Conference Programme

Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Georgiana GAVRIL, INCDSB
09:15-09:30
Opening ceremony
09:30-10:00
Prof. Dr. Milen GEORGIEV
Head of Metabolomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Plovdiv, BULGARIA
Title: Obesity management potential of natural compounds.
10:00-10:30
Prof. Dr. Stefan WECKX
Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, BELGIUM
Title: Investigating the microbial composition and function of fermented food ecosystems using sequence-based omics.
10:30-11:00
Asst. Prof. Dr. Kemal ŞANLI
Molecular Biology & Genetics Department, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, TURKEY
Title: Metabarcoding of colonic cleansing fluid reveals unique bacterial members of mucosal microbiota associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
11:00-11:30
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ewa OLEWNIK-KRUSZKOWSKA
Department of Physical Chemistry and Physicochemistry of Polymers, prof. Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, POLAND
Title: Active packaging -- how natural compounds influence the properties of polylactide-based materials.
11:30-12:00
Dr. Azzurra STEFANUCCI
Department of Pharmacy, 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, ITALY
Title: Lycopene extraction with α-pinene, Natural Volatile Deep Eutectic Solvent Menthol-Thymol and Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
12:00-12:30
Florin IRIMESCU
CEO at Bluana, ROMANIA
Title: Bluana - plant based fish for sustainable future.
12:30-13:00
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Isabel FERREIRA
LAQV/REQUIMTE -- Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, PORTUGAL
Title: Dietary exposure biomonitoring in the interplay between food safety and nutrition.
13:00-13:30
Prof. Dr. Adam MATKOWSKI
Head of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology Department, Medical University of Wroclaw, POLAND
Title: Plant cell factories as biotechnological tool for bioactive phytochemicals, agri-food and environment - from trends to real-lab studies.
13:30-14:00
Prof. Dr. Dan VODNAR
Vice-rector for Research Department of Food Science University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca, ROMANIA
Title: Unwrapping the Sustainable Future of Food with Biopolymer Packaging.
14:00-14:30
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Angela Daniela LA ROSA
Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Gjøvik, NORWAY
Title: Application of the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) in the polymer sector.
Dissemination of project results
Chairman: Mihaela PĂUN, INCDSB
Project support for the realization of DANUBIUS-RI project acronym „DANS2”, SMIS Project code: 139648
10:00-10:15
Dr. Manuela Elisabeta SIDOROFF
INCDSB, Project Director
Title: DANUBIUS-RO part of the DANUBIUS-RI infrastructure, preparing the implementation of the infrastructure.
10:15-10:30
Dr. Gheorghe UNGUREANU
GEOECOMAR, Project Responsible
Title: The Danube Delta Supersite - conception and implementation preparation.
10:30-10:45
Dr. Iulian NICHERȘU
INCDD, Project Responsible
Title: Contribution of the " INCDDD to the DANS2 project.
10:45-11:00
Dr. Venera DOBRICĂ
The Institute of Geodynamics „Sabba S. Stefanescu” of Romanian Academy, Project Responsible
Title: The contribution of the Romanian Academy to the DANS2 project.
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
Oral presentations
11:15-11:30
Dr. Laura Mihaela ȘTEFAN
Senior Researcher, Cellular and Molecular Biology Department, INCDSB
Title: Diversity and host-specificity of seabird feather mites from Cape Verde Islands.
11:30-11:45
Dr. Octavian PACIOGLU
Senior Researcher, Department of Bioinformatics, INCDSB
Title: The epigean-hypogean continuum.
Dissemination of project results
Chairman: Manuela Elisabeta SIDOROFF, INCDSB
Analysis of the potential for sustainable use of vegetation specific to the Danube-Danube Delta-Black Sea system, Project Code: 108630
10:00-10:15
Dr. Manuela Elisabeta SIDOROFF
INCDSB, Project Director
Title: General presentation of the D3MN project (Synergies).
10:15-10:30
Dr. Maria PARASCHIV
INCDSB, Operational Manager
Title: Scientific contributions of INCDSB in the D3MN project.
10:30-10:45
Dr. Bianca PAVEL
GEOECOMAR, Project Responsible
Title: Analysis of the potential for sustainable use of vegetation specific to the Danube-Danube Delta-Black Sea system - D3MN.
10:45-11:00
Dr. Adriana CONSTANTINESCU
GEOECOMAR, Project Responsible
Title: Evaluation of the vegetation potential in mitigating wind waves in the Danube Delta.
11:00-11:15
Dr. Jenică HANGANU
INCDDD, Project Responsible
Title: Contributions to the analysis of the potential for sustainable use of vegetation specific to the Danube-Danube Delta-Black Sea system.
11:15-11:30
Coffee Break
Oral presentations
11:30-11:45
Dr. Cristina RĂDULESCU
Senior Researcher, Bioanalysis Center, INCDSB
Title: Electrochemical biosensor based on acetylcholinesterase for insecticide detection.
11:45-12:00
Dr. Rodica TATIA
Senior Researcher, Cellular and Molecular Biology Department, INCDSB
Title: In vitro biocompatibility and antiproliferative effect of Hedera helix L. leaves extracts.