Clone of Clone of Technical Program for ME15
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| June 11, 2023 (Sun) | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Registration and Badge Pick-Up |
| 15:15-15:30 | Opening Remarks |
| 15:30-16:00 | Plenary Talk 1 |
| 16:00-16:30 | Lightning Session 1 |
| 16:00 | Crispri Repression Screens Reveal Tradeoffs between Growth Rate and Robustness in Cyanobacteria in Various Trophic Conditions Rui Miao, Royal Institute of Technology |
| 16:05 | Producing Psychedelic Medicines – the Next Generation of Mental Health Treatment J. Andrew Jones, Miami University |
| 16:10 | Metabolic Pathway Assembly Using Docking Domains from Type I Cis-at Polyketide Synthases Tian Ma, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology |
| 16:15 | Metabolomics-Guided Discovery of Metabolic Design Principles and Engineering Strategies Junyoung Park, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 16:20 | Upgrading Pseudomonas Putida By Systems Metabolic Engineering for Biotechnological Processing of Lignocellulosic Sugars Pavel Dvorak, Masaryk University |
| 16:25-17:00 | Break |
| 17:00-18:15 | Session 1: Metabolic Engineering for Next-Generation Agrifood |
| 17:05 | Metabolically engineered microbes for a sustainable agri-food industry: From the valorization of waste streams to the synthesis of agrochemicals, food preservatives, and essential nutrients Christoph Wittmann, Saarland University |
| 17:20 | Sustainable Production of Ingredients for Vast Range of Applications with Example of Advances in Microbial Production of Natural Sweeteners Elena Brevnova, Conagen |
| 17:30 | Precision Fermentation for Producing Food Ingredients and Fermented Foods Yong Su Jin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 17:40 | Green Vitamin A: A World’s First Bio-Based Process Liang Wu, DSM-Firmenich |
| 17:50 | Panel Discussion |
| 18:15-18:35 | Rapid Fire Session 1: 1-20 |
| 18:30-21:00 | Poster Session 1A & Opening Reception |
| June 12, 2023 (Mon) | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration and Badge Pick-Up |
| 7:30-8:30 | Networking & Coffee |
| 8:30-9:00 | Plenary Talk 2 |
| 9:00-10:30 | Session 2: Next-Generation Analytics for Metabolic Engineering |
| 9:05 | Metabolic Engineering using Microdroplets |
| 9:20 | Comamonas Testosteroni As a New Chassis for Lignin and Plastics Valorization Ludmilla Aristilde, Northwestern University |
| 9:30 | Label-Free and High-Throughput Sorting of Metabolic Phenome for Microbial and Mammalian Cell Factories By Flow-Mode Raman-Activated Cell Sorting (FlowRACS) Jian Xu, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 9:40 | Pinpointing Metabolite Cross Feeding Interactions in Microbial Communities Using a Novel 13C Metabolic Flux Analysis Approach Maciek Antoniewicz, University of Michigan |
| 9:50 | Nonlinear Dynamic Models of Metabolism Derived By AI for Metabolic Engineering Applications Ljubisa Miskovic, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) |
| 10:00 | Panel Discussion |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:15 | Session 3: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Metabolic Engineering |
| 11:05 | Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enhanced Structure Dynamics-Guided Biocatalyst Design Susie Dai, Texas A&M University |
| 11:15 | Characterization and Engineering of Microbial Metabolism By Using Bio Big Data and Machine Learning |
| 11:25 | Deep Learning Driven Biosynthetic Pathways Navigation for Natural Products with Bionavi Ruibo Wu, Sun Yat-sen University |
| 11:35 | Bridging Machine Intelligence and Synthetic Biology for Understanding and Engineering of Biological Systems Aleksej Zelezniak, Chalmers University of Technology |
| 11:45 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:15-13:15 | Lunch - Sponsored Workshop Presented by Inscripta: Overcoming the Risks in Synthetic Biology Product Development through Genome Scale Metabolic Engineering, Richard Fox Lunch Location - Peony Ballroom, Workshop Location: Orchid Ballroom |
| 13:15-14:30 | Poster Session 1B |
| 14:30-15:45 | Session 4: Metabolic Engineering for Multi-Cellular Systems |
| 14:35 | Animal Free Glycosaminoglycans: biosynthesis of chondroitin sulfate and heparin using metabolic engineering approaches. |
| 14:50 | Bacterial Metabolites Essential for Post-Embryonic Development of C. Elegans Qing Sun, Texas A&M University |
