Analytical Environmental Microbiological Applications 

Friday Nov. 30th, 2008 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center 

St. Louis, Missouri 

8:00 AM

Check-in with Complimentary Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Introduction Dr. Bruce C. Hemming, President & CEO, Microbe Inotech Laboratories, Inc.

Dr. Lars Angenent

Dept. of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis

Title: Conversion of Wastewater into BioEnergy

9:30 AM-10:15 AM

Phil Dennis, M.A. Sc., Technology Manager
SiREM Inc., Guelph, Ontario Canada

Title: Dehalococcoides, Getting to Know Our Closest Ally in Remediation of Chlorinated Compounds

10:15 AM-10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Dr. Laurie A. Achenbach, Department of Microbiology 

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Title: (Per)Chlorate Reducing Bacteria

11:30 Noon-12:15 PM

Provided Luncheon at Upper Atrium

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Tour of the Danforth Plant Science Center 

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Randall Casey, Business Development Manager,
Industrial Affairs
BioMerieux NA, St. Louis, MO

Title: Overview of the Diversilab rep-PCR System for Microbial DNA Strain Typing

1:45 PM-2:30 PM

Dr. Barry Bochner, President, CEO & CSO

Biolog, Inc., Hayward, CA

Title: GEN III - Biolog's Revolutionary 3rd Generation Microbial System

2:30 PM-2:45 PM

Refreshment Break 

2:45 PM-3:30 PM

Brad Stawick, M.S. President

Stawick Laboratory Management, LLC TN

Title: Considerations in Selecting a Contract Laboratory

3:30-4:30 PM

Kevin Munnelly, General Manager,
BioTrove, Inc. Woburn, MA
Title: High-Throughput, Low Volume Real-Time PCR for Pathogen Detection in the OpenArray^TM Platform