Conference Agenda

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. Hogan^1,2, 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-Orejon^1,2, 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