| 15:00 | Challenges & Opportunities of Mixotrophic Syntrophic Cocultures Enabling CO2 Fixation to Achieve Transformative Product Yields Eleftherios Terry Papoutsakis, University of Delaware |
| 15:10 | Optimization of Strigolactone-Producing Bacteria-Yeast Consortium Yanran Li, University of California, Riverside |
| 15:20 | Panel Discussion |
| 15:45-16:15 | Lightning Session 2 |
| 15:45 | Engineering Synthetic Carbon Fixation in Escherichia coli Sebastian Wenk, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology |
| 15:50 | Eubacterium Limosum as a Chassis for High-Efficiency Bioproduction from C1 Substrates Benjamin Woolston, Northeastern University |
| 15:55 | Computer-Aided Design and Implementation of Efficient Biosynthetic Pathways to Produce High Added-Value Products Derived from Tyrosine in Escherichia coli Sofia Ferreira, ITQB-NOVA |
| 16:00 | The Biophotovoltaics for Biohydrogen Production Using Sunlight and Water Bin Lai, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ |
| 16:05 | Establishing Pichia Pastoris As a Chassis for the Production of Plant Natural Products Jiazhang Lian, Zhejiang University |
| 16:10 | Transcription-Associated Molecular Reaction Cascades for Diagnostics and Prototyping Jeong Wook Lee, POSTECH |
| 16:15-16:45 | Break |
| 16:45-18:05 | Session 5: Metabolic Engineering for Next-Generation Medicine |
| 16:50 | SynBio-Driven Biosystems Design for the Innovative Bio-industrialization Zixin Deng, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery, Wuhan University |
| 17:05 | Metabolic Engineering for Production of the Drug Candidates Scyllo-Inositol and D-Chiro-Inositol Michael Bott, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences |
| 17:15 | Engineering Strategies for Higher Production of Aromatic Amino Acid Derivatives in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Yunzi Luo, Tianjin University |
| 17:25 | An Integrated Technology Platform for Microbial Biosynthesis Michal Pyc, Willow Biosciences Inc. |
| 17:35 | Panel Discussion |
| 18:05-18:25 | Rapid Fire Session 2: 21-40 |
| 18:25-21:00 | Poster Session 2A & Reception |
| June 13, 2023 (Tue) | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration and Badge Pick-Up |
| 7:30-8:30 | Networking & Coffee |
| 8:30-9:10 | Greg Stephanopolous Award Lecture: Metabolic Engineering in Future Society |
| 9:10-10:30 | Session 6: Future of Metabolic Engineering |
| 9:15 | New frontiers of Metabolic Engineering Greg Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 9:25 | Innovation Trends in Metabolic Engineering |
| 9:35 | Engineering yeast to synthesize medicinal compounds via an integrated systems approach Christina Smolke, Stanford University |
| 9:45 | New Challenges in Metabolic Engineering and Biofoundry Akihiko Kondo, Kobe University |
| 9:55 | Panel Discussion |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:20 | Session 7: New-to-Nature Chemistry for Metabolic Engineering |
| 11:05 | Engineering microbial metabolism for new-to-nature chemistry and products Jay Keasling, University of California, Berkeley |
| 11:20 | New Keys to Unlock the Treasure Trove of Microbial Natural Products Nigel Mouncey, DOE Joint Genome Institute |
| 11:30 | Engineering Production of New-to-Nature Terpenoids in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Codruta Ignea, McGill University |
| 11:40 | Posttranslational Formation of Cyclophanes in Bacteria Brandon Morinaka, National University of Singapore |
| 11:50 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:15-13:15 | Lunch Workshop Sponsored by Conagen: Synthetic Biology for the Production of Sustainable, Performance Materials and their Applications in Consumer Goods, Casey Lippmeier Lunch Location - Peony Ballroom, Workshop Location: Orchid Ballroom |
| 13:15-14:30 | Poster Session 2B |
| June 14, 2023 (Wed) | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration and Badge Pick-Up |
| 7:30-8:30 | Networking & Coffee |
| 8:30-9:00 | Plenary Talk 3 |
| 9:00-10:30 | Session 8: Next-Generation Feedstock for Metabolic Engineering |
| 9:05 | Upgrading CO2 to Value-Added Chemicals Via Cell-Free Systems |
| 9:15 | Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks — Elucidating Core Design Principles to Engineer Nonconventional Yeasts and Consortia As Microbial Factories |
| 9:25 | Macroalgae Biorefinery: New Opportunity of Metabolic Engineering |
| 9:35 | Engineering Methyltrophic Yeasts As Next-Generation Chassis for Biomanufacturing Chemicals from Methanol Yongjin Zhou, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics |
