| Start Time |
End Time |
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| August 20, 2025 |
All Central Standard Time |
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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 Su'etsugi, Moderna Enzymatic |
| 10:50 AM |
11:05 AM |
Selected Abstract: Mark Styczynski, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 11:05 AM |
11:35 AM |
Morning Networking 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: Jeffrey Hanson, Sutro Biopharma |
| 12:30 PM |
12:45 PM |
Selected Abstract: Markus Meier, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology |
| 12:45 PM |
1:45 PM |
Lunch Hour Break |
| 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 Networking 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: Carolyn E. Mills, University of California Santa Barbara |
| 4:00 PM |
5:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
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| Start Time |
End Time |
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| August 21, 2025 |
All Central Standard Time |
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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 Networking 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: Kate Adamala, University of Minnesota |
| 11:15 AM |
11:30 AM |
Selected Abstract: Qiong Yang, University of Michigan |
| 11:30 AM |
12:30 PM |
Lunch Hour Break |
| 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: Quentin Dudley, Stanford University |
| 2:10 PM |
2:25 PM |
Selected Abstract: Gabriel Rocklin, Northwestern University |
| 2:25 PM |
2:55 PM |
Afternoon Networking Break |
| 2:55 PM |
4:10 PM |
Session 6: Applied cell-free systems 2 |
| 2:55 PM |
3:15 PM |
Invited Speaker: Julius 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: Michael Jewett, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 4:10 PM |
5:10 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
