Session Details

[B1]B1

Thu. Nov 6, 2025 1:20 PM - 5:10 PM JST
Thu. Nov 6, 2025 4:20 AM - 8:10 AM UTC
Room 301/302(3rd floor)
Chair:Toshiaki Fukui(Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan), Kumar Sudesh(University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Kevin E. O’Connor(University College Dublin, Ireland), Miwa Yamada(Iwate University, Japan)

[B1-1]Can mealworms biodegrade bioplastics?

*Kumar Sudesh1, Idris Zainab-L1 (1. Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia))

[B1-2]Biodegradation of bio-based polymers by Actinobacteria isolated from rice field soil

*Geeta Chhetri1, Jong-Min Jeon1, Gayeon Hwang1, Tae-Rim Choi1, Yung-Hun Yang2, Jeong-Jun Yoon1 (1. Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (Korea), 2. Konkuk University (Korea))

[B1-3]Defined mixed microbial cultures for plastic waste conversion to biodegradable polymers

*Kevin E. O’Connor1 (1. University College Dublin (Ireland))

[B1-4]How fillers and functional additives impact the biodegradation of biopolymers?

*Clement Matthew Chan1, Tracey Read1, Steven Pratt1, Paul Lant1, Bronwyn Laycock1 (1. School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland (Australia))

[B1-5]Enhancement of thermal stability and microbial degradability of P(3HB) by mixing with ferulic acid-based aromatic copolyester

Mayu Tsuruga1, Haruka Taniguchi1, Tomoko Seyama1, Haruhiko Masaki1, Masatake Kanai1, *Daisuke Ishii1 (1. Tokyo University of Agriculture (Japan))

[B1-6]Microbial community responses to lactate-based polyester (LAHB) biodegradation in river environments

*Ryosuke Kadoya1,2, Hitomi Soga1, Ibuki Soga1, MIki Matsuda1, Sangho Koh2, Seiichi Taguchi2 (1. Sugiyama Jogakuen University (Japan), 2. Shinshu University (Japan))

Coffee Break

[B1-7]Elucidating the environmental biodegradation of bio-based and waste-derived polyesters using stable carbon isotope labelling

*Taylor Nelson1, Dario Rothauer1, Felix Schoder1, Michael Sander2, Stefan Mecking1 (1. University of Konstanz (Germany), 2. ETH Zurich (Switzerland))

[B1-8]Polyamide 4-degrading bacteria and their degrading enzymes

*Miwa Yamada1 (1. Iwate Unversity (Japan))

[B1-9]Measurement of combined aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of plastics in marine conditions

*Sangyong Kim1, In-Joo Chin1, Dae Hoon Kim2, Gi Beam KIm2, Jaehoon Cho3 (1. Korea Bioplastics Association (KBPA) (Korea), 2. Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) (Korea), 3. Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) (Korea))

[B1-10]Visualization of enzymatic degradation process and highly ordered structure of microbial polyesters and curdlan derivatives.

*Naotaka Kimura1, Taizo Kabe2, Satoshi Kimura2, Tadahisa Iwata2 (1. Okayama University (Japan), 2. Tokyo University (Japan))

[B1-11]Real-time monitoring of microbial degradation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate)

*Tomohiro Hiraishi1, Momoko Kitamura2, Hideki Abe1, Noriyuki Asakura2 (1. RIKEN CSRS (Japan), 2. Science Tokyo (Japan))

[B1-12]Development and evaluation of enzyme-embedded biodegradable plastics for enhanced environmental degradation

*Qiuyuan HUANG Huang1, Satoshi Kimura1, Tadahisa Iwata1 (1. The University of Tokyo (Japan))