Share Asbtract Submission Deadline: March 1, 2020 Submit an Abstract Invited Speakers: Elizabeth Brunk, University of California, San Diego Sang Yup Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Ron Milo, Weizmann Institute of Science Jens Nielsen, Chalmers University of Technology Lars Nielsen, University of Queensland, Australia Bernhard Palsson, UC San Diego Anu Raghunathan, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Isabel Rocha, University of Minho Eytan Ruppin, NIH Uwe Sauer, ETH Zurich Daniel Segre, Boston University Ines Thiele, National University of Ireland, Galway Alexei Vazquez, Beatson Institute, University of Glasgow Conference Chair: Tomer Shlomi, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Organizing Committee: Markus Herrgård, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability Jason Papin, University of Virginia Kiran Patil, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Nathan Price, Institute for Systems Biology Ines Thiele, National University of Ireland, Galway Featured Speakers Sang Yup Lee Dr. Sang Yup Lee is Distinguished Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He is currently the Dean of KAIST Institutes, Director of BioProcess Engineering Research Center, and Director of Bioinformatics Research Center. He served as a Founding Dean of College of Life Science and Bioengineering. He has published more than 630 journal papers, 82 books/book chapters, and more than 680 patents, many of which licensed. He received numerous awards, including the National Order of Merit, National Science...Read more Ron Milo Prof. Ron Milo earned a BSc in Physics and Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD in Biological Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He was the first fellow in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School before joining the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Weizmann Institute. Ron brings the tools of systems biology to bear on the challenges of sustainability. His scientific awards include the GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists, the John F. Kennedy Prize and the D.N. Chorafas International PhD award. He...Read more Jens Nielsen Jens Nielsen has received numerous Danish and international awards including the Villum Kann Rasmussen’s Årslegat, Merck Award for Metabolic Engineering, Amgen Award for Biochemical Engineering, Nature Mentor Award, the Gaden Award, the Norblad-Ekstrand gold medal, the Novozymes Prize, the ENI Award and the Eric and Sheila Samson Prize. He is member of several academies, including the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences in USA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the American Academy of Microbiology. He is a founding president of the International Metabolic Engineering Society.Read more Lars Nielsen Prof Nielsen is Professor and Chair of Biological Engineering at The University of Queensland, Senior Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology AIBN), and Chief Scientific Officer and Scientific Director at the Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, DTU, Denmark. He is Director of the Queensland Bioplatforms Australia Node, which provides systems and synthetic biology support to design and build cell factories for the production of fuels, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. His core research interest is modelling of cellular metabolism and his...Read more Bernhard Palsson Bernhard Palsson is the Distinguished Galletti Professor of Bioengineering, the Principal Investigator of the Systems Biology Research Group in the Department of Bioengineering, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego. He is also the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability in Denmark, working in this capacity since 2011. Dr. Palsson has co-authored more than 520 peer-reviewed research articles and has authored four textbooks. His research includes the development of methods to analyze metabolic dynamics (flux-balance analysis, and modal...Read more Isabel Rocha Isabel Rocha is Pro-rector for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NOVA University of Lisbon in Portugal and Principal Investigator at ITQB NOVA, from the same University. She did her PhD at Minho University, Portugal in Chemical and Biological Engineering and a Post-Doc at the Technical University of Denmark. Isabel does her research in Biotechnology covering the topics of Metabolic Engineering and Systems and Synthetic Biology and has published over 140 full papers in international journals, books and international conferences. She is the Principal Investigator of several projects and is...Read more Eytan Ruppin Eytan Ruppin (MD, PhD) research is focused on developing and harnessing data science approaches for the integration of multi-omics data to better understand the pathogenesis of cancer, its evolution and treatment.Read more Uwe Sauer As a trained microbiologist and with a postdoc in metabolic engineering, Uwe’s research as a PI and since 2006 as a professor for systems biology at the ETH Zurich focused on fundamental questions related to microbial metabolism.Read more Daniel Segré Daniel Segré is a professor at the bioinformatics program at Boston University. He is also involved in the Department of Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and also the Department of Physics. Some of his interests are Regulation of metabolism, Epistasis, and evolution.Read more Ines Thiele Professor Ines Thiele is the principal investigator of the Molecular Systems Physiology group at the National University of Ireland, Galway.Read more Alexei Vazquez Alexei Vazquez has a PhD degree in Statistical and Biological Physics from the International School of Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy.Read more
