Please be invited to participate in NBC-16 - a broad Biotech event in The Netherlands. NBC-16 "Next Level Biotechnology" On the 14th of April 2016 NBV organizes the 16th edition of the Netherlands Biotechnology Conference (NBC-16). NBC-16 "Next Level Biotechnology" will highlight some of the most promising developments in biotechnology. Scientists working at universities and research institutes are performing cutting edge science on biological systems and processes. Biotech entrepreneurs use this know how to develop all kinds of innovative products with immense economical and societal impacts. Please consider sending in an abstract for poster and/or talk! * Cell and Fermentation Biotechnology * Green Biotechnology * Societal Aspects * Microbial Systems Biology & Synthetic Biology * Microbial Physiology * Product Isolation & Purification * Applied Biocatalysis http://nbv.kncv.nl/nbc-16-biotechnology-the-next-level/speakers.184255.lynkx Keynotes John van der Oost John van der Oost (1958) is molecular microbiologist/biochemist. He is group leader of Bacterial Genetics group at Wageningen University since 1995, currently consisting of 20 scientists, and on average 10 MSc students. He is (co-)author of >250 scientific publications, with an H-factor >50. John is (co-) inventor of 13 patents. He has obtained an EMBO long-term fellowship, an EMBL fellowship, a KNAW fellowship, and is laureate of a NWO-VICI grant, and a NWO TOP grant. He has been coordinator of two European networks. He participated in 3 STW projects. In 2005 John was appointed Full Professor, and in 2013 he was elected as EMBO member. Apart from metabolic engineering and synthetic biology projects, he works on CRISPR-Cas since 2005. Alex Patist Alex has over 15 years of experience in directing new product, process technology & optimization and scale-up in the food, nutraceutical, biochemical & biofuel industries. Since 2013, he has been at Genomatica, a leading biotech innovator for the chemical industry. At Genomatica, he has led several teams responsible for technology transfer to customers worldwide; development of high precision scale-up/scale-down methodologies; and selection and preparation of tolling facilities. In addition, he has been a catalyst in 'mainstreaming' a whole-process approach to deliver advantaged bioprocesses. A multi-cultural heritage - and perhaps a Dutch sense of humor - help him bring together project teams across different countries, languages, core capabilities, company sizes and time zones. Previously, Alex was at Cargill R&D in Minneapolis, MN. During his tenure as Director of Technology, he worked with major partners such as PepsiCo, Kraft and Nestle, taking ideas from concept, through patents, to rollout in areas such as natural sweeteners (e.g., Stevia) and improved line operations. Alex has a BS from Hogeschool Utrecht, MS from TU Eindhoven and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, all in Chemical Engineering. Marc Robillard Dr. Robillard initiated and led the team working on Tagworks' In Vivo Chemistry within Philips Research from 2006 until the spinout end of 2011. In 2003, he joined Philips Research to define and initiate their molecular medicine program in conjunction with the building of the corresponding laboratory facilities. As senior scientist and project leader he was involved in several imaging and drug delivery projects before creating the In Vivo Chemistry technology. Prior to Philips he worked at Kreatech Diagnostics on the development of a portfolio of probes for drug targeting and microarray-based detection of DNA, RNA and proteins. In addition he was a visiting scientist at the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and he worked at the CRO Syncom as a synthetic chemist. Dr. Robillard obtained his MSc and PhD in bio(in)organic chemistry at, respectively, the University of Groningen and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, The Netherlands. He has published 19 peer-reviewed papers and is a co-inventor on 18 patents. 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