The V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld2013,

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The V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld2013, which will be held in Madrid (Spain) from 2 to 4 October 2013, will bring together

communicate current research priorities and progress in those fields, and to identify new research approaches.

more than 500 researchers from nearly 60 countries. The conference will take place in Madrid. Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain.

1 The V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld2013, which will be held in Madrid (Spain) from 2 to 4 October 2013, will bring together researchers, engineers and scientists in the fields of industrial microbiology, biotechnology, environmental sciences, agriculture, food and medical microbiology, and other related fields, to communicate current research priorities and progress in those fields, and to identify new research approaches. BioMicroWorld2013 consolidates a series of conferences, whose last edition, held in Torremolinos-Malaga (Spain) in 2011, received nearly 1000 abstracts to be considered for presentation and attracted more than 500 researchers from nearly 60 countries. The conference will take place in Madrid. Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. Madrid has a wide cultural offer, thanks to a rich cultural heritage. The city has a lot of monuments that have become in a symbol for the city: the Cibeles Fountain (la fuente de La Cibeles), Neptuno Fountain, Alcalá Gate (la Puerta de Alcalá), Sol Gate (la Puerta del Sol) You will love to walk along the streets and discover all of them: gardens, parks, palaces, charming buildings, historical places... Besides, Madrid has three of the most important art galleries in the world. We are talking about the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and the Reina Sofía Museum and Art Center. All of them house the most brilliant works of art of the whole painting History. Works that have been made by the most prestigious and well known artists such as Goya, Velázquez, Picasso, Monet, Degas, Dalí, Rembrandt The three Museums are located at the so-called Art Walk (Paseo del Arte), a nice area, full of trees, monuments and emblematic buildings. Learn more about Madrid at

2 Organizers V International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology - BioMicroWorld2013 is being organized by Formatex Research Center, which is a R&D + Innovation Center located in Spain that promotes interdisciplinary scientific, technical and industrial research. Formatex Research Center has been involved in many different activities related to the development of Science and Technology in some cutting-edge areas, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary of current applied research, and in this context, several international conferences and meetings have been organized. Formatex Research Center has also taken part in different international projects within some of the EU Operational Programs and Initiatives. As part of these interdisciplinary activities, Formatex Research Center has also been involved in the edition of publications related to Science and Technology and Information Society. Formatex recent activities are explained on the website at Publication- Dissemination of presented works Abstract Book: Abstract Book: A Book of Abstracts will be produced including all the proposals presented at the conference. Each registered participant will receive a paperback copy at the beginning of the conference. The Book of Abstracts of the previous edition can be downloaded by clicking here Proceedings: The proceedings of the meeting will be formally released as a book that will be published by an international publishing house, which will ensure an adequate international distribution and availability of the book. Only one full paper can be submitted, although two works can be presented at the conference. Deadline for full paper submission: 23 October The proceedings of the previous edition, titled "Microbes in Applied Research. Current Advances and Challenges" were published by World Scientific in Committees LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE A. Méndez-Vilas, Formatex Research Center, Badajoz, Spain (General Coordinator) J. A. Mesa González, Formatex Research Center, Badajoz, Spain (Secretariat) A. Solano Martín, Formatex Research Center, Badajoz, Spain (Secretariat) R. Corchero Rubio, Formatex Research Center, Badajoz, Spain (Secretariat) J. Mesa González, Formatex Research Center, Badajoz, Spain (Secretariat)

3 INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Petr Baldrian, Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Czech Republic Prof. Essaid A. Barka, University of Reims, France Prof. Daniele Daffonchio, University of Milan, Italy Prof. Ramesh C Kuhad, University of Delhi South Campus, India Prof. Joseph Kreit, Mohammed V University, Morocco Dr. Filip Boyen, Ghent University, Belgium Prof. Danilo Ercolini, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Dr. Marta Ginovart, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain Dr. Jean-Luc Jany, University of Brest, France Dr. Kostas Koutsoumanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Dr. Ivan Berg, University of Freiburg, Germany Prof. Yves Blache, University of the South Toulon-Var, France Dr. Raeid M. M. Abed, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman Prof. Jose Luis Martinez, National Center for Biotechnology, Spain Dr. Thomas Maskow, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany Prof. Marcia Nitschke, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Prof. Qijing Zhang, Iowa State University, USA Dr. Rosario Muñoz, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN), Spain Dr. Hongkai Wu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Dr. Badal C. Saha, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USA Dr. Ravinder K. Malik, National Dairy Research Institute, India Prof. Juan-Francisco Martín Martín, University of León, Spain Dr. Pilar García, Asturias Dairy Products Institute, Spain Dr. J.A.C. Vriezen, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Dr. Jan Michiels, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Dr. Roshan Paul, Leitat Technological Center, Spain Prof. James Gomes, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Dr. Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Iran Dr. Isabelle George, Brussels Free University (ULB), Belgium Prof. Matti Karp, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Prof. Kaarina Sivonen, Helsinki University, Finland Dr. Manuel Simões, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Prof. Anil Kumar Puniya, National Dairy Research Institute, India Dr. Tino Krell, Experimental Station of El Zaidin (CSIC), Spain Prof. Marc Heyndrickx, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium Prof. Shamim Ahmad, Aligarh Muslim University, India Prof. Sergey Zotchev, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Dr. Ece Karatan, Appalachian State University, USA Dr. Frank Schmidt, EMA-University of Greifswald, Germany Prof. Alexander Mathews, Kansas State University, USA

