The Conference on Polysaccharides-Glycoscience 2011 is focused on industrial production and
use of polysaccharides; abundance,
properties and structure
of biologically active polysaccharides and derivatives of polysaccharides.
The scientific programme of the conference is divided into sessions comprising
related oral and poster presentations.
Topics:
1. Characterization and analyses of polysaccharides from natural sources
2. Physiological effects of natural polysaccharides
3. Production of polysaccharides and agricultural sources
4. Biodegradable plastics based on polysaccharides
Keynote lectures:
Wolfgang Bergthaller,
Federal Research Centre for Nutrition & Food,
Inst. for Cereal Potato and
Starch Technology, Detmold, Germany:
Isolation, properties and uses of
rice starch
Manuel Antonio Coimbra, Departamento de Química,
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal:
Plant polysaccharides as tailor-made as food
ingredients
Bjorn E. Christensen,
Department of Biotechnology,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Trondheim:
Novel polysaccharide architectures for
biomedical applications
- Deadline for submission of abstracts is 30th June 2011.
