Jeff Fairman
Vice President of Research and Co-Founder, Vaxcyte
3rd Cell Free Systems Conference
August 20, 2025 to August 21, 2025
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The Cell Free Systems Conference will provide a broad overview of the research and industrial applications in the field. This research encompasses a variety of fields and topics — including diagnostics, protein engineering, manufacturing, circuit design, synthetic cells, high-throughput characterization, fundamental research into chemistry of life, and other areas. The program is unique in that it focuses specifically on cell-free systems and all of the exciting ways they are being applied.
Abstract Submission Deadline (EXTENDED): May 30th, 2025
Cell-Free Systems offer a powerful platform. This meeting is unparalleled as a forum for the expanding multidisciplinary cell-free community to come together and share exciting new work. We have an amazing lineup of speakers advancing both the fundamentals and its many applications.
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Top Reasons to Present
- Share knowledge and connect with scientists and researchers working in cell free systems. Be part of a program focused on using cell free systems to accelerate R&D and develop new applications.
- Showcase your work - With a single-track format, your message will reach a broad audience of attendees. Unique opportunity for early career researchers to present before established leaders in the field.
- Multidisciplinary audience will provide cross-disciplinary feedback for your work. Benefit from creative input from colleagues working in allied fields.
- Meet colleagues and future collaborators. Identify colleagues who might use your research in a collaboration and trends that might influence your current research.
Featured Speakers
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Han Li
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine -
Julius Lucks
Associate Professor, Northwestern University -
Vincent Noireaux
Professor, University of Minnesota -
Stefanie Frank
Associate Professor, University College London -
Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Associate Professor, Northwestern University -
Eugenia F. Romantseva
Staff Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) -
Ashty Karim
Director of Research, Northwestern University -
Yoshihiro Shimizu
Team Leader , RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) -
Masayuki Su'etsugu
CSO, OriCiro Genomics -
Constance Bailey
Senior Lecturer and Group Leader , University of Sydney -
Ebihara Takashi
COO, GeneFrontier Corporation (GFC) -
Matthew Coleman
Senior Biomedical Staff Scientist and Group Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -
Susan Daniel
Fred H. Rhodes Professor of Chemical Engineering and the William C. Hooey Director of the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
Session Topics
Cell-free systems have allowed us to pursue biological questions and build new devices and tools in entirely new ways and at an exciting pace. This conference brings together a community of academic researchers and industrial scientists and partners to discuss the cutting edge innovations and challenges in this rapidly evolving field.
Top Reasons to Attend
- This is THE conference for cell-free systems, meet experts and leaders in the cell free systems field.
- Obtain a broad view of recent applications and developments in cell-free systems, and gain insight into where trends in the field are heading.
- Foster academic and industrial knowledge exchange and partnerships, develop new collaborations and build relationships for current and future projects.
- Single-track conference format with presentations, panels and poster sessions enabling a high degree of interaction.
- Learn about cell free systems as a platform technology to understand biology and to support life sciences, medical research and biomanufacturing as well as emerging research integration AI methods and of cell-free systems.
- There’s nothing quite like summer in Chicago. Northwestern University's Evanston campus boasts a stunning lakefront location on Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago is easily accessible from Evanston.
Who Should Attend
- Scientists, researchers and engineers from industry and academia — at all career stages
- Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, postdocs, and faculty
- Program managers, researchers and directors from government-funding agencies and national/defense labs.
- Industry decision makers/ tech scouts looking to speed up research and foster new applications
- Anyone interested in cell fee systems research and applications