Programme

August 22, 2016

08.09.2016 Thursday
8.00 –9.00 Registration
9.00 –9.30 Opening ceremony
   
9.30 10.50 Session 1. Biodeterioration of historic buildings, monuments, frescos, wall paintings
Chairperson: Christine Gaylarde
9.30-9.50 Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau/Gutarowska B.  Biodeterioration of historic building objects in the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp and chemical methods of protection
9.50-10.10 Warscheid T.Biotechnological application of sulfate-reducing bacteria on gypsum crusts on the original stone structure of “Madara Horseman”
10.10-10.30 Kaplan Ç.D. Deterioration of excavated andesite artifacts in archaeological sites
10.30-10.50 Ge Q.   Studies on Microbial Damage to Murals in Koguryo Wukui Tomb No.5
 
10.50-11.40 Poster session and coffee break (all sessions)
   
11.40-13.00 Session 2. Biodeterioration of archival documents, paper, photos
Chairperson: Flavia Pinzari
11.40-12.00 Pinzari F. Microscale mechanisms at play in the biodeterioration of paper and parchment
12.00-12.20 Pangallo D. Photographs and films: diagnosis of microbial alterations
12.20-12.40 Micheluz A. Ecology and life strategies of the fungus Eurotium halophilicum when spreading in archives, libraries and repositories
12.40-13.00 Pietrzak K. Biodeterioration assessment and the disinfection of historic book collections – a modern approach
 
13.00 -14.00 Session 3. Biodeterioration of historical textiles
Chairperson: Beata Gutarowska
13.00-13.20 Laudy A. Microbial biodeterioration of the silk Genova Velvets in the Wilanow Palace Museum in Warsaw (Poland)
13.20-13.40 Stachurska M. Application of high-throughput sequencing methods for microbial biodiversity analyses in research on archaeological textiles – probable cause of death of the people buried in the west crypt of St. Anne chapel in the Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork.
13.40-14.00 Rădulescu H.C. Molecular and classical analyses for fungal identification from textile heritage objects
   
14.00-15.00 Lunch
   
15.00 – 16.00 Session 4. Biodeterioration of historical wood
Chairperson: Geoffrey Daniel
15.00-15.20 Daniel G. Investigations on the decay and strength of barrier forming softwood poles in-service in Gothenburg, Sweden
15.20-15.40 Manente S. The ancient Library of the Patriarchal Seminary of Venice (Italy):Microbiological characterization of biodeterioration in place
15.40-16.00 Røskar T. High tides and low buildings
   
16.00 – 17.00 International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Society AGM
19.00 Conference dinner
09.09.2016 Friday
9.00 – 11.00 Session 5. Biodeterioration of historic objects stored under water
Chairperson: Brenda Little
10.00 – 10.20 Little B. Mechanisms for iron-rich accretions on World War II shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico
10.20 – 10.40 Komorowicz M. The influence of underwater exposure for 5 years in the Baltic Sea of English oak wood samples on its selected properties
10.40 – 11.00 Beech I. Metabolomic and genomic imaging as future tools for investigating the effect of the microbiome on deterioration of historic materials in marine habitats
   
11.00 – 12.00 Session 6. Methods of investigation
Chairperson: Katja Sterflinger
11.00-11.20 Piñar G. State of the art methods to investigate diversity and function in cultural assets
11.20-11.40 Adamiak J. Methods of studying halophilic microbial diversityInvestigating halophilic microbial diversity: comparison of methods
11.40-12.00 Milczarek J. The application of Py-GC/MS to study historic objects and works of art
   
12.00 – 12.30 Poster session and coffee break (all sessions)
   
12.30 – 14.30 Session 7. Protection, disinfection, conservation methods
Chairperson: Thomas Warscheid
12.30-12.50 Greenhalgh M. A brief update on European Union regulations associated with the use of biocidal products
12.50-13.10 Chung Y.J. Removal technology for biofilms that form on outdoor stone monuments
13.10-13.30 de los Ríos A. Biocide and laser treatments to slow down biodeterioration processes in stone
13.30-13.50 Skóra J. Low temperature plasma for textile disinfection
13.50-14.10 Matusiak K. Essential oils as an alternative method in textile disinfection
14.10-14.30 Karbowska-Berent J. Disinfection of paper-based historic items – different solutions for an old problem
   
14.30– 15.30 Lunch
15.30 – 16.00 Closing ceremony
16.30 Sightseeing of Lodz