4 Topics CORE TOPICS - GENERAL SESSIONS SOME HOT TOPICS - SPECIAL SESSIONS Agriculture, Soil, Forest Microbiology Environmental, Marine, Aquatic Microbiology. Geomicrobiology Food Microbiology Industrial Microbiology - Future Bioindustries Medical Microbiology - Pharmaceutical Microbiology - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Microbial Physiology, Metabolism and Gene Expression Analytical and Imaging Techniques. Microscopy Antimicrobial Surfaces Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Resistance Attenuation of virulence as "antimicrobial" strategy Bacterial polymers: biosynthesis, modifications and applications Biocontrol by bacteriophages Biofilms Bioremediation Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins Exploitation of the understanding in bacterial stress responses in biotechnological and environmental applications Exploiting fungi in bioremediation of hazardous chemicals Metagenomics: complex microbial communities (soil, human body, ocean water...) Methods - Quantitative Models and Bioinformatics in Microbiology - Technology development Microarrays in Microbiology Microbe-metal interactions in the environment Microbial Biosensors (transducers, recognition) Microbial diversity: Uncultivated Microorganisms Microbial source tracking (MST) and water quality Microbial subversion (evasion?) of eurkaryotic host cell pathways Microbial surfaces and envelopes Microfactories - Microbial Production of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Rapid microbiology of foodborne pathogens Single-cell analysis of microbes Systems Biology

5 Keydates 4 June 2013: Deadline for early registration 2 July 2013: Deadline for abstract submission (for oral presentations) 25 July 2013: Notification of definitive presentation mode (for participants whose first option is oral presentation mode) 30 July 2013: Deadline for abstract submission (for poster and virtual presentations) 3 September 2013: Deadline for late registration 9-10 September 2013: Attendance confirmation for on-site participants (An from the conference secretariat will be sent during this time requesting such confirmation. Failure to do this may result in withdrawal of the work(s) from the Final Program.) 16 September 2013: Deadline for submission of virtual papers 23 October 2013: Deadline for submission of full papers to be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings Book

6 Call for Papers ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts must be submitted no later than 2 July 2013 (for oral presentations) and/or 30 July 2013 (for poster and virtual presentations) Abstracts can be one-page long (at most) and must be prepared according to the guidelines provided in the template: Download abstract template There is no limit in the number of authors per abstract. Although abstracts based on data that have been published previously can be accepted (especially from recent publications), please note that writing must differ from the one used in those works, so as to avoid violation of the rights of the copyright holder of such an abstract. All submissions must be done using the conference submission tool Abstracts must be submitted only once. If you are unable to submit the abstract using the conference submission tool, or if you are not sure about the successful submission of the abstract, please contact the conference secretariat at info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info There can be up to two presenting authors for each abstract. Correspondence will be made with the presenting author(s). The presenting author(s) will be notified about the successful submission of the abstract immediately after submission. In the event that such notification was not received, please contact the conference secretariat at info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info Notification of abstract acceptance/rejection will be communicated to the presenting author(s) about 10 days after submission. If an already submitted abstract has to be changed / corrected, the new version must be sent by (as an attached file) to info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info and the old abstract will be replaced with the new one. As there are many more abstracts submitted for oral presentations than available slots within the program, the Scientific Advisory Committee will select the most relevant abstracts to be presented orally at the Conference. This decision will be communicated as soon as possible, and in any case by 25 July 2013 at the latest. Those abstracts that have not been selected to be presented orally can be presented as posters or virtual papers. Presenting authors must know that: can present a maximum of two (2) abstracts at the conference if they are registered under the full rate or student registration modes, and only one (1) abstract if they are registered under the virtual registration mode. More information on registration modes is available in the Registration section. must indicate the abstract(s) that they will present at the conference at the time of registering. Failure to do this may result in the no inclusion of the abstract(s) in the Book of Abstract and in the Conference Scientific Program. will get the certificate(s) of presentation of only the abstract(s) that they will be presenting at the conference, although they may be co-authors of multiple abstracts. FULL PAPER SUBMISSION - PROCEEDINGS Conference participants registered under any of the available registration modes (full rate, student, virtual) are entitled to submit one manuscript (two abstracts can however be submitted for presentation during the conference) to be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings Book. Submission of manuscripts is optional. Full paper submission is only allowed to those participants who have an abstract previously accepted for the conference (see section above) Contributions will be accepted on the understanding that the authors have obtained the necessary authority for publication and that the article is original and unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Upon acceptance of an article, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher.