Sang Yup Lee Dr. Sang Yup Lee is Distinguished Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He is currently the Dean of KAIST Institutes, Director of BioProcess Engineering Research Center, and Director of Bioinformatics Research Center. He served as a Founding Dean of College of Life Science and Bioengineering. He has published more than 630 journal papers, 82 books/book chapters, and more than 680 patents, many of which licensed. He received numerous awards, including the National Order of Merit, National Science...Read more
Ron Milo Prof. Ron Milo earned a BSc in Physics and Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD in Biological Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He was the first fellow in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School before joining the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Weizmann Institute. Ron brings the tools of systems biology to bear on the challenges of sustainability. His scientific awards include the GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists, the John F. Kennedy Prize and the D.N. Chorafas International PhD award. He...Read more
Jens Nielsen Jens Nielsen has received numerous Danish and international awards including the Villum Kann Rasmussen’s Årslegat, Merck Award for Metabolic Engineering, Amgen Award for Biochemical Engineering, Nature Mentor Award, the Gaden Award, the Norblad-Ekstrand gold medal, the Novozymes Prize, the ENI Award and the Eric and Sheila Samson Prize. He is member of several academies, including the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences in USA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the American Academy of Microbiology. He is a founding president of the International Metabolic Engineering Society.Read more
Lars Nielsen Prof Nielsen is Professor and Chair of Biological Engineering at The University of Queensland, Senior Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology AIBN), and Chief Scientific Officer and Scientific Director at the Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, DTU, Denmark. He is Director of the Queensland Bioplatforms Australia Node, which provides systems and synthetic biology support to design and build cell factories for the production of fuels, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. His core research interest is modelling of cellular metabolism and his...Read more
Bernhard Palsson Bernhard Palsson is the Distinguished Galletti Professor of Bioengineering, the Principal Investigator of the Systems Biology Research Group in the Department of Bioengineering, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego. He is also the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability in Denmark, working in this capacity since 2011. Dr. Palsson has co-authored more than 520 peer-reviewed research articles and has authored four textbooks. His research includes the development of methods to analyze metabolic dynamics (flux-balance analysis, and modal...Read more
Isabel Rocha Isabel Rocha is Pro-rector for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NOVA University of Lisbon in Portugal and Principal Investigator at ITQB NOVA, from the same University. She did her PhD at Minho University, Portugal in Chemical and Biological Engineering and a Post-Doc at the Technical University of Denmark. Isabel does her research in Biotechnology covering the topics of Metabolic Engineering and Systems and Synthetic Biology and has published over 140 full papers in international journals, books and international conferences. She is the Principal Investigator of several projects and is...Read more
Eytan Ruppin Eytan Ruppin (MD, PhD) research is focused on developing and harnessing data science approaches for the integration of multi-omics data to better understand the pathogenesis of cancer, its evolution and treatment.Read more
Uwe Sauer As a trained microbiologist and with a postdoc in metabolic engineering, Uwe’s research as a PI and since 2006 as a professor for systems biology at the ETH Zurich focused on fundamental questions related to microbial metabolism.Read more
Daniel Segré Daniel Segré is a professor at the bioinformatics program at Boston University. He is also involved in the Department of Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and also the Department of Physics. Some of his interests are Regulation of metabolism, Epistasis, and evolution.Read more
Ines Thiele Professor Ines Thiele is the principal investigator of the Molecular Systems Physiology group at the National University of Ireland, Galway.Read more
Alexei Vazquez Alexei Vazquez has a PhD degree in Statistical and Biological Physics from the International School of Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy.Read more