XVI International Biodeterioration
and Biodegradation Symposium
September 3-5, 2014
LODZ, POLAND
Symposium
Venue
The Symposium will be held in Lodz, Poland.
EXPO HALL
Lodz, Al. Politechniki 4
Arriving in Lodz by airplane
Lodz Airport offers some connections. The new business connection (Lufthansa codeshare) to Munich (MUC) hub was recently opened and there are also couple of low-cost Ryanair flights.
The Lodz Airport is located just 6 km from the city centre which you can reach quickly by city bus (lines 55 and 65) or by taxi. All necessary details can be found on the airport's website http://airport.lodz.pl/en.
If you fly to Warsaw, it is best to travel to Łódź by train. The journey will take approximately 2.5 hours. To take a train, you will need to transfer from Warsaw Chopin Airport (http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/passenger) to Warszawa Centralna station (approx. 30 minutes). From the airport you need to get to the Railway Station either by local train, public bus (line 175) or by taxi. The bus - No 175 takes you directly to Warszawa Centralna railway station. You will need a bus ticket which you can buy in a kiosk in the arrival hall, the price is 4,40 PLN.
Travelling by rail
Trains from Warsaw to Łódź are operated by Polish National Railways (PKP). For the current timetables, please go to http://rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en? . As there are two companies which service this route, it is best to buy your ticket on arrival, when you know which train you will take. From Warszawa Centralna railway station trains to Łódź depart approximately every hour. Please ask for ticket to Łódź Widzew or Łódź Kaliska.
Public transport in Łódź
To check how to reach a given place in Łódź by public transport, it is best to use http://lodz.jakdojade.pl/?locale=en - a website which provides the bus and tram schedules and shows the route to your destination. In order to travel by public transport, you need to obtain a ticket. There are two basic kinds of tickets in Łódź – nominally 20-minute and 40-minute ones (2,60 PLN and 3,40 PLN, respectively). Recently the tickets' times have been extended: from 20 min to 40 min and from 40 min to 60 min so you basically would need the cheaper ones on all the trips around Lodz's centre. The tickets for the buses and trams are the same.
Programme
XVI International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium
3-5 September 2014 Łódź, Poland
EXPO Hall, Al. Politechniki 4
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
08:00 - 09:00 - Registration
09:00 - 09:30 - Welcome and Opening Ceremony (G.Robson -FEMS presentation)
09.30 - 10:15 – Opening lecture:"Biodeterioration of Metallic Materials: Past Concepts, Current Perspectives and Future Challenges."- Brenda Little
10:15 – 12.15 Plenary lectures session 01-02-03-10
Chairman: John Gillatt
10:15 - 10:45 -"MIC and Longer -Term Marine Corrosion of Steel Structures" - Robert E.Melchers
10:45 - 11:15 - "Biofilms on Building Materials: Influence of Substrate and Climate" - Christine C. Gaylarde
11:15 - 11:45 - "Our Evolving Understanding of the Biodegradation of Wood and Wood Products: An
Overview" - Geoffrey Daniel
11:45 - 12:15 - "Moving Fields of Biodeterioration: Observations on the Development of Biodeterioration Prevention, and Thoughts for Future Possibilities"- Dennis Allsopp
12:15 - 12:45 - Coffee break with POSTER - presentation with discussion (Sessions 01-02-03-10)
12:45 - 14.45 – Oral sessions 01-02-03-10
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Oral session 01. Chairman: Iwona Beech 12:45 - 13:45 "Plastic Strain due to Metallurgical Processes Increases Corrosion Rate"- Recep Avci
“The Role of Biological Component in Deterioration of Metallic Materials in Marine Environments : Current Insight”-Iwona Beech
"Development of an agar based system for the fundamental sudy of MIC in soil"- Amy Spark
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Oral session 03. Chairman: Goeffrey Daniel 12:45 - 13:45 "Microscopy Studies on Structural and Chemical Changes of Thermally Modified wood (TMW)- Jong Sik Kim
"Instrumental Measurement of the Effects of Mould Fungi Growth in Laboratory Conditions on Control And Preserved Wood" - Andrzej Fojutowski
"Comparative Durabilty of Heartwood from Selected Larch Species and Scots Pine Heartwood"- Mohamed Jebrane "Inhibition of Coniferous and Broadleaved Wood Biodegradation by New Menthoxymethylimidazolium Ionic Liquids" - Jadwiga Zabielska-Matejuk |
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Oral session 10. Chairman: Dennis Allsopp 13:45 - 14:45
"Prospects of Applying Biodegradation for Environmentally Friendly Processes" - Michel Sylvestre
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14:45 - 15:45 - Lunch
15.45 - 16.45 - IBBS Annual General Meeting
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15:45 - departure from MTŁ to University of Lodz for workshops (Group 1) 16:15 - 19:45 Mass Spectrometry Workshops 20:00 - departure from University of Lodz to MTŁ |
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Thursday, 4 September 2014
09:00 – 11.00 Plenary lectures session 05-06-07-08
Chairman: Malcolm Greenhalgh
09:00 - 09:30 – “Microbes, Art and Conservation, a Winning Game?” -Katja Sterflinger
09:30 - 10:00 – “Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Water Systems”- Jimmy Walker
