Detailed program

>>> Main ideas about the organization

• Literature review about the subject of one lecture/workshop of the week.
  • On the 13^th of February 2023, teachers send to each group a subject of presentation and some literature resources.
  • Students groups send their literature review on the 6^th of March 2023.
  • Teachers give a feedback on the first day of the week (Monday 13^th) during the working time session.
• Some lectures/workshops will be online sessions. The lectures will be organized according to the level (level increasing during the week).
• 2 social activities during the week. One social event (aperitive) at the beginning of the week to discover each other and one more cultural activity (guided tour of the city).
• 1 industrial visit in the field of biotechnology (viticulture/viniculture).
• The students’ presentations will be organized during the week for practical reasons and to involve other students in the presentations of a group. The students will have time every morning to work on it in the presence of the teachers.
• Only 3 workshops in the biotechnology lab will be organized. Each will be organized two times so all the students will participate to all workshops.
• Lunch (hot meals) is included for the students and teachers.

>>> Overview of the week

>>> Detailed program

Sunday 12^th of March 2023

• Arrival and welcome reception

Monday 13th of March 2023

• 8:30 – 8:45: Breakfast – Welcome
• 8:45 – 9:00: Opening session (2122)
• 9:00 – 10:15: Ms Kristel Sniegowski, KU Leuven (BE), on “Basic molecular techniques to identify wild yeast isolates and the search for POF genes” (2122)
• 10:15 – 11:30: Ms Julia Weiss, UPCT (ES), on “Reverse genetics, genome engineering and post-transcriptional gene silencing” (2122)
• 11:30 – 12:00: working time (academic room)
• 12:00 – 13:30: Lunch break (UCLouvain)
• 13:30 – 17:00:
• Workshop I: Ms Julia Weiss, UPCT (ES), on “Identification of transgenic plant material by molecular techniques” (4008 – 4009)
• Workshop II: Ms Kristel Sniegowski, KU Leuven (BE), on “Basic molecular techniques for the detection of POF genes in yeast isolates with PCR and gel electrophoresis” (4008 – 4009)
• 18:00 – 20:00: Social activity – City center “cutshop” – Belgian beers & food discover

Tuesday 14th of March 2023

• 8:45 – 9:45: Ms Vesna Jerkovic/Charlotte Saussez/Aurélie Semoulin, HELHa (BE), on “Bacterial transformation: theorical and practical aspects” (2122)
• 9:45 – 11:00: Ms Kristel Sniegowski, KU Leuven (BE), on “Evaluating the quality of a Sanger sequence, database search with sequences for identifying Fungi” (Informatic lab)
• 11:00 – 12:00: working time (academic room)
• 12:00 – 13:30: Lunch break (UCLouvain)
• 13:30 – 17:00:
• Workshop I: Ms Kristel Sniegowski, KU Leuven (BE), on “Basic molecular techniques for the detection of POF genes in yeast isolates” (4008 – 4009)
• Workshop II: Ms Charlotte Saussez/Béatrice Pirson, HELHa (BE) on “Bacterial transformation” (4008 – 4009)

Wednesday 15th of March 2023

• 8:45 – 10:15: Mr Marcos Egea Gutiérrez-Cortines, UPCT (ES), on “CRISPR/CAS vectors, principles and cloning strategies” (2122)
• 10:15 – 11:00: KU Leuven students (BE), on “How introducing biocatalytic reduction reactions into the pharmaceutical industry (bachelor thesis)” (2122)
• 11:00 – 12:00: working time (academic room)
• 12:00 – 13:30: Lunch break (UCLouvain)
• 13:30 – 17:00:
• Workshop option I: Ms Charlotte Saussez/Béatrice Pirson, HELHa (BE) on “bacterial transformation” (4008 – 4009)
• Workshop option II: Ms Julia Weiss, UPCT (ES), on “Identification of transgenic plant material by molecular techniques” (4008 – 4009)

Thursday 16th of March 2023

• 8:45 – 9:30: Mr Zeljko Simic, Hochschule Merseburg (DE), on “Directed evolution and rational design as powerful tools in protein engineering” (2122)
• 9:30 – 11:45: Mr Zeljko Simic, Hochschule Merseburg (DE), on
  “Searching for the most efficient enzyme variant (known so far) for a particular biochemical transformation” (Informatic lab) OR Mr Marcos Egea Gutiérrez-Cortines, UPCT (ES), on “Usage of publicly available tools: sequence data bases and construct design for CRISP/Cas” (Informatic lab)
• 11:45 – 12:45: Lunch break (UCLouvain)
• 12:45 – 14:00: Working time (academic room)
• 14:00 – 17:30: Students groups presentations (2122)
• 18:00 – 20:00: Guided tour of Mons city center

Friday 17th of March 2023

• 9:00 – 12:00: Visit of « Chant d’Eole »
• 12:00 – 17:00: Lunch break & ending session (academic room)

Saturday 18th of March 2023

• Departure