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BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF HYDROCARBONS

                         DFG – Priority Programme 1319

Biological transformations of hydrocarbons
                           without oxygen:
     from the molecular to the global scale

                          SPP 1319

                                September 24 – 26, 2012
                                         Third Meeting
                              Windenreuter Hof/Freiburg
BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF HYDROCARBONS

                    DFG – Priority Programme 1319

Biological transformations of hydrocarbons without
   oxygen: from the molecular to the global scale

               3. Meeting September 24 – 26, 2012

                     Windenreuter Hof / Freiburg

ORGANISATION:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Boll
Institute of Biology II
Microbiology
Schänzlestr. 1
University of Freiburg
79104 Freiburg

phone: +49‐341‐9736996
e‐mail: matthias.boll@biologie. uni‐freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Rainer U. Meckenstock
Helmholtz Zentrum München
Institute of Groundwater Ecology
Ingolstädter Landstr. 1
85764 Neuherberg

phone: +49‐89‐3187‐2561
e‐mail: rainer.meckenstock@helmholtz‐muenchen.de
BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF HYDROCARBONS

VENUE:

Hotel Windenreuter Hof
Rathausweg 19
79312 Emmendingen
Germany
Tel.: ++49‐7641‐930830
info@windenreuter‐hof.de
http://www.windenreuter‐hof.de
BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF HYDROCARBONS

Monday, September 24, 2012

13.00     Lunch

14.00     Welcome                         Matthias Boll/Rainer Meckenstock

                          Anaerobic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation I

14.10‐    Kerstin Nicolaisen              Benzene degradation under anaerobic conditions
14.35
          AG Meckenstock, München

14.35‐    Sara Ferdi                      Elucidation of anaerobic benzene and alkylated
15.00                                     aromatic compound degradation pathways and
          AG Seifert, Leipzig
                                          associated proteins by proteomic and metabolomic
                                          analyses

15.00‐    Deniz Seyhan                    Structure and reaction mechanism of benzylsuccinate
15.25                                     synthase and its activating enzyme
          AG Heider, Marburg
                                          Compound‐specific isotope analysis as a tool to
15.25‐    Conrad Dorer
                                          distinguish ethylbenzene degradation pathways
15.50
          AG Richnow, Leipzig             at contaminated sites

15.50 –
          Coffee Break
16.20

                          Anaerobic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation II
                                          Mechanisms and microorganisms involved in
16.20‐    Nontje Straaten
                                          degradation of BTEX and PAH under methanogenic
16.45
          AG Krüger, Hannover             conditions

16.45‐    Janina Kölschbach               Purification and characterization of naphthalene
17.10                                     carboxylase in N47
          AG Meckenstock, München

17.10‐    Christian Eberlein              Purification and characterization of 2‐naphthoyl‐CoA
17.35                                     reductase
          AG Boll, Freiburg

17.45‐    Dinner
19.00

                                       Evening Lectures I

19.00‐    Michael Müller                  Selective enzymatic oxidations and reductions of
19.45                                     naphthol derivatives
          Freiburg

19.45‐    Eduardo Diaz                    Genomic insights into the anaerobic degradation of
20.30                                     aromatic compounds by Azoarcus Sp. CIB
          Madrid
BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF HYDROCARBONS

Tuesday, September 25th , 2012
.

8.00      Breakfast

                   Anaerobic metabolism of aromatic and related compounds I

9.00‐     Tobias Weinert                 X‐ray structure analysis on key enzymes in the
9.25                                     anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic compounds
          AG Ermler, Frankfurt

9.25‐     Claudia Löffler/Simona         Structure and function of ATP‐independent benzoyl‐
9.50      Huwiler                        CoA reductase
          AG Boll,Freiburg

