Marine Biodiscovery: Research & Applications Meeting; 15-16 June 2010 – University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Posted On: March 22, 2010

This meeting, coinciding with the opening of the new £1.6M Marine Biodiscovery Centre, will address the potential for new products and processes from the marine environment, with a particular emphasis on the technical challenges and realising successful outcomes. This will cover novel pharmaceuticals and high value chemicals such as biomaterials, nutraceuticals and personal care products as well as novel enzymes with unique activities. Academic and industrial aspects will be presented and there will be a showcase for Scottish companies and facilities.

Topics:

• Accessing and assessing marine biodiversity
• Molecular methods to find and express secondary metabolites and enzymes.
• Extraction and isolation of small molecules & modern methods for structural characterisation
• Marine bioinorganic chemistry
• Screening marine natural products
• Applications in the nutraceuticals and personal care market.
• Applications in the high value markets for instance pharmaceuticals and enzymes.
• Taking marine pharmaceuticals to the market
• Marine biomaterials

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