Day 2 :
Keynote Forum
Clara Desvignes
Voisin Consulting Life Sciences, France
Keynote: Microbiome health products: Drugs or foods? Pros and cons of each route, constraints and advantages
Biography:
As a senior regulatory scientist at VCLS, Clara is involved in the development of microbiome-related health products, both in the medical and food area. Clara earned an engineering degree majoring in Sciences and Technologies of human biology, nutrition and food, at AgroParisTech, France. She also studied specialized food products in the University of Milan, Italy, as part of her engineering’s degree. Prior to joining VCLS, and as part of her engineering degree, Clara worked for 6 months at RNI-Consulting (Angers, France), where she gained particular experience in the areas of for nutritionals and nutraceuticals.
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Keynote Forum
Behnam Khatabi
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA
Keynote: Study of impact of phyobiome on plant health and future biocontrol trends
Biography:
Behnam Khatabi is an Assistant Professor of plant-microbe interactions at the University Of Maryland Eastern Shore, Maryland, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biology from the University Of Giessen, Germany in 2009 investigating the molecular mechanism of host compatibility during root fungal endophyte. Dr. Khatabi’s research program provides novel insights into host adaptation to environmental stresses induced by plant microbial communities (phytobiome). Dr. Khatabi incorporates a variety of molecular, cellular and genetic approaches, coupled to high-throughput sequencing to characterize genes and proteins regulating plant defense response to plant pathogens and beneficial microorganisms.
Abstract:
- Probiotics Microbiome in Drug Development-bugs as drugs | Commercialization of Probiotics in Market Development Perspectives | Bacterial physiology | Beneficial Soil Microbes | Beneficial Microbes in Food and Dairy Industry | Worldwide safety and regulatory issues
Location: Park Inn By Radisson
Chair
Yasuhiro Koga
Tokai University School of Mediciner, Japan
Co-Chair
Mozhgan Sepehri
Shiraz University, Iran
Session Introduction
M. Wali Rahimi
SRL Diagnostics, Afghanistan
Title: Prevalence of symptomatic urinary tract infections and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in Kabul region of Afghanistan
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Biography:
Dr. Mozhgan Sepehri is an Assistant Professor of plant-microbe interactions at Shiraz University, Iran. Dr. Sepehri’s research program provides novel insights into host adaptation to environmental stresses induced by plant microbial communities. She incorporates biotechnological approaches such as proteomics and metabolomics to decipher the molecular mechanisms of induced abiotic stresses in plants by beneficial microorganisms. She seeks a fuller understanding of the phytobiome as a natural supply of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms with the individual or collective capacity to promote plant health.
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Sipra Mohapatra
Ehime University, Japan
Title: Sex and sex steroids are eminent regulators of fish autophagy
Biography:
Sipra Mohapatra has completed her PhD from Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Mumbai, India) in 2010. She has done her postdoctoral studies from Southwest University (China), and Ehime University (Japan) and is at present working as an Assistant Professor at Ehime University, Japan. She has published 19 peer-reviewed articles and written 2 book chapters and is a reviewer in 4 reputed journals. She is the recipient of more than 5 awards and scholarships and has worked as lead/co-lead in over 10 projects.
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Sivan Klas
ORT Braude College of Engineering, Israel
Title: Groundwater desalination brine: A new water source for aquaculture in arid areas
Biography:
Sivan Klas has completed his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Technion IIT (2010) and postdoctoral studies in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto (2012). He has published more than 10 papers in reputed journals. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude College of Engineering and a Management Committee member in a European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action.
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Nandiyeh rouhi
Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Title: Fish oil extraction and qualification form precooked and non-precooked longtail tuna heads by hot air
Biography:
Nadiyeh Rouhi doing her PhD at Tarbiyat Modares University. She also is fisheries expert at Chabahar Free zone organization and consulting fisheries investors. she is an active, intelligent and goal-oriented individual; she revealed diligence and accuracy along with satisfaction by her work. The aforementioned characteristics can be well manifested on the grade of their final thesis. In addition to academic and research abilities, she has excellent communication skills so she can easily work and cooperate with her coworkers. She has been independently conducting her main research in addition to collaboration with other research fellows on the other related projects.
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Tapas Chakraborty
Ehime University, Japan
Title: Comparative transcriptomics and Edwardsiella detection in fish: A study using medaka and red sea bream
Biography:
Tapas Chakraborty has completed his PhD at the age of 28years from Central Institute of Fisheries Education (Mumbai, India) and National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB, Japan) in 2010. He has done his postdoctoral studies from NIBB and Ehime University (Japan) and is presently working as an Assistant Professor at Ehime University, Japan. He has published more than 22 papers in reputed journals, obtained 2 patents and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute in several esteemed journals. He has received more than 10 awards and scholarships and has worked as lead/ co-lead in 10 projects.
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Ikram Mercha
Biotechnology / Eco-toxicology & Biodiversity University Hassan II, Morocco
Title: Characterization of technological and probiotic features of interactive lactic acid bacteria isolated from a Moroccan Argane biotope
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) occupies a central role as starter cultures in the fermentation process and for their ability to create a healthy equilibrium between beneficial and potentially harmful microorganism in the gut. The objective of this study was to isolate, identify and characterize the technological potential and the probiotic properties of the resident lactic flora in camel milk from a Moroccan Argane biotope. A total of 101 strains of LAB ,obtained from camel milk characterized by a diet based on Argane by-product , were screened for transit tolerance in simulated upper gastrointestinal tract (GI), for adhesion capacity to human intestinal cell lines and for antimicrobial activities against three tested pathogenic strains (E. coli CIP 53126, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enteric CIP 483 CIP 8039). The selected LAB isolates were then identified basing their phenotypic and molecular (16S rRNA) properties. All strains showed good acidifying power, while 95.23% of them can produce texturizing agents (exopolysaccharides) suggesting their possible use to manufacture fermented products. The revelation of the antibacterial activity showed that 61.90% of strains possess an antagonistic effect. Meanwhile, the molecular identification showed that the biodiversity of raw camel milk in the mentioned region is characterized by lactic acid bacteria belonging to the species Lactobacillus Plantarum, Lactobacillus Brevis and Lactococcus lactis sp lactis1. The results obtained indicate interesting technological and probiotic features of isolated lactic strains, belonging to Lactobacillus Plantarum, Lactobacillus Brevis, and Lactococcus lactis sp lactis1 species.