Technical Program | AIChE

Technical Program 


Start Time End Time  
August 20, 2025 All Central Standard Time
    Day 1
8:00 AM 4:00 PM Registration
9:00 AM 9:10 AM Welcome Remarks by Chairs
9:10 AM 9:50 AM KEYNOTE: Jeff Fairman, Vaxcyte 
9:50 AM 11:05 AM Session 1: Applied cell-free systems 1
9:50 AM 10:10 AM Invited Speaker: Matthew Coleman, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
10:10 AM 10:30 AM Invited Speaker: Susan Daniel, Cornell University
10:30 AM 10:50 AM Invited Speaker: Masayuki Sietsigi, Moderna Enzymatic
10:50 AM 11:05 AM Selected Abstract:
11:05 AM 11:35 AM Morning Coffee Break 
11:35 AM 12:45 PM Session 2: Development and characterization of cell-free systems
11:35 AM 11:55 AM Invited Speaker: Eugenia (Jane) Romantseva, NIST
11:55 AM 12:15 PM Invited Speaker: Takashi Ebihara, GeneFrontier Corporation
12:15 PM 12:30 PM Selected Abstract:
12:30 PM 12:45 PM Selected Abstract:
12:45 PM 1:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM 2:30 PM Panel Discussion 1: Reproducibility/Standards (Panelists: Eugenia (Jane) Romantseva (NIST), Paul Freemont, Takahashi Ebihara) Facilitated by Neha Kamat 
2:30 PM 3:00 PM Afternoon Coffee Break 
3:00 PM 4:00 PM Session 3: Cell-free systems for understanding biology
3:00 PM 3:20 PM Invited Speaker: Stefanie Frank, UCL 
3:20 PM 3:40 PM Invited Speaker: Yoshihiro Shimizu, RIKEN
3:40 PM 4:00 PM Invited Speaker: Tomoaki Matsuura, ELSI
4:00 PM 4:15 PM Selected Abstract: 
4:00 PM 5:00 PM Poster Session 1
     
Start Time End Time  
August 21, 2025 All Central Standard Time
    Day 2
8:30 AM 3:00 PM Registration
9:00 AM 9:10 AM Day 2 Welcome By Chairs
9:10 AM 9:50 AM KEYNOTE: Han Li, UC Irvine
9:50 AM 10:20 AM Morning Coffee Break 
10:20 AM 11:30 AM Session 4: Building with cell-free systems 
10:20 AM 10:40 AM Invited Speaker: Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Northwestern University
10:40 AM 11:00 AM Invited Speaker: Vincent Noireaux, University of Minnesota
11:00 AM 11:15 AM Selected Abstract
11:15 AM 11:30 AM Selected Abstract
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Lunch 
12:30 PM 1:15 PM Panel 2: Government Partnered Cell Free Collaboration Facilitated by Michael Koepke
1:15 PM 2:25 PM Session 5: Cell-free systems and AI
1:15 PM 1:35 PM Invited Speaker: Julian Englert, Adaptyv
1:35 PM 1:55 PM Invited Speaker: Ashty Karim, Northwestern University
1:55 PM 2:10 PM Selected Abstract
2:10 PM 2:25 PM Selected Abstract
2:25 PM 2:55 PM Afternoon Coffee Break 
2:55 PM 4:10 PM Session 6: Applied cell-free systems 2
2:55 PM 3:15 PM Invited Speaker: Juius Lucks, Northwestern University
3:15 PM 3:35 PM Invited Speaker: Keith Pardee, University of Toronto
3:35 PM 3:55 PM Invited Speaker: Constance Bailey, The University of Sydney
3:55 PM 4:10 PM Selected Abstract
4:10 PM 5:10 PM Poster Session 2