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Session
Tech 1D: Concurrent Technical Session 1D: Remediation Engineering
Time:
Monday, 08/July/2024:
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Session Chair: Prof. David Bernard Levin, University of Manitoba
 Location: E2-351 EITC Bldg.

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Presentations
1:30pm - 1:45pm
ID: 189 / Tech 1D: 1
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Environment
Keywords: Biobed, Hydrus 1D, volumetric water content, Pesticide rinsate, inverse modeling

Simulation of Pesticide Rinsate Flow in a Biobed System using Hydrus 1D Model

Ifeoluwa Funmilola Omotade1, Ramanathan Sri Ranjan1, Annemieke Farenhorst2, Sarah Johnson2

1Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada; 2Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Canada


1:45pm - 2:00pm
ID: 112 / Tech 1D: 2
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Environment
Keywords: Bioplastic Degradation, Polyhydroxyalkanoate, Burkholderia, Synthetic Biology, CRISPR-associated transposase

Identifying Bioplastic Degradation Abilities and Associated Genes in Burkholderia and Stenotrophomonas Using Synthetic Biology Tools

Zhong Ling Yap1, Ryan Darragh1, Andrew M. Hogan1,2, Anna Motnenko1, A.S.M. Zisanur Rahman1, David B. Levin1, Silvia T. Cardona1

1University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; 2European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany


2:00pm - 2:15pm
ID: 160 / Tech 1D: 3
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Waste Management
Keywords: Plastic pollution, PolyLactic Acid, Biodegradation, Composting

Poly(Lactic acid) degrading bacteria: Isolation and optimizing culture conditions for plastic degradation

Sarita Shrestha, Alex Verykovskyy, Joe Ackerman, David Levin

University of Manitoba, Canada


2:15pm - 2:30pm
ID: 122 / Tech 1D: 4
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Waste Management
Keywords: PET biodegradation, Cell surface display, Whole-cell biocatalyst, PETase, CRISPR-associated transposase.

Stable expression of membrane-exposed PETase in E. coli by genomically integration of LPP-PETase gene cassette

Hamid Reza Karbalaei-Heidari1, Katherine Romero-Orejon1,2, Nediljko Budisa1, David Levin2

1Laboratory for Chemical Synthetic Biology and Xenobiology, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 2Bioengineering for Sustainability Laboratory, Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


2:30pm - 2:45pm
ID: 162 / Tech 1D: 5
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Waste Management
Keywords: low-density polyethyleme biodegradation, polymer degradation

Bacterial Degradation of Low-density Polyethylene Preferentially Targets Amorphous Regions of the Polymer.

Trinh Nguyen, David B. Levin

Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


2:45pm - 3:00pm
ID: 101 / Tech 1D: 6
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Environment
Keywords: ANFIS, ANN, Crude-oil, Contaminated soil, Remediation and Vermicompost

Remediation of Crude oil Contaminated Soil Using Vermicompost: An Artificial Neural Network and Artificial Neural Fuzzy Inference System Predictive Models Evaluation

Precious EHIOMOGUE1, Ifechukwude lsrael AHUCHAOGU2, Isiguzo Edwin AHANEKU3

1MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE, Nigeria; 2UNIVERSITY OF UYO, NIGERIA; 3MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE, Nigeria