7 Deadline for Full Paper submission is 23 October 2013 The maximum number of pages per manuscript is 5 and it must be prepared according to the guidelines provided in the template: Download manuscript template Manuscripts must be submitted only once using the conference submission tool If you are unable to submit the manuscript using the conference submission tool, or if you are not sure about the successful submission of the manuscript, please contact the conference secretariat at info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info The corresponding author will be notified about the successful submission of the manuscript immediately after submission. In the event that such notification was not received, please contact the conference secretariat at info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info If an already submitted full paper has to be changed / corrected, the new version must be sent by (as an attached file) to info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info and the old full paper will be replaced with the new submitted one. Notification of full paper inclusion in the Proceedings Book will be communicated by March 2014

8 Registration HOW TO REGISTER ALL participants must register before the conference to attend it. Click here to register online Important (for credit card payments): you will need to turn OFF the pop-up Blocker on your web browser before you can successfully submit the information of your credit card to process the charge. If you are unable to complete the online registration or prefer to register by fax or post, please do the following: Download Registration Form Fill the registration form out and send it (the first two pages) by one of these two ways: - By fax to the number: By post to the address: BioMicroWorld2013 Conference Formatex Research Center Zurbaran 1, 2ª, Office Badajoz, Spain REGISTRATION FEES CATEGORY EARLY REGISTRATION Until 4 June 2013 LATE REGISTRATION From 5 June to 3 September 2013 ON-SITE REGISTRATION (*) Full Rate PhD Students/ Undergraduates Virtual Participants 400 (*) Conditions below Full rate participants are entitled to: Attendance at all scientific presentations Presentation of two works (at most) during the conference Certificates of attendance and work presentation Abstract Book Submission of one full paper (at most) in order to be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings Book. A copy of the volume where the manuscript appeared would be dispatched to the registered author once this volume was published. Submission of manuscripts is optional. Coffee breaks and buffet lunches Attendance at one of the two Social Programs offered

9 Students participants are entitled to: Attendance at all scientific presentations Presentation of two works (at most) during the conference Certificates of attendance and work presentation Abstract Book Submission of one full paper (at most) in order to be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings Book. Submission of manuscripts is optional. Coffee breaks and buffet lunches Attendance at one of the two Social Programs offered Virtual participants are entitled to: Presentation of one work at the online platform for virtual participation Certificate of work presentation under the virtual participation mode (it will be dispatched to the registered author after the conference) Abstract Book (it will be dispatched to the registered author after the conference) Submission of one full paper (at most) in order to be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings Book. A copy of the volume where the manuscript appeared would be dispatched to the registered author once this volume was published. Submission of manuscripts is optional. PAYMENT AND CONDITIONS Registration fees can be paid by the following methods: By credit card: MasterCard / Visa By bank transfer: Account Number: I.B.A.N.: ES Swift Code: BSCHESMM Holder: Formatex Research Center S. L. Bank: Banco Santander S. A. Branch: PLAZA DE ESPAÑA 6 A, BADAJOZ, SPAIN Important: - All bank charges are the responsibility of the participant and should be paid in addition to the registration fees. - Please remember to indicate BioMicroWorld2013 and the participant s name in the concept/reference when transferring the fee - A photocopy of the bank transfer/purchase order must be sent to the Conference Secretariat by info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info or by fax: On-site: Participants interested in this option: 1) must perform the online registration or send the registration form by fax or no later than 3 September ) will be requested to explicitly confirm their attendance to the conference by answering to an that will be sent from Conference Secretariat on 9-10 September 2013 requesting such confirmation. Failure to do this will result in withdrawal of the work(s) from the Final Program and cancellation of the registration for the conference. 3) on-site registration fees will always be applied to on-site participants. They are expected to pay that fee the first day of the conference by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) or in cash.

