Technical Program
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Thursday, November 29 | |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Welcoming Remarks: Henrik V. Scheller, JBEI, Fredy Altpeter, University of Florida |
| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Combining Parts: Coupling Photosynthetic Electron Transport to Metabolic Engineering Poul Erik Jensen, University of Copenhagen |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | SESSION 1: TISSUE CULTURE AND TRANSFORMATION OF RECALCITRANT SPECIES |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: New Tools for an Old Problem Kim Boutilier, Wageningen University & Research |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Maize transformation at Pioneer – meeting future demands for genome modification Bill Gordon-Kamm, Corteva |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Identifying the Genetic Basis of Transformation Efficiency in Barley Beata Orman-Ligeza, NIAB |
| 10:45 AM - 4:30 PM | SESSION 2: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS |
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Quantitative and Predictive Parts for Plant Synthetic Biology June Medford, Colorado State University |
| 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Robotic plant protoplast manipulation Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee |
| 11:30 AM - 11:45 PM | Improved Plant Synthetic Biology Using a Versatile and Robust Agrobacterium-Based Gene Stacking System Roger Thilmony, USDA-ARS |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Reprogramming regulation Nicola Patron, Earlham Institute |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Engineering Root Architecture with New Tools for Controlling Gene Expression in Plants Jennifer A.N. Brophy, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, CA |
| 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Applying Digital Signatures to DNA for Advanced Quality Control and Security Jenna Gallegos, Colorado State University |
| 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Reprogramming Plants Using Synthetic Signalling Systems Arjun Khakhar, University of Minnesota |
| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Development of Novel Optogenetic Tools By Continuous Directed Evolution of Plant Blue-Light-Dependent Interactions Huachun Liu, UCLA |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Engineering a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis to create self-fertilizing cereals Christian Rogers, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge |
| 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | In silico Model for Mining the Cis-Regulatory Determinants of Tissue-Specific Gene Expression Molly Megraw, Oregon State |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Transcriptional Rewiring: Editing Plant Stress Response Networks Oliver Windram, London, United Kingdom |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Parts-Prospecting for the Methanol Economy: Yhbo and Formaldehyde Resilience Jenelle A. Patterson, University of Florida |
| 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | Opportunities for Plant Biotechnology to Advance Plant-Based Meat and Clean Meat Liz Specht, The Good Food Institute |
| 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Networking Reception and Poster Session |
| FREE EVENING | FREE EVENING |
Friday, November 30 | |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: John Shanklin, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:30 AM - 11:45 AM | SESSION 3: PLANT BIOFOUNDRY AND METABOLIC ENGINEERING |
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Synthetic Design of New Plant Oil Traits for Oilseed Crops As Sustainable and High-Quality Feedstock Haejin Kim, University of Nebraska |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Production of the platform chemical muconic acid in plant biomass Aymerick Eudes, JBEI |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Model-Guided Metabolic Engineering of Increased 2-Phenylethanol Production in Plants John A. Morgan, Purdue University |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Redesigning plant phytoalexin biosynthesis Patrick Shih, University of California, Davis |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Molecular Farming of Spider Silk Analogues for Regenerative Medicine Congyue A. Peng, Clemson University |
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: From Discovery to Market: Fermentation for Ingredients and Natural Products Matthew Mattozzi, Conagen Inc. |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM | SESSION 4: GENE-EDITING: FROM REFINED TOOLS TO CROP IMPROVEMENT |
| 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Multi-allelic Precision Editing of the Complex Sugarcane Genome by Homology Directed Repair of CRISPR/Cas9 Induced DNA Breaks Tufan Oz, University of Florida |
| 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Gene Editing Across Wide Genetic Background via Haploid Induction Qiudeng Que, Syngenta |
| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Enhancing Photosynthesis, Vitamin E Production and Tolerance to Herbicides By Targeting Homogentisate Catabolism Using CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing System in Soybean Cuong Nguyen, University of Missouri |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM | SESSION 5: ENGINERING OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Advances in Synthetic Biology Approaches for Production of High Value Products in Chloroplasts Henry Daniell, University of Pennsylvania |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | INVITED SPEAKER: Engineered RNA-Binding Protein for Gene Regulation in Non-Green Plastids Pal Maliga, Rutgers University |
| 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Engineering the Chloroplast Genome with Synthetic Biology Tools for Microcompartment Construction Vishalsingh Chaudhari, Cornell University |
| FREE EVENING | FREE EVENING |
Saturday, December 1 | |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Sensing and Computing in Plant-Associated Microbes Chris Voigt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | Coffee Break |
| 9:45 AM - 12:00 PM | SESSION 6: TRANSGENIC APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING TRAITS AND PERFORMANCE OF CROPS |
| 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Optimizing Photorespiration for Improved Crop Productivity Donald Ort, University of Illinois |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | INVITED SPEAKER: Consistent Transgene Expression with Minor Position Effects in Maize and Soybean Scott Betts, Corteva |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Directed Evolution of Energy-Efficient Non-Suicidal THi4s - a Next-Gen Synbio Strategy Jaya Joshi, University of Florida |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | The GRAIN Platform: Identification of Gene Targets for Improving Crop Yield Frank A. Skraly, Yield 10 |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Genetic Engineering for Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Canola (Brassica napus) Prem Bhalla, The University of Melbourne |
| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Poster Awards & Closing Remarks |
