Invitation

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee it is our great pleasure to invite you to the 4th Symposium on Biotransformations for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industry, which will be held on June 25-27, 2018 in Trzebnica, Poland.

Biotransformations broadly refer to the processes in which growing cells, resting cells, killed cells, immobilized cells, cell-free extracts, enzymes and immobilized enzymes (biocatalysts) convert organic compounds into structurally related products. Biotransformations are very rapidly evolving methods for the production of bulk and fine chemicals, by processes, which are difficult to achieve by conventional methods. Although there are hundreds of biotransformations known, only selected few of them are useful for the synthesis of commercially important products. Therefore, the exchange of ideas and recent achievement of this field is strongly required.

That was the stimulation of organizing conferences devoted to the application of biotransformations as a tool for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, which appeared to be an excellent platform for bringing together specialists of white biotechnology and coiling a system of collaborative research considering the experience of chemists, biochemists, biotechnologists and microbiologists, especially for practical applications.

Our Symposium is fourth of this series. We would, especially, to encourage young researchers to attend the Symposium and to present their own research.

We plan that the presentation will be published in journals of the high international standards.

You are very welcome to join us and experience the scientific adventure during the Symposium in summer 2018 in Trzebnica. We are looking forward to seeing you soon!

Paweł Kafarski
The Chair of Scientific Committee