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Technical Program
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Thursday, July 28th | ||
Start Time | End Time | |
8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration |
9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Welcome Remarks - Susan Rosser, University of Edinburgh |
9:15 AM | 10:00 AM | Keynote Speaker - Michael Elowitz, California Institute of Technology Cell fate control circuits, from scratch |
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Session 1: Architecture of the Genome Chaired By: Lacramioara Bintu, Stanford |
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Invited Speaker: Karmella Haynes, Emory Rationally designed Chromatin Reader-Effectors Activate a Tumor Suppressor Program in Breast Cancer |
11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Invited Speaker: Gabor Balazsi, Stony Brook University Mapping the fitness landscapes of cancer with the help of synthetic gene circuits |
11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Selected Abstract: Cybergenetics Control of Stem Cells Pluripotency Antonella La Regina, Universiity of Naples Federico II |
11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Selected Abstract: Deciphering the Splicing Code with Massively Parallel Reporter Assays Samantha Koplik, University of Washington |
12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch |
1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Keynote Speaker - Megan Levings, University of British Columbia Engineering regulatory T cells for tolerance |
2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Session 2: Therapeutic Circuits Chaired by: Xiaojing Gao, Stanford |
2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Michael Lin, Stanford Synthetic signal transduction pathways for oncoselective activation of engineered viruses |
2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Invited Speaker: Roman Jerala, University of Ljubljana Design of regulation of mammalian cells for therapeutic applications |
3:00 PM | 3:15 PM | Selected Abstract: Development of a Synthetic Genetic Feedback Circuit to Sense and Modulate Neurodegenerative Protein Aggregation Giulio Chiesa, Boston University |
3:15 PM | 3:30 PM | Selected Abstract: Programming Cell Therapies with Targeted Protein Degradation Max Jan, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center |
3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Coffee Break |
4:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Session 3: Multicellular Systems Chaired by: Leonardo Morsut, USC |
4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Jamie Davies, University of Edinburgh Goals, purpose, agency: going beyond engineering metaphors to work with, as well as on, biological systems |
4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Invited Speaker: Wilfred Weber, University of Freiburg Engineering intracellular liquid protein materials for tuning transgene expression |
5:00 PM | 5:15 PM | Selected Abstract: Reversible Logic Gates Using Synthetic Gene Circuits in Living Cells at E.coli Heterogenous Population and at E.Coli-Mammalian Cell Intercellular Levels Rajkamal Srivastava, Homi Bhabha National Institute India |
5:15 PM | 6:30 PM | Poster Session |
Friday, July 29th | ||
Start Time | End Time | |
8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration |
9:15 AM | 10:00 AM | Keynote Speaker - Elly Tanaka, IMP Vienna Self-organization of neuronal patterning from stem cells |
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Session 4: Regenerative Engineering Chaired by: Tara Deans, University of Utah |
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Invited Speaker: Katie Galloway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineering high-precision, dynamic genetic control systems for cellular reprogramming |
11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Invited Speaker: Steve Pollard, University of Edinburgh Synthetic super-enhancers enable cell type-selective expression of anticancer payloads for viral gene therapy |
11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Selected Abstract: Uncovering the OCT4 Expression Trajectory of Successful Reprogramming in Human Fibroblasts Katherine Ilia, MIT |
11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Selected Abstract: Straight-in: A Platform for High-Throughput Targeting of Large DNA Payloads in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Albert Blanch Asensio, Leiden University Medical Center |
12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch |
1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Keynote Speaker - Mustafa Khammash, ETH Basel Precision and Robustness by Design: Theory and Implementation of Adaptive Biomolecular Control |
2:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Session 5: Control Engineering Chaired by: Katie Galloway, MIT |
2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Domitilla Del Vecchio, MIT Mammalian Synthetic Biology by Controller Design |
2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Invited Speaker: Diego Di Bernardo, TIGEM Naples Engineering the Next Generation of Mammalian Whole Cell Biosensors for Advanced Biotechnological Applications |
3:00 PM | 3:15 PM | Selected Abstract: The Caswitch: A Synthetic Feed-Forward Circuit to Engineer a New AAV Vector Production Platform Based on Inducible HEK293 Producer Cell Line Giuliano De Carluccio, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine |
3:15 PM | 3:30 PM | Selected Abstract: Engineering Artificial Phosphorylation Networks in Mammalian Cells Xiaoyu Yang, Rice University |
3:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Coffee Break |
4:00 PM | 5:30 PM | Session 6: Foundational Technologies Chaired By: Velia Siciliano, Italian Institute of Technology |
4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Sai Reddy, ETH Basel Engineering synthetic T cell platforms for cancer immunotherapy |
4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Invited Speaker: Barbara Di Ventura, University of Freiburg Divide et impera. A rational strategy to split proteins for synthetic biology applications |
5:00 PM | 5:15 PM | Selected Abstract: Modular and Programmable RNA Sensing Using Adar Editing in Living Cells Eerik Kaseniit, Stanford University |
5:15 PM | 5:30 PM | Selected Abstract: Systematic Discovery of Recombinases for Integrating DNA into the Human Genome Josh Tycko, Stanford University |
5:30 PM | 5:45 PM | Closing Remarks - Susan Rosser, University of Edinburgh |