10:00 - 10:30 - "Microbial Metal and Mineral Biotransformations"- Geoffrey M. Gadd
10:30 - 11:00 - "Recent Advances on the Biphenyl Catabolic Pathway and its Involvement in PCB Rizhoremediation"- Michel Sylvestre
11:00 - 11:45 - Coffee break with POSTER - presentation with discussion (Sessions 05-06-07-08)
11:45 - 13:45 - Oral sessions 05-06-07-08
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Oral session 05. Chairman:Katja Sterflinger 11:45 - 12:45 "Biodeterioration and Conservation of Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu" - Asuncion de los Rios
"Lichen Deterioration and Dispersal Patterns on Limestone Cultural Heritage in Temperate Areas"- Mariagrazia Morando "Mould Stains on Textiles:Decolourisation and Influence on Properties"- Črtomir Tavzes |
Oral session 07. Chairman: Jerzy Długoński 11:45 - 12:45 "The Omics Approach for the Biodegradation Studies of Hazardous Compounds" - Rafał Szewczyk
"Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Estuarine and Coastal Zones: Case Specifics Strategies for Environmental protection" - Ana Paula Mucha "The Characteristics of Bacterial Communities in Soils Exposed to the Long-Term Pressure of Heavy Metals in the Vicinity of ZGH "Bolesław" - Bukowo, Poland" - Anna Jarosławiecka
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Oral session 06. Chairman: Jimmy Walker 12:45 - 13:45
"Towards Fully Biodegradable Microbial Fuel Cells"- Jonathan Winfield
"Effective Antimicrobials of Natural Origin" - Alina Kunicka-Styczyńska
"Adhesive Properties of Asaia spp.Isolated from Flavoured Mineral Waters"- Dorota Kręgiel
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Oral session 08. Chairman: Katerina Demnerova 12:45 - 13:45 "Aromatic Pollutants-Degrading Bacteria in Contaminated Environments"- Katerina Demnerova
“Application of Phytoremediation for the Treatment of Persistent Pollutants in Soil; Lessons From the Field”– David Dowling
"AromaDeg, a Powerful Database to Explore Aerobic Bacterial Degradation of Aromatics"- Marcia Duarte
"Adaptation Strategies in Pseudomonas sp.PJ14 Thriving in Extreme Conditions of Organic Pollutants:Membrane is Master Mind" - Prameela Jha
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13:45 - 14:45 Lunch
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15:00 - departure from MTŁ to University of Lodz for workshops (Group 2) 15:30 - 18:30 Mass Spectrometry Workshops 18:45 - departure from University of Lodz to MTŁ |
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20:00 -24.00 Conference Dinner (EXPO HALL)
Friday, 5 September 2014
09:00 – 11.00 Plenary lectures session 09-04-11-12
Chairman: Jimmy Walker
09:30 - 10:00 "Steel Corrosion and Fuel Stability: Are Biofuels Really Green?" -Joseph Suflita
10:00 - 10:30 – “A Study of Marine Biofouling, its Influence on the Durability of Concrete Sea Defences and Potential Control Measures" - Glyn Morton
10:30 - 11:00 - "Enhanced Technologies for Biological Waste Water Treatment" - Laurence R.Weatherley
11:00 - 11:45 - Coffee break with POSTER - presentation with discussion(Sessions 09-04-11-12)
11:45 - 13:45 - Oral sessions 09-04-11-12
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Oral session 09. Chairman:Joseph Suflita 11:45 - 12:45
"Geomycology: Fungal Processes in Metal and Mineral Biodeterioration"- Geoffrey Gadd
"Methods Used in Studying Biodeterioration of Polymeric Materials"- Ji-Dong Gu
"A Novel qPCR Protocol to the Specific Detection and Quantification of Hormoconis Resinae in Fuel Systems" -Pedro Maria Martin-Sanchez
"Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure (MIRRI) Communication Between Microbial Resources Centres and Users"- Filip Zdziennicki
"Evaluation of Diuron Degradation by Bacteria Isolated From Soil of Sugarcane crop"- Tassia Chiachio Egea
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Oral session 11. Chairman:Glyn Morton 11:45 - 12:45 "The Chemical Preservation of Liquid Systems"- John Gillatt
"The Use of Electronic Nose Technology as Part of in the Control of Odour Producing Microorganisms Present on Textiles"- Malcolm Greenhalgh "Effectiveness of textiles disinfection with silver nanoparticles and gamma irradiation methods"-Katarzyna Pietrzak |
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Oral session 04. Chairman: Geoff Robson 12:45 - 13:45 "Microbial Interactions with Plastic Pollutants in Marine Environments" -Mark Osborn
"Preservation of Plastic - Current Perspectives" - Malcolm Greenhalgh
"The Use of Continuous GFP Monitoring as an Indicator of Bacterial Adhesion and in situ Vibility on Plasticised PVC (pPVC) Surfaces"- Richard Greenhalgh |
Oral session 12.
Presentation with discussion 12:45 - 13:45 Chairman:Laurence R.Weatherley
"Intensification of Ammonia Removal from Waste Water in Biologically Active Zeolitic Ion Exchange Columns" -Laurence R.Weatherley
"Long-Term Dynamics of the Microbial Community in a Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plant" - Adam Muszyński
"Anaerobic digestion of Slaughterhouse Waste With Sewage Sludge and Municipal Solid Waste" -Sebastian Borowski
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13:45 - 14:15 - Coffee break
14:15 - 14:45 - Conclusions, Remarks and Closing Symposium
14:45 - 15:45 - Lunch
Programme in .DOCX format for download (updated 2014-07-25).
Important Dates
| conference: | 3 - 5 September 2014 |
| early registration: | to 01st April 2014 |
| regular registration: | to 30th June 2014 |