| 9:45 | New Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Producing Oleochemicals in Microbes |
| 9:55 | Panel Disussion |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session 9: Next-Generation Chassis for Metabolic Engineering |
| 11:05 | CRISPR-Cas toolkits for genome scale functional genomics in non-model microbes |
| 11:20 | The Weizmann Process Revisited for Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production |
| 11:30 | Gene-Editing and Mining of Novel Gene-Elements in Non-Model Rhodococcus Huimin Yu, Tsinghua University |
| 11:40 | Harnessing Lignocellulolytic Anaerobic Fungi for Metabolic Engineering Kevin Solomon, University of Delaware |
| 11:50 | Computational Biology-Guided Microbial Engineering Empowers Artificial Intelligence-Guided Bioprocess Design to Achieve Record Algal Productivity Joshua Yuan, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 12:00 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch & Networking |
| 14:00-15:30 | Session 10: Synthetic Biology for Metabolic Engineering |
| 14:05 | Metabolic engineering of yeasts for the production of betalain-type natural colors Irina Borodina, Technical University of Denmark |
| 14:20 | Towards Universal Synthetic Heterotrophy in Baker’s Yeast. or Why to Stop Fighting Cellular Nature with Engineering Goals Nikhil Nair, Tufts University |
| 14:30 | Efficient Production of Various Disubstituted Mycosporine-like Amino Acids, Natural Sunscreen Materials, in Yeasts Ji-Sook Hahn, Seoul National University |
| 14:40 | Next-Generation Tools for Metabolic Engineering Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro, Imperial College London |
| 14:50 | Retrosynthetic Pathway Design and Enzyme Engineering for Cis-α-Irone Biosynthesis Xixian Chen, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Agency for Science, Technology and Research |
| 15:00 | Panel Discussion |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-16:20 | Lightning Session 3 |
| 16:00 | Membrane-Free ATP Production from Electricity Shanshan Luo, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology |
| 16:05 | How the Biosynthesis of Non-Standard Amino Acids Can Enable New Forms of Vaccines, Antibiotics, and Biological Containment Aditya Kunjapur, University of Delaware |
| 16:10 | Biosynthesis of Mushroom-Derived Ganoderic Acids By Engineered Yeast |
| 16:15 | Complete Biosynthesis of QS-21 in Engineered Yeast Yuzhong Liu, University of California, Berkeley |
| 16:20-17:45 | ME15 Award Ceremony |
| 17:45 - 18:30 | Transit to Banquet |
| 18:30-22:00 | Conference Banquet |
| 22:00-00:00 | Flower Dome Visit |
| June 15, 2023 (Thu) | |
| 7:30-9:00 | Registration and Badge Pick-Up |
| 7:30-9:00 | Networking & Coffee |
| 9:00-10:30 | Session 11: Biofoundries: Automation in Metabolic Engineering |
| 9:05 | Recent Advances in Biofoundry Development |
| 9:20 | Enabling Exquisite Control in Cell-Free Biomanufacturing with Orthogonal Redox Cofactors Han Li, University of California-Irvine |
| 9:30 | Design to Learn, Learn to Design: The Dual Challenge of Automated Strain Engineering Lars Nielsen, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland |
| 9:40 | Automating Adaptive Laboratory Evolution to Generate a Full Technology Platform Adam Feist, University of California, San Diego |
| 9:50 | Engineering Oleaginous Yeast for Novel Food Ingredients Maciej Holowko, Nourish Ingredients |
| 10:00 | Panel Discussion |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session 12: Metabolic Engineering for Biomanufacturing: From Lab to Industry |
| 11:05 | Microbial Production and Downstream Conversion of Building Block Chemicals for Consumer and Industrial Products in a Fully Vertically Integrated Company Rebecca Lennen, Lygos, Inc. |
| 11:15 | Performing in Spite of Stress: How to Engineer a Robust E. coli Chassis for Large Scale Application Ralf Takors, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, University of Stuttgart |
| 11:25 | Data-Driven Design and Development of Commercial and Scalable Cell Factories Harish Nagarajan, Genomatica, Inc |
| 11:35 | Crossing the Valley of Death to Commercialization: Manus' Journey by Christine Santos, Manus Bio |
| 11:45 | Metabolic Engineering: Made to Scale Kelly Smith, DMC Biotechnologies |
| 11:55 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:30-12:45 | Closing Remarks |
