Technical Program
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| Day 1 | ||
| Start Time | End Time | |
| 8:00 AM | 4:00 PM | Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chairs: Kyle G Daniels, Stanford University & Leonardo Morsut, Keck School of Medicine of USC |
| 9:15 AM | 10:00 AM | Keynote Speaker: Synthetic biological circuits for cancer and gene therapy, Michael Elowitz, The California Institute of Technology |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | 15 minute stretch break |
| 10:15 AM | 11:10 AM | Session 1: Synthetic Decision-Making: Sensors, Circuits, and Logic |
| 10:15 AM | 10:20 AM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Kyle Daniels, Stanford University & Barbara Jusiak, UC Irvine |
| 10:20 AM | 10:45 AM | Invited Speaker: Going Beyond the PolyA Tail: New Frontiers in Spatial Transcriptomics, Faugyuan Ding, UC Irvine |
| 10:45 AM | 11:00 AM | Selected Abstract: Simulating a for-Loop in the Human Genome: Design and Evaluation of Recombinase Genetic Programs That Count to Three, George Chao, Harvard Medical School |
| 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Selected Abstract: Design and Optimization of a Kinase-Controlled Allosteric Protein Switch, Qinhao Cao, Princeton Univeristy |
| 11:15 AM | 12:15 PM | Lunch |
| 12:15 PM | 1:00 PM | Keynote Speaker: Generative Biology: Learning to Program Cellular Machines and Networks, Wendell Lim, UCSF |
| 1:00 PM | 2:20 PM | Session 2: Synthetic Biology for Therapeutics |
| 1:00 PM | 1:05 PM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Tara Deans, Georgia Tech |
| 1:05 PM | 1:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Harnessing synthetic biology for next-generation therapeutics, Tara Deans, Georgia Institue of Technology |
| 1:30 PM | 1:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Cellular Reprogramming for CAR-T cell Immunotherapy, Elena Sotillo, Stanford University |
| 1:55 PM | 2:10 PM | Selected Abstract: Transfer: Programmable Macromolecule Delivery Via Engineered Trogocytosis, Xinyi Chen, Stanford University |
| 2:10 PM | 2:25 PM | Selected Abstract: Targeting Universal CAR T Cells Via Antibody-Drug Conjugate Adaptors, Jason Lohmueller, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2:25 PM | 2:30 PM | Speaker: ARPA-H Overview Introduction, Kyle Daniels, Stanford University |
| 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break |
| 3:00 PM | 4:20 PM | Session 3: Synthetic Biology for Immune Engineering |
| 3:00 PM | 3:05 PM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: David Truong, NYU, & Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez, Stanford University |
| 3:05 PM | 3:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Designing Synthetic Biomarkers for Multi-Cancer Early Detection , Gabriel Kwong, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 3:30 PM | 3:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Carlos Llanos, Rice University |
| 3:55 PM | 4:10 PM | Selected Abstract: Expanding the Immune Signaling Space with More Than a Thousand Synthetic Cytokines, Mohamad Abedi, University of Washington |
| 4:10 PM | 4:25 PM | Selected Abstract: Hybrid-R: Improving T Cell Immunotherapy with One Synthetic Receptor, Maxwell Foisey, UCSF |
| 4:25 PM | 5:40 PM | Poster Session 1 & Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
| Day 2 | ||
| Start Time | End Time | |
| 8:00 AM | 4:00 PM | Registration |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Day 2 Welcome Remarks by Chairs |
| 9:05 AM | 9:50 AM | Keynote Speaker: Engineering Logic Gated Cell Therapies to Tackle Difficult Cancers, Timothy Lu, Senti Bio |
| 9:50 AM | 10:05 AM | 10 Minute Stretch Break |
| 10:05 AM | 11:35 AM | Session 4: Synthetic Gene Regulation Approaches |
| 10:05 AM | 10:10 AM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Peter Yingxiao Wang, USC & Jonathan Brunger, Vanderbilt University |
| 10:10 AM | 10:35 AM | Invited Speaker: Epigenetic Engineering at Scale: Synthetic lncRNAs and Chromatin Readers for Multi-Gene Regulation, Karmella Haynes, Emory University |
| 10:35 AM | 11:00 AM | Invited Speaker: Development of compact transcriptional effectors using high-throughput measurements in diverse contexts, Lacra Bintu, Stanford University |
| 11:00 AM | 11:25 AM | Invited Speaker: Harnessing RNA export to monitor and manipulate living cells, Felix Horns, Stanford