Biotrans takes place every two years in Europe with attendance of 500-600 participants from academia and industry, focusing on applied and fundamental aspects of biocatalysis. Biotrans 2009 will take place from July 5 through 9 in Berne, capital city of Switzerland, located in a beautiful setting at the foot of the Alps (www.berninfo.com).

Topics:

* Biotransformations in organic synthesis
* Industrial processes & development
* Metabolic engineering
* Directed evolution & screening
* Bioinformatics, protein structure, modeling & mechanisms
* Carbohydrate active enzymes