Programme

Gate2Biotech Conference Programme

Opportunities for Transatlantic Collaboration in Biomedical and Biotechnology Research and Advanced Technology Transfer

17. 10. 2007

Brno – Exhibition Center, Press Center - Hall E

09:00 - 09:45	Registration & Coffee
09:45 - 10:00	Alice Tomášková, Deputy Chief of Executive, CzechInvest: Welcome & Opening

Section 1: Frontier Biotech Research Needs and Frontier Infrastructure

Chair: Doc. RNDr. Stanislav Kozubek, DrSc., Director of Institute of Biophysics AS CR, v.v.i.

10:10 - 10:20	Ing. Jan Vitula, Coordinator of Innovative Projects for the South Moravian Region
10:20 - 10:50	Prof. RNDr. Jan Slovák, DrSc., Director of Technology Transfer Office, Masaryk University: University Campus in Brno in the Context of Biomedical Research and CEITEC
10:50 - 11:05	Ing. Peter Šebo, CSc., Head, Biotechnology Department, Institute of Molecular Genetics of AS CR & Head, Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institute of Microbiology of AS CR: Biotech&Biomed Research Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University at Vestec
11:05 - 11:25	MUDr. Tomáš Kára, International Clinical Research Center Brno Executive Director: Central European Partnership for Biomedical and Biotech Research - Project Introduction
11:25 - 11:55	Prof. Eric D. Wieben, Ph.D., Director, Mayo Genomics Center, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.): Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics

Section 2: New Biotech Projects on the Block

Chair: Prof. MVDr. Ivo Pavlík, CSc., Head of O.I.E. Reference Laboratories for Paratuberculosis and Avian Tuberculosis, Mycobacteriology Unit Department of Food and Feed Safety Accredited Laboratory, Veterinary Research Institute

13:00 - 13:20	Doc. Mgr. Jiří Damborský, Dr.,Loschmidt Laboratories, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University: Enzymatic Decontamination of Sulfur Mustard
13:20 - 13:40	Doc. MVDr. Michal Vlašín, Ph.D., Head Physician of the Cardiovascular Animal Research Center, University of Veterinary Medicine: Hope for Transplant Medicine - Biological Organs Replacement
13:40 - 14:00	Doc. MUDr. Martin Klabusay, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine - Hematooncology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University: Bone Marrow Derived Adult Stem Cells in Hematopoietic and Non-hematopoietic Tissue Repair
14:00 - 14:20	RNDr. Jan Hejátko, Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Masaryk University: Brno - The Centre of Excellence in Plant Biotechnology?
14:20 - 14:30	MUDr. Roman Trubač, Clinical Consultant, Aesculap Academy B. Braun Medical s.r.o.: The Announcement of International Competition "The Future of Sutures"