Analytical Environmental Microbiological Applications
Friday Nov. 30th, 2008 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
St. Louis, Missouri
8:00
AM
Check-in with Complimentary Continental Breakfast
8:30
AM
Introduction Dr. Bruce C. Hemming,
President & CEO, Microbe Inotech Laboratories, Inc.
8:45
AM-9:30 AM
Dr. Lars Angenent
Dept. of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Title: Conversion of Wastewater into BioEnergy
9:30 AM-10:15 AM
Phil Dennis, M.A. Sc., Technology Manager
SiREM Inc., Guelph, Ontario Canada
Title: Dehalococcoides, Getting to Know Our Closest Ally in Remediation of Chlorinated Compounds
10:15 AM-10:30 AM
Refreshment Break
10:30
AM-11:30 AM
Dr. Laurie A. Achenbach, Department of Microbiology
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Title: (Per)Chlorate Reducing Bacteria
11:30 Noon-12:15 PM
Provided
Luncheon at Upper Atrium
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Tour of the Danforth Plant Science Center
1:00
PM-1:45 PM
Randall Casey, Business Development Manager,
Industrial Affairs
BioMerieux NA, St. Louis, MO
Title: Overview of the Diversilab rep-PCR System for Microbial DNA Strain Typing
1:45
PM-2:30 PM
Dr. Barry Bochner, President, CEO & CSO
Biolog, Inc., Hayward, CA
Title: GEN III - Biolog's Revolutionary 3rd Generation Microbial System
2:30
PM-2:45 PM
Refreshment Break
2:45
PM-3:30 PM
Brad Stawick, M.S. President
Stawick Laboratory Management, LLC TN
Title: Considerations in Selecting a Contract Laboratory
3:30-4:30 PM
Kevin Munnelly, General Manager,
BioTrove, Inc. Woburn, MA
Title: High-Throughput, Low Volume Real-Time PCR for Pathogen Detection in the OpenArrayTM Platform