10 Please remember that: Deadline for early registration is 4 June It is necessary to register and pay the registration fee before that date to apply for this fee (the photocopy of the bank transfer/purchase order must also be sent to info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info in case of selecting bank transfer as payment option) Thereafter registration fees will be increased as published Deadline for late registration is 3 September It is necessary to register and pay the registration fee before that date to apply for this fee (the photocopy of the bank transfer/purchase order must also be sent to info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info in case of selecting bank transfer as payment option) Registrations will be accepted only exceptionally from 4 September on. On-site registration fees will always be applied to those registrants. Payment by credit card or bank transfer will be accepted till 24 September From that date on, registration fees must be paid the first day of the conference by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) or in cash. Students are required to send a copy of their student card to apply for the Student registration fee. It must be sent to the Conference Secretariat by info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info or by fax: Abstracts registered under the Student registration mode are expected to be presented by the student registered at the conference (not virtually). Students wishing to present abstracts through Virtual Participation mode must register as Virtual Participants. Invoices of payments will be handed over during the conference (or posted after the conference for virtual participants) unless they are required before. If a pro-forma invoice is required, please contact the Conference Secretariat at info@biomicroworld2013.org or bmw2013@formatex.info CANCELLATION POLICY Refund of registration fees will be as follows: Cancellations received no later than 13 September full refund less bank charges No refund on cancellations received from 14 September 2013 on Refunds will be processed between 2 or 3 weeks after receiving requests. DISCLAIMER The conference organization reserves the right to change the venue or date of its conference if exceptional circumstances demand. In the event that the venue or date is changed, the conference organization will not be responsible for covering airfare, hotel or any other costs incurred by the registrants. There will be no refund in the case of the scientific program and/or social program being partially delayed or cancelled because of events outside BioMicroWorld2013 s reasonable control such as: (a) acts of nature - natural disasters or any other weather conditions that could prevent the conference from taking place (b) fire, explosion or power failure (c) outbreak of hostilities, riot, civil disturbance or acts of terrorism (d) default or delay of or change in arrangements made by suppliers, third party providers or subcontractors (e) any cause or circumstances whatsoever beyond BioMicroWorld2013 s reasonable control. The conference organization does not take out insurance to cover participants (or accept responsibility) against accidents, injury or loss suffered while attending events or other risks.

Virtual participation Thinking on those researchers directly related with the conference topics but unable to attend it personally (usually due to insufficient funding to cost all the conference

11 Virtual participation Thinking on those researchers directly related with the conference topics but unable to attend it personally (usually due to insufficient funding to cost all the conference expenses: travel, accommodation, registration, etc.), a Virtual Participation mode has been established, with the same validity than the physical one. Registered virtual participants are entitled to: Presentation of one virtual paper, which will be exhibited at the virtual participation online platform. Authors can prepare these papers using Power Point, Flash or similar software, or video recordings. There are not restrictions in the number of slides for virtual presentations and videos can be as long as authors like. All usual video formats will be accepted. Once are uploaded at the virtual participation online platform, the rest of conference participants will be able to see and comment presentations in 5 different ways: using voice (with a mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Virtual participants will be requested to reply or discuss the commentaries/ questions of their works, and to post at least 3 commentaries/observations on others' virtual presentations. Deadline for virtual paper submission: 16 September 2013 Certificate of work presentation under the virtual participation mode (it will be dispatched to the registered author after the conference) Abstract Book (it will be dispatched to the registered author after the conference) Submission of one full paper in order to be considered for publication in the Proceedings Book (A copy of the Proceedings volume where the manuscript appeared would be dispatched to the registered author once this volume was published)

The Venue The Conference will be held at the Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University in Madrid (Spain).

below) Address: Facultad de Medicina (Faculty of Medicine) Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Complutense University of

(Faculty of Medicine) using the main door. Once inside, go to the 1 st floor.

12 The Venue The Conference will be held at the Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University in Madrid (Spain). The Complutense University is located in the western area of Madrid, and it is well connected by public transportation (see below) Address: Facultad de Medicina (Faculty of Medicine) Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Complutense University of Madrid) Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid (University City, Madrid) Spain You will have to enter into the building (Faculty of Medicine) using the main door. Once inside, go to the 1 st floor. The conference secretariat desk will be at the central hall on that floor (the poster presentations will be held at that central hall too) Conference Venue - Faculty of Medicine Central Hall on 1 st floor

It is on the 2 nd floor at the conference venue Hall 2: "Profesor Botella" room (Sala

13 The oral presentations will be held in 2 different halls: Hall 1: "Ramon y Cajal" lecture theatre (Gran Anfiteatro "Ramon y Cajal"). It is on the 2 nd floor at the conference venue Hall 2: "Profesor Botella" room (Sala "Profesor Botella") It is on the 1 st floor at the conference venue Hall 1: "Ramon y Cajal" lecture theatre Hall 2: "Profesor Botella" room

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