Innovations in Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future

Dr. Naga Raju Maddela is a Professor in the Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud at the Universidad Técnica de Manabí, in Portoviejo, Ecuador.Dr. Luz Cecilia García is a Director at the Instituto de Investigación & Professor in the Facultad de Ingeniería Agronómica at the Universidad Técnica de Manabí, in Portoviejo, Ecuador.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Biotechnology of 21st Century.- 3. Considerations on the Scaling of biological and chemical reactors.- 4. Design of a cultivation media for the production of metabolites with practical application in the biodegradation of industrial dyes.- 5. Obtaining and characterizing new biomaterials based on starch, for use in the food and health industry.- 6. Influence of immersion time in pitahaya (Hylocereus undatus) proteolytic enzyme solutions on the texture of bovine meat.- 7. Determination of free amino acids in fermented and toasted cocoa (Theobroma cacao) samples, using high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection by diode arrangement.- 8. Characterization of cassava and bee wax residues for their use in the obtaining of bioplastic.- 9. Development of a thermoplastic material from the residues of the banana (Musa paradisiaca).- 10. Chemical ecology and its role in the conservation of threatened species: a case study in the Galapagos islands.- 11. Energy evaluation of solid biofuels made from mixtures of lignocellulosic biomass.- 12. Reforestation and conservation of vegetable germ plasm: challenges and expectations.- 13. Characterization of Moniliophthora roreri evans and evaluation of biological control alternatives in cacao (Theobroma cacao), for the Ecuadorian amazon.- 14. Application of biotechnology to the search and selection of PGPR in the control of phytosanitary problems in cocoa (Theobroma cacao) and banana (Musa acuminata).- 15. Sustainability of organic quinoa cultivation (Chenopodium quinoa) in communities of colta Ecuador.- 16. Effects of artificial light intensity and temperature on the growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa l.) in a vertical urban farm in low cost indoor.- 17. Efficiency of led lights in the propagation and field of summer flowers in Ecuador.- 18. Evaluation of extraction methods to obtain a natural flocculant from the tamarind seed (Tamarindus indica).- 19. Bicomponent adsorption of Brilliant blue FCF and tartrazine under dynamic conditions using rice husk.- 20. Kinetic approach to the biocoagulation process of mixtures of Moringa oleífera and Caesalpinia spinosa in synthetic turby water.- 21. Sustainable alternatives in the treatment of liquid industrial waste.- 22. Biodegradation of industrial dyes with enzymatic extracts obtained in FES and FEL systems with Pleurotus djamor.- 23. Removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from medium and soil (lab & field conditions) by microorganisms isolated from the Ecuadorian amazon rainforest.- 24. Chemistry of natural products.- 25. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of natural extracts of altamisa (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) and melissa (Melissa officinallis) for the control of pathogenic agents.- 26. Phenolic compounds of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) shell extraction and antimicrobial activity.- 27. Susceptibility to antimicrobials in strains of environmental origin, a public health problem.- 28. Inhibition effect of oregano (Origanum vulgare) essentialoil on an active biodegradable film.- 29. Current Challenges and Future Prospective of Biotechnology.