The Third International Conference
Enzymes in the Environment:
Activity, Ecology &
Applications
15-19 July 2007
Viterbo, Italy
This follows the highly successful conferences held in Granada Spain, 1999 and in Prague Czech Republic, 2003 and
focuses on enzymes as biological catalysts in plant, soil, sediment and aquatic ecosystems. Primary participants will
be microbiologists, ecologists and biochemists studying microbial ecology, biogeochemical processes and
environmental applications.
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Organizing Committee
Emerging enzymic methodologies on environmental
samples
Biodegradation of recalcitrant pollutants
Enzymes as indicators of soil quality and resilience
Ribosomal and messenger RNA as indicators of gene
expression.
Extracellular enzymes in plant pathology and
biocontrol
Microbial and enzymic remediation
Microbial metabolism and the role of extracellular
enzymes
Comparisons of soil and aquatic enzyme functions and
activities
Enzymes in extreme environments
Enzymes and other signaling molecules in the
rhizosphere
Program Information:
Pr. Richard P. Dick
School of Natural Resources
Ohio State University, 210 Kottman
Collumbus, OH 43210 USA
Tel: +1-614-247-7605
Fax: +1-614-292-7432
E-mail: [email protected]
Pr. Richard Burns, The Univ. of Queensland, Australia
Pr. Jose M. Barea, Es. Exp. del Zaidin, CSIC, Spain
Pr. Ryszard J. Chrost, Warsaw University, Poland
Pr. Richard P. Dick, Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Stefano Grego, Univ. della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Pr. Hans-Georg Hoppe, Inst. for Marine Sci., Germany
Pr. Ellen Kandeler, Hohenheim University, Germany
Dr. Annelise Kjøller, Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. James M. Lynch, University of Surrey, UK
Dr. Jurgen Marxsen, Max-Planck-Institute, Germany
Prof. Paolo Nannipieri, Univ. degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Dr. Tom Speir, Inst. Environ. Sci. & Res., LTD, NZ
Local Arrangements:
Prof. Stefano Grego
D.A.B.A.C
Università della Tuscia
Via S. Camillo de Lellis, snc
01100 Viterbo, Italy
Tel: +390761357246/219/329
Fax: +390761357242
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.unitus.it/
Registration & Conference Management:
PROMOTUSCIA Viaggi e Congressi S.r.l.
Piazza dei Caduti,
c/o Chiesa degli Almadiani
01100 Viterbo, Italy
Tel: +390761307284
Fax: +390761308480
E-mail: [email protected]
First
Announcement
PUBLICATIONS
Invited and selected volunteered
papers will be published as a special
publication with a journal.
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THE 3rd INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
Enzymes in the Environment:
Activity, Ecology and
Applications
CONFERENCE SITE
The conference will be held in
Viterbo at the Aula Magna of the
Rectorate of the University of
Tuscia, in the monumental complex
of S. Maria in Gradi. It is just outside
the city walls within easy walking
distance of many quality hotels.
Viterbo is an antique medieval city,
rich of historical, artistic and
monumental legacies, but also is
pleasant and hospitable and lies in an
enviable, pristine rural landscape.
Viterbo is only 80 kilometres from
Rome that can be reached by bus and
by train.
Viterbo
Italy
15-19 July 2007