Program schedule

Program Schedule

Welcome Messages

9:00-9:15

President Amano (Video: Amano Enzyme Japan)
Romas Kazlauskas Ph.D. (UMN-BTI)
B Pam Ismail Ph.D. (UMN-PPIC)

Morning Program

9:15-9:45

Jun Ogawa Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Applied Life Sciences
Graduate School of Agriculture
Kyoto University

9:45-10:15

Claudia Schmidt-Dannert Ph.D.
Director BioTechnology Institute
Distinguished McKnight Professor
Dept. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
University of Minnesota

10:15-10:45

Todd Hyster Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University

10:45-11:15

Emma Master Ph.D. 
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Associate Director BioZone Centre for Applied Bioscience and Bioengineering
University of Toronto

11:15-12:00

Panel discussion

12:00-13:30

Lunch
Poster session

Afternoon Program 

13:30-14:00

Stefan Lutz Ph.D.
Sr. Vice President of Research
Codexis Inc.

14:00-14:30

Tomoko Matsuda Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Life Science and Technology,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
 

14:30-15:00

Gregg Whited Ph.D. 
R&D Health and Biosciences
Genencor Technology Center
International Flavors and Fragrances

15:00-15:20

Coffee Break

15:20-15:50

B. Pam Ismail Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Plant Protein Innovation Center
Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition
University of Minnesota

15:50-16:20

Keita Okuda Ph.D.
Assistant manager
Protein and Seasoning Team
Innovation Center
Amano Enzyme Inc.

16:20-16:50

Anne S .Meyer Ph.D.
Professor of Enzyme Technology
Head of the Protein Chemistry & Enzyme Technology Section
Dept. of Biotechnology and Biomedicine,
Technical University of Denmark
 

Closing Remarks 

16:50-17:00

Claudia Schmidt-Dannert Ph.D. (Univ. of Minnesota-BTI)
Shotaro Yamaguchi Ph.D. (Amano Enzyme Japan)

Evening Events

17:00-18:30

Cocktail hour