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Schedule

Day 1
29 Aug 2023
Day 2
30 Aug 2023

Registration

08:30-09:00

Opening remarks

09:00 - 09:15
Jason Chin

Reprogramming the Genetic Code

09:15-09:45
Jason Chin
Patrick Cai

Design, Construction, and Functional Characterization of a tRNA Neochromosome in Yeast

09:45 - 10:15
Patrick Cai

Establishing design principles for codon compression in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast genome

10:15-10:25
Pawel M. Mordaka
10:25 - 10:55

Coffee break

Tom Ellis

Context and control in modular synthetic genomes

10:55-11:25
Tom Ellis
Kathrin Lang

Expanding the genetic code – new chemistries and tools for biology

11:25-11:55
Kathrin Lang

Re-writing the yeast genome using synthetic gene clustering and epigenetic regulation

11:55-12:05
Xinyu Lu
12:05-13:15

Lunch

Mustafa Khammash

Opto-Cybergenetics: A Tango of Beams and Genes

13:15-13:45
Mustafa Khammash
Yolanda Schaerli

Engineering CRISPR-based Synthetic Circuits in Bacteria

13:45-14:15
Yolanda Schaerli

Engineering orthogonal transcription for the development of a cross-bacterial, orthogonal and tuneable gene expression toolbox

14:15-14:25
Cara Deal

Bioengineering bacterial photonic crystal: a novel sustainable colour generation

14:25-14:35
Laura Catón

Poster session 1 (Odd numbers) and coffee break

14:35 - 15:35
Lucia Marucci

Programming cells: from models to data and back

15:35-16:05
Lucia Marucci
Jörg Stelling

Model-based design of synthetic circuits under uncertainty

16:05-16:35
Jörg Stelling

Deep neural networks for predicting single cell response landscapes and controlling gene expression

16:35-16:45
Jean-Baptiste Lugagne

Sponsor talk (by Singer Instruments)

16:45-17:00

Beer session (Sponsored by Singer Instruments)

17:00-18:45
19:00

Conference dinner

Day 2 Setup

8:30-9:00
Serina Robinson

Data-driven approaches for microbial enzyme and pathway discovery

9:00-9:30
Serina Robinson
Jenny Molloy

Towards distributed global manufacturing using synthetic biology

9:30-10:00
Jenny Molloy

Photocatalytic enzymes by computational design and directed evolution

10:00-10:10
H. Adrian Bunzel

Sponsor talk (by Thermo Fisher)

10:10-10:25
10:25-10:55

Coffee break

Maartje M. C. Bastings

Multivalency as Geometric Puzzle: Engineering (super)selectivity at the biointerface with DNA

10:55-11:25
Maartje M. C. Bastings
Sebastian Maerkl

On Biochemical Constructors and Synthetic Cells

11:25-11:55
Sebastian Maerkl

RNA origami-based hardware for synthetic cells

11:55-12:05
Taniya Chakraborty
12:05-13:15

Lunch

Martin Fussenegger

Toward a World of ElectroGenetics

13:15-13:45
Martin Fussenegger
Imre Berger

How synthetic biology unlocked the COVID-19 response in Bristol UK

13:45-14:15
Imre Berger

Domestication of the human skin bacterium Cutibacterium acnes for medical applications

14:15-14:25
Javier Santos-Moreno

Sponsor talk (by Nuclera)

14:25-14:40

Poster session 2 (Even numbers) and coffee break

14:40-15:40
Sarah Lovelock

Biocatalytic Approaches to Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Manufacturing

15:40-16:10
Sarah Lovelock
Karen Polizzi

Integrating living systems into biomanufacturing processes

16:10-16:40
Karen Polizzi

Closing statements and awards ceremony

16:40 - 17:15