Department of Biotechnology

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Department of Biotechnology

• ASTU

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Content

• Development of the department
• Scientific directions
• Waste treatment and utilization
• Proposals for cooperation

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Development of the department

• 1949- Formation of the independent course
  Technology of wood hydrolysis production
• 1958- Creation of the department Chemistry of
  wood, pulp and wood hydrolysis production
• 1997- Foundation of the Department of
  Biotechnology

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Department personnelHead of the Department,
professor, D.Chem.Sc.Sokolov O.M.

• Professors
• Gelfand E.D.(D.Sc.)
• Novozhilov E.V.(D.Sc.)
• Kamennyi V.I.(Cand.Sc.)
• Associate Professors
• Popova G.I.(?and.Sc.)
• Chuhchin D.G.(Cand.Sc.)
• Churkina U.V.(Cand.Sc.)

• Laboratory staff
• Post-grad.students

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Cooperation
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Cooperation

• Pulp and paper mills- Arkhangelsk PPM, Kotlas
  PPM, Solombala PPM
• Brewery, Dairy farming, Bakery, Alcoholic
  beverage Companies
• Enzymes production companies- Novozymes A/S
  (Denmark), ???????(Russia)
• Universities- MSU.

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Scientific directions

• Basic
• 1. Processing of biochemical hydrolyzates
  (distillery dregs, liquors) and sewage
  (purification)
• 2.Separation processes for bioproducts and
  microorganisms selection
• 3.Development of new methods of medias
  preparation for microorganisms cultivation
  (yeasts, moulds, bacteria)
• 4. Dewatering methods for biological wastes
• 5. Biochemical treatment of molasses and vegetal
  matter.

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Scientific directions

• New
• 1. Enzymatic treatment in pulp and
• paper industry (bleaching, pitch control,
  recycling of cardboard and newsprint)
• 2. Improvement of the taste and quality of the
  fruit juice, beer and soft drinks
• 3. Waste control dewatering of the sewage wastes
  with biodegradable additions and enzymes

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Scientific directions

• New
• 4. Development of the biotechnological methods
  for oil production
• 5. Automatic methods of microbial suspension
  monitoring
• 6.Treatment of vegetal matter with
  low-temperature plasma.

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Research GoalsFour well-aimed Es for perfect
result
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Waste treatment and utilization

• Basic stages of the waste treatment
• Dewatering
• Main agents mineral and organic components,
  bioactive substances, enzymes.
• Deodorizing
• Rendering harmless
• Utilization

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Waste treatment and utilization

• Structure and composition control of the
  biological sludge

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Future projects and Proposals for cooperation

• Use of enzyme technology in pulp and paper
  industry
• Biological purification of sewage and waste
  utilization
• Analytical methods for enzymes purification and
  proteins fractionation

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Future projects and Proposals for cooperation

• Exchange of information (new technology,
  biologically active substances, enzymes)
• United efforts to make a leap from the lab work
  to mill scale
• To find new directions with good prospects for
  mutual work.

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• Thank you!