOs Impacts A. nidulans Secretome and Growth on Lignocellulose | Andre Damasio (Unicamp) | 15:25 |
Filamentous fungi Unraveling Novel Sugar Transporters Potentially involved with Cellulose Degradation by the Industrial Fungus Trichoderma reesei | Roberto Nascimento | 15:50 |
Coffee break | 16:15 | |
Filamentous fungi Development of an economically competitive Trichoderma-based platform for enzyme production | Fernanda Mandelli (CNPEM) | 16:40 |
Enzyme mechanisms Challenges in the enzymatic deconstruction of recalcitrant mannan from açaí seeds | Ayla Santana (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia) | 17:05 |
Round table What are the grand challenges in the CAZyme field? (fundamental and applied) | – | 17:30 |
Closing remarks | – | 18:00 |