9.50‐     Brinda Selvaraj                Biochemistry characterization of 4‐hydroxyphenyl‐
10.15                                    acetate decarboxylase and its activating enzyme.
          AG Martins, Berlin
                                         Crystallographic studies of benzylsuccinate synthase
                                         Computer modelling of mechanisms of radical
10.15‐    Mikolaj Feliks
                                         enzymes involved in the anaerobic degradation of
10.40
          AG Ullmann, Bayreuth           hydrocarbons – B12‐independent glycerol dehydratase
                                         and 4‐hydroxyphenylacetate decarboxylase
10.40‐    Coffee Break
11.20

                   Anaerobic metabolism of aromatic and related compounds II
                                         Growth behaviour of strain pMbN1 in the presence of
11.20‐    Kathleen Trautwein
                                         binary substrate mixtures
11.45
          AG Rabus, Oldenburg

11.45‐    Ivana Djurdjevic               Cyclohexane carboxylate and glutamate syntheses in
12.10                                    Syntrophus aciditrophicus
          AG Buckel, Marburg

                                         Enzymes involved in the formation of cyclohexane
12.10‐    Johannes Kung
                                         carboxylate in Syntrophus aciditrophicus
12.35
          AG Boll/AG McInerney

12.45‐    Lunch + Free time
15.30

15.30‐    Coffee
16.00
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Tuesday, September 25th , 2012

         Anaerobic metabolism of aliphatic alkanes, alkenes, steroids and related compounds I

16.00‐        Marta Drozdowska/             Synthesis of alkylsuccinic acids for studying anaerobic
16.25         Amy Roberts                   metabolism of hydrocarbons
              AG Golding, Newcastle

16.25‐        Peter Friedrich               Specifically labelled hydrocarbons for studies of
16.50                                       anaerobic metabolism
              AG Golding, Newcastle

16.50‐        René Jarling                  Mechanistic and stereochemical investigations on the
17.15                                       transformation pathways of hydrocarbons in n‐alkane
              AG Wilkes, Potsdam
                                            degrading, anaerobic bacteria

17.15‐        Anutthaman Parasarathy        n‐Hexane degradation in the anaerobic Beta‐
17.40                                       proteobacterium strainHxN1
              AG Buckel, Marburg

18.00‐        Dinner
19.15

                                         Evening Lectures II

19.15‐        Marcus Elvert                 The expression of anaerobic oxidation of methane in
20.00                                       marine sediments: Biogeochemistry, lipid biomarkers,
              Bremen
                                            environmental factors and carbon flow

20.00‐        Michael J. McInerney          What are genomics and proteomics telling us about
20.45                                       syntrophy?
              Norman, Oklahoma
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Wednesday, September 27, 2012
.

8.00          Breakfast

         Anaerobic metabolism of aliphatic alkanes, alkenes, steroids and related compounds II

9.00‐         Katja Laufer / Sonakshi        Anaerobic degradation of petroleum in natural marine
9.25          Mishra                         sediments
              AG Treude, Kiel

9.25‐         Katharina Sünwoldt             New reactions in anaerobic alkane and alkene
9.50                                         metabolism
              AG Heider, Marburg
                                             A next‐generation pyrosequencing pipeline for
9.50‐         Frederick von Netzer
                                             fumarate‐adding gene markers
10.15
              AG Lüders, Munich

10.15‐        Juri Dermer                    Oxygen‐independent hydroxylases involved in
10.40                                        anaerobic sterol degradation in Sterolibacterium
              AG Boll, Freiburg
                                             denitrificans

10.40‐        Coffee Break
11.10

11.10‐        Eva‐Maria Roth                 Acetylene conversion of W and Mo enzymes
11.35
              AG Einsle, Freiburg

11.35‐        Olga Gutiérrez                 Activation of acetone by strictly anaerobic bacteria
12.00
              AG Schink, Konstanz
                                             Assignment of redox states in nitrogenase FeMo
11.40‐        Julia Schlesier
                                             cofactor
12.00
              AG Einsle, Freiburg

12.00‐        Business Meeting
12.15

12.15       Lunch and Departure
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