ICBE Preliminary Technical Program
*Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates. Last updated: 1.7.19
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*Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates. Last updated: 1.7.19
Sunday, January 6, 2019
| 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Registration |
| 3:00 PM - 3:05 PM | Introductory remarks |
| 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM | Keynote Speaker - Jennifer Cochran, Stanford University |
| 4:05 PM - 6:00 PM | Session 1: Biomedical Applications in Molecular Medicine |
| Session Chair: Tara Deans, University of Utah | |
| 4:05 PM - 4:40 PM | Exploring interesting new regions of glycoprotein structural space using engineered bacteria, Invited Speaker - Matt DeLisa, Cornell University |
| 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM | Engineering Antifungal Peptides for Improved Proteolytic Stability, Amy Karlsson, University of Maryland |
| 5:00 PM - 5:20 PM | Protein-Polymer Conjugates Synthesized Using Water-Soluble Azlactone-Functionalized Polymers Enable Receptor-Specific Cellular Uptake Towards Targeted Drug Delivery, Sarah Moore, Smith College, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 5:20 PM - 5:40 PM | Enhancing the Chemical Versatility of Yeast Display: Toward the Discovery of New Classes of Enzyme Inhibitors, James Van Deventer, Tufts University |
| 5:40 PM - 6:00 PM | Engineering Single-Chain Cytokine-Antibody Fusions for Targeted Immunotherapy, Jamie Spangler, Johns Hopkins University |
| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
Monday, January 7, 2019
| 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life, Keynote Speaker - Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 12:05 PM | Session 2: Protein Engineering |
| Session Chair: Amy Karlsson, University of Maryland | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker - Tanja Kortemme, University of California, San Francisco |
| 11:05 AM - 11:25 AM | Engineering the Local Environment for Enhanced Enzyme Biocatalysis, Ian Wheeldon, University of California, Riverside |
| 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM | Discovery, Characterization, Engineering and Efficacy Evaluationof Protease Inhibitory Mabs, Xin Ge, University of California, Riverside |
| 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM | Engineering Substrate Channeling Mechanisms in Proteins, Scott Banta, Columbia University |
| 12:05 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Session 3: Metabolic Engineering |
| Session Chair: Michelle O'malley, University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:05 PM | Optimization, Evolution, and Control of Pathways and Metabolism in Yeast, Invited Speaker - Hal Alper, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 2:05 PM - 2:25 PM | Genome-Scale Reconstructions of the Mammalian Secretory Pathway Predict Metabolic Costs and Guide Engineering of Protein Secretion, Nathan Lewis, University of California |
| 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM | Enhancing Oleochemical Production in Yarrowia Lipolytica through Pathway and Cell Physiology Engineering, Mark Blenner, Clemson University |
| 2:45 PM - 3:05 PM | Engineering Cellulolytic Bacterium Clostridium Thermocellum to Co-Ferment Cellulose- and Hemicellulose-Derived Sugars Simultaneously, Katherine Chou, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM | Cell-Free Prototyping Tools for Metabolic Engineering, Ashty Karim, Northwestern University |
| 3:25 PM - 3:45 PM | Engineering the Early Secretory Pathway for Increased Protein Secretion in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Nancy DaSilva, University of California |
| 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Coffee Break |
| 4:15 PM - 6:05 PM | Session 4: Microbiome Research |
| Session Chair: Adam Feist, University of California, San Diego, DTU-Center for Biosustainability | |
| 4:15 PM - 4:50 PM | Invited Speaker - Ophelia Venturelli, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM | Engineering Microbial Communities and Metabolomes with Human Milk Oligosaccharides, Tom Mansell, Iowa State University |
| 5:10 PM - 5:30 PM | Engineering Synthetic Microbial Consortia Inspired By the Herbivore Rumen, Michelle O'malley, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 5:30 PM - 6:05 PM | Invited Speaker - Harris Wang, Columbia University |
| 6:05 PM - 7:30 PM | Dinner |
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Designing Biology for Health and Sustainability, Keynote Speaker - Pam Silver, Harvard University |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM | Session 5: Synthetic Biology |
| Session Chair: Ophelia Venturelli, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker - Mo Khalil, Boston University |
| 11:05 AM - 11:25 AM | Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Hearing Loss By In Vivo Delivery of Genome Editing Agents, Xue Gao, Harvard University, Rice University |
| 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM | Adaptive Laboratory Evolution As an Efficient Technology for Strain Construction, Adam Feist, University of California, San Diego, DTU-Center for Biosustainability |
| 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM | Synthetic Genetic Systems for Rapid Mutation and Evolution In Vivo, Chang Liu, University of California, Irvine |
| 12:05 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM | Session 6: Cellular Engineering |
| Session Chair: Harris Wang, Columbia University | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:05 PM | Invited Speaker - Ron Weiss, MIT |
| 2:05 PM - 2:25 PM | Synthetic Biology in Medicine, Tara Deans, University of Utah |
| 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM | Microbial Synthetic Biology, SangWoo Seo, Seoul National University |
| 2:45 PM - 3:05 PM | Engineering Redox Metabolism Using an Unnatural Cofactor, Han Li, University of California, Irvine |
| 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM | On How to Convince Baker's Yeast to be a Less Picky Eater, Nik Nair, Tufts University |
| 3:25 PM - 4:00 PM | Extending the Performance Envelope: Engineering Smart Probiotics That Sense and Modulate Stress Levels of Cortisol, Invited Speaker - Heather Pangburn |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Coffee Break |
| 4:30 PM - 5:55 PM | Session 7: Emerging Tools and Technologies |
| Session Chair: Xue Gao, Harvard University, Rice University | |
| 4:30 PM - 5:05 PM | Invited Speaker - Farren Isaacs, Yale University |
| 5:05 PM - 5:15 PM | Mammalian Acoustic Reporter Genes for Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression, Arash Farhadi, California Institute of Technology |
| 5:15 PM - 5:25 PM | Multiplexed Gene Synthesis in Emulsions for Exploring Sequence-Function Relationships, Angus Sidore, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 5:25 PM - 5:35 PM | Engineering Functionalized Virus like Particles for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications, Rinchu Mathew, Stanford University |
| 5:35 PM - 5:45 PM | Expanding the Scope of Cell-Free Diagnostics: Equipment-Free Quantitation of Biomarkers in Human Serum, Monica McNerney, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 5:45 PM - 5:55 PM | A Genomic Integration Platform for Heterologous Cargo Encapsulation in Bacterial Microcompartments, Taylor Nichols, Northwestern University |
| 5:55 PM - 7:30 PM | Rapid Fire + Poster Session/Reception (list of presenters) |
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Keynote Speaker - Christina Smolke, Stanford University |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Session 8: Manufacturing Molecules |
| Session Chair: Katherine Chou, National Renewable Energy Laboratory | |
| 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM | Cell-free technologies for on-demand glycoprotein biomanufacturing, Jessica Stark, Northwestern University |
| 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM | Producing Modular Colicins Using Cell-Free Protein Synthesis and Characterizing Their Toxicity on Persister Cells, Seok Hoon Hong, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM | Development of a Platform Technology for Engineering Nrps-Pks Mega-Enzymes, Javin Oza, California Polytechnic State University |
| 11:30 AM - 11:40 AM | Awards & thank you |
