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