Significant participation of FOOD INNOVATION RI researchers in the NHBT-2019 conference in Thiruvananthapuram this November to present the results of their first-year research programme.
Researchers from the University of Patras, University of Ioannina, Harokopio University of Athens, Democritus University of Thrace and Agricultural University of Athens gave 6 poster and 7 oral presentations at the “New Horizons in Biotechnology 2019” conference; an international conference focusing on the recent developments in Biotechnology. The event was organized and hosted by the CSIR – National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology and the Biotech Research Society in Thiruvananthapuram, India on November 20-24, 2019.
Presentations:
| TITLE | TYPE OF PRESENTATION | AUTHORS |
| Improvement of Cellulose and Cellobiose Fermentation in one Batch by a non Engineered Cell Factory of S. cerevisiae a Model for White Biotechnology | Oral (invited) | A.A.Koutinas, I. Plioni, D. Dimitrelou, P. Kandylis, A. Bekatorou, M. Kanellaki |
| Two-layer cell factory of S. cerevisiae to ferment lactose without genetic modification | Poster | V. Panagopoulos, A. Dima, D. Vanas,Th. Petsi, L. Bosnea, A. Bekatorou, M. Kanellaki, A. A. Koutinas |
| Productivity and Yield of two Layer Cell Factory on starch fermentation in One Batch | Poster | A. Drosos, K. Boura, M. Soupioni, A. Bekatorou, M. Kanellaki, A. A. Koutinas |
| Micro- tubular cellulose as carrier for the encapsulation and delivery of potassium nitrite in food | Poster | A. Panitsa, Th. Petsi, E. Kordouli, M. Kanellaki, A.A. Koutinas |
| Innovative biocatalyst for sparkling wine making | Oral (invited) | M. Kanellaki, V. Panagopoulos, K. Vardaka, D. Liakoutsou, K. Boura, A. Dima, D. Dimitrellou, A. Bekatorou, A. A. Koutinas |
| Pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L.) restores fecal microbiota in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats | Poster | Ioanna Prapa, Gregoria Mitropoulou, Amalia E. Yanni, Efthalia Maragkopoulou, Nikolaos Kostomitsopoulos, Vaios T. Karathanos, Yiannis Kourkoutas, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou |
| New insights and tools for elucidation of reaction mechanism of the lipase-catalyzed esterification in n-hexane, and in a solvent-free system: The synthesis of ethyl butyrate | Oral (invited) | Emmanuel M. Papamichael, Panagiota-Yiolanda Stergiou, Athanasios Foukis, Olga A. Gkini, Agapi Dima, Konstantina Boura, Athanasios Koutinas |
| Microbial lipids rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids for isopropyl and 2-ethylhexyl esters production via enzymatic catalysis | Oral | Erminta Tsouk, Aikaterini Papadaki, Apostolis Koutinas |
| Biorefining of sunflower meal for the production of succinic acid and value-added co-products | Poster | Maria-Nefeli Efthymiou, Chrysanthi Pateraki, Harris Papapostolou, Apostolis Koutinas |
| Optimisation of 2,3-butanediol production by Enterobacter ludwigii using sugarcane molasses | Oral | Sofia Maina, Olga Psaki, Anestis Vlysidis, Aline Machado de Castro, Entrit Dheskali, Ioannis Kookos, Apostolis Koutinas |
| Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of biogas and digestate production by a virtuous biowaste cycle with integrated biological and chemical processes | Poster | S. Maina, A. Vlysidis, A. Papadaki, D. Ladakis, A. Koutinas |
| Risk assessment of 2,3-butanediol and methyl ethyl ketone production via fermentation from biodiesel industry by-products and very high polarity cane sugar | Oral (invited) | Dimitrios Ladakis, Apostolis Koutinas, Sofia Maina, Eleni Stylianou, Aline Machado de Castro, Denise Maria Guimarães Freire, Endrit Dheskali, Ioannis K. Kookos |
| Detection of antibiotics and herbicides residues in spiked raw milk samples | Oral (invited) | ChrysaVoidarou, V. Gerokomou, D. Pontikas, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou |

