Abstracts and Proceedings
Schedule
- April 28, 2006 – First circular and call for proposals
- June 30, 2006 – On-line registration and abstract submission pages will go live
- July 1, 2006 – First call for abstracts for oral presentations
- Oct 31, 2006 – Deadline for abstract submission
for consideration as oral presentation
- Note: it will be possible to revise and extend abstracts on-line up until the final posting date for the conference proceedings, May 18, 2007.
- Dec 31, 2006 – Session chairs will sdelect
oral presentations
- Note: All invited speakers will be asked to submit manuscripts for publication in a special issue of Enzyme and Microbial Technology
- Jan 31, 2007 – Speakers notified of oral presentations
- Feb 2, 2007 – General call for poster presentations
- March 30 - Final deadline for all abstract submissions
- April 9, 2007 - Announcement of poster presentations
- April 15, 2007 - Announcement of supplemental oral presentations
- April 15 - Final deadline for Early Bird registrations
- May 7, 2007 – Last day
for hotel reservation at the block rate.
- Note: We have only reserved 50 rooms at the Hilton, and the non-reserved rate is considerably higher than the block rate. The Hilton will not honor the conference rate after May 7. Depending on availability, other hotels might honor the conference rate after May 7.
- June 10, 2007 – The conference begins. Manuscripts may be submitted at the conference
- July 9, 2007 - Final deadline for manuscript submission.
NOTE: All manuscript submissions are to be made on-line.
Program areas
Abstracts and session proposals are invited for a wide variety of topics
- Bioprocesing
- Biopulping
- Biorefining
- Bioconversion
- Bioremediation
- Industrial applications
- Enzyme-based bleaching
- Fibre modification
- Fibre characterisation
- Pitch removal
- Fundamentals of lignocellulosic enzymes
- Cellulases
- Hemicellulases
- Lignin degrading enzymes
- Plant genomics and biotechnology
- Functional genomics of wood formation
- Tree growth and development
- Lignin modification
- Cellulose and hemicellulose synthesis
- Genetic modification of fiber properties
- Fungal genomics and biotechnology
- Genomics of wood degrading fungi
- Metabolic engineering
- Focus areas for symposia and seminars
- Oral and poster presentations
- Invitations for oral presentations were sent out on January 31, 2007. Presentations for two additional oral sessions were announced on April 9, 2007
- Publication of program and extended abstracts
- The organizers will publish hardcopies of extended abstracts along with the program, which will be available at the time of the conference.
- Proceedings volume
- Authors of abstracts selected for oral presentations will be invited to submit manuscripts for publication in Enzyme and Microbial Technology. These may take the form of short reviews and/or original research articles. Authors of poster presentations may submit original research notes. Papers for publication should be submitted on-line and a copy of the submitted manuscript should be given to the conference organizers by the start of the meeting. Final deadline for manuscript submission is July 9, 2007. All manuscripts will be subject to peer review prior to acceptance for publication.
Molecular biology of filamentous fungi with emphasis on lignin peroxidases, manganese peroxidases, laccases, cellulases, hemicellulases and novel enzymatic activities
Enzymatic modification of pulp fibers with cellulases, hemicelllaes, ligning degrading enzymes or novel enzymatic activities
Functional genomics of wood formation, tree growth and development, papers related to plant genomes
Biology of natural systems for degradation of lignin and cellulose and for the bioremediation of toxic effluents
Metabolic engineering and traditional development of improved microbial strains for industrial applications
Development and integration of industrial processes for biorefining wood and lignocellulosics into fibers, fuels and chemicals