I Brazilian Microbiome Project Meeting
7 december 2012 - Fitotecnia Department Auditorium - Federal University of Viçosa - Viçosa/MG/Brazil
Scientific and Technical Program
Time
Speakers
Opening Ceremony and Welcome to BMP
Dr. Nilda de Fátima Ferreira Soares - UFV/Brazil
Rector of Federal University of Viçosa
8:10 h
8:20 h
Opening Presentation
Brazilian Microbiome Project: achievements, priorities and future perspectives
Dr. Luiz Fernando Wurdig Roesch - UNIPAMPA/Brazil
BrBOL: Brazilian Barcode of Life
Dr. Aristóteles Góes-Neto - UEFS and CEBio/FIOCRUZ-MG/Brazil
9:00 h
Coffee Break
9:40 h
10:00 h
Sequencing Rothamsted Soil – Contribution of the TerraGenome International Soil Metagenomics Consortium
Dr. Penny R. Hirsch - Rothamsted Research/UK
10:00 h
Sponsor session - Illumina Inc.
Next Generation Sequencing: a Perfect Technology to Reveal the Diversity of Microbial Populations
Guilherme Mendes - Field Applications Scientist
10:40 h
Sponsor session - Applied Maths
Revealing the diversity of microbial populations with the BioNumerics platform
Henri Berghs - Fairport Ltda
11:20 h
Lunch Time
12:00 h
13:30 h
Bioprospecting for Drought-Tolerant Rhizobacteria and their Natural Products in the Brazilian Dry Forest
Dr. Itamar Soares de Melo - EMBRAPA/Brazil
13:30 h
Perspectives of Brazilian Science: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Paulo S. L. Beirão - Director of Agricultural, Biological and Health Sciences/CNPq/Brazil
14:00 h
Metagenomic approaches and data exploitation to a reference soil and other environments
Dr. Alban Mathieu - Ecole Centrale de Lyon/France
14:30 h
Sponsor session - Life Technologies
Ion Torrent Technology: generating accurate data for microorganism genomics with simplicity
Rodrigo Benevides - Life Technologies
15:00 h
Sponsor session - NEOPROSPECTA
Access to Brazilian Biodiversity: Regulatory Landmarks and Intellectual Property Issues Related
Dr. Luis Felipe Miranda Ramos - NEOPROSPECTA
15:40 h
Coffee Break
16:20 h
16:30 h
General Discussion
16:30 h
Closing ceremony and Acknowledgments
Dr. Marcos Rogério Tótola - UFV/Brazil
BMP General Coordinator
18:00 h