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We are delighted to invite delegates to the1st Gießen Symposium for InsectBiotechnology.

With more than one million cataloguedspecies, insects are the most successfulorganisms in terms of biodiversity. Theyhave evolved a diverse arsenal of activeingredients and enzymes to defendthemselves against pathogens andpredators, and to utilize challengingnutritional resources. Insect biotechnology,also known as yellow biotechnology, willmake this enormous range of naturalsubstances available to the bioeconomy.

The symposium has been organized by theLOEWE Centre for Insect Biotechnologyand Bioresources, and brings togetherscientists and professionals from insectbiotechnology and related disciplines toshare recent developments and research.We offer an interdisciplinary programmeallowing delegates to discuss recentinnovations, develop knowledge and skills,and build valuable connections with othersfrom around the world.

The 1st Gießen Symposium for InsectBiotechnology is free and open to thepublic, and will be held on 9-10 October2017 in Gießen.

Registration is necessary for participationand open until 31 Aug 2017. Delegatescan register by using the following link:

Session III | Enabling technologies

9:00 Prof. Dr. Anant Patel, Bielefeld University of AppliedSciencesFormulations for novel biological pest control strategies

9:30 PD Dr. Jens Gläser, JLU GießenNew and innovative strategies to access natural products

9:50 Dr. Tobias Weidner, THM GießenInsect-based expression systems

10:10-10:40 Coffee break

Session IV | From genes to protein production

10:40 Prof. Dr. Herwig O. Gutzeit, TU DresdenProduction of feed without the use of arable land

11:00 Dr. Karina Brinkrolf, Fraunhofer IMEGenome analysis of insect-associated microbes

11:20 Dr. Antje Steinbrink, Goethe-Universität FrankfurtMosquito distribution, modelling and identification

11:40-14:00 Lunch and poster session

Session V | Evolutionary ecology

14:00 Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt, Senckenberg DeutschesEntomologisches InstitutEvolutionary biogeography: Why are phylogeographicpatterns so similar around the world?

14:30 PD Dr. Steffen Pauls, Senckenberg Biodiversität undKlima ForschungszentrumRunning dry: transcriptome-wide gene expressionpatterns in aquatic insect larvae associated withintermittent flow regimes

15:00 Dr. Georg Petschenka, JLU GießenResistance and sequestration: drivers of insect–plantcoevolution

15:20 Close

14:00 Registration, Foyer

14:30 GreetingsProf. Dr. Peter Kämpfer, Vizepräsident für Forschungund Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses, JLUGießen

14:40 Introduction: Insect BiotechnologyProf. Dr. Andreas Vilcinskas, Fraunhofer IME & JLUGießen

Session I | Insect pest and vector control

15:15 Prof. Dr. Marc F. Schetelig, JLU GießenVector control strategies for mosquitoes

15:30 PD Dr. Johannes Stökl, Heisenberg Fellow, JLU GießenParasitoid wasps against D. suzukii

15:45 PD Dr. Sandra Steiger, JLU GießenThe evolution of parental care in burying beetles and itsimplications for insect biotechnology

16:00 Dr. Marisa Skaljac, Fraunhofer IMEUnderstanding critical aspects of aphid survival anddeveloping strategies for their control

16:15-16:45 Coffee break

Session II | Natural resources and natural product research

16:45 Prof. Dr. Helge Bode, Goethe-Universität FrankfurtMicrobial natural products and how to get to them faster:Examples from entomopathogenic bacteria

17:15 Dr. Miray Tonk, Fraunhofer IMEInsect antimicrobial peptides

17:30 Prof. Dr. Till Schäberle, JLU GießenFrom genes to novel natural products and back

18:15 Introduction of the new Masters programme: InsectBiotechnology & BioresourcesDean: Prof. Dr. Klaus EderOverview: Prof. Schäberle, Prof. Schetelig, Prof. Vilcinskas,PD Dr. Degenkolb

18:45-21:00 Get-together

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The symposium is free and open to the public with mandatory online registration at:

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Registration deadline: 31 August 2017

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www.insekten-biotechnologie.de

V E N U EThe symposium will be held at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen

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Main building, JLU Gießen, AulaLudwigstr. 2335392 Gießen

Parking: There is a parking area at the main building. Direct access is only possible from Stephanstraße.

Insect biotechnology in:

§ Plant protection and vector control

§ Natural product research

§ Biochemical engineering and bioprocessing

§ Evolutionary ecology

Broad interdisciplinary topics combiningbiotechnology, plant protection and processengineering

Insect Biotechnology and Bioresources

– Starting winter semester 2017/18 –

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Management www.uni-giessen.de/studium/master/IBB

Contact and information

I N T R O D U C T I O N of the new Masters programme

Yellow Biotechnology at the interface of:

§ Red BiotechMedicine and pharmacology

§ Green BiotechPlant protection

§ White BiotechIndustrial and food biotechnology