Scientists from the Research Center “Prombiotech” of Altai State University spoke about their unique developments at the Russian Microbiological Congress
September 24 to 29, the IV Russian Microbiological Congress was held in Tomsk. This is a platform for exchanging the latest research results in the field of microbiology, establishing and maintaining contacts between scientists, representatives of education and business. Altai State University was represented by employees of the Research Center “Prombiotech” – Dina Dudnik, a research assistant, and Maxim Shirmanov, a junior researcher. They presented unique developments that have no analogues in Russia.
The organizers of the Congress are National Research Tomsk State University, Interregional Microbiological Society, and Federal Research Center for Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The conference included five sessions: “Diversity and ecology of microorganisms”, “Metabolism and genomics of microorganisms”, “Microbial and plant agrobiotechnologies”, “Microbial technologies”, and “Medical microbiology”. Also, within the framework of the Congress, a congress of the Interregional Microbiological Society and a satellite symposium “Molecular biology, biochemistry and ecology of yeast” were held.
In the “Microbial Technologies” section, Maxim Shirmanov gave a presentation on the topic: “The influence of cultivation time on the activity of recombinant phospholipase C obtained in the Bacillus mojavensis system.”
“All the reports of me colleagues in the section related to fundamental science, as for my work, it is of an applied nature. Recombinant phospholipase C is used in industry for refining vegetable oils, in cheese making, and in the production of biofuels. And we don’t have recombinant phospholipase C on the market in Russia – this is one of the features of our project,” said Maxim Shirmanov.
During the poster session, Dina Dudnik delivered a report on the topic: “The effectiveness of Bacillus spp strains as a biological disinfectant.”
All reports evoked positive responses for their well-developed and professionalism in the field of study, a high degree of interest from microbiologists and biotechnologists, and were accompanied by various questions, recommendations and discussions.
Participation in the conference became possible due to the grant support from the Governor of Altai Krai for the development of qualitatively new technologies, the creation of innovative products and services in the areas of food processing and production, and pharmaceutical production and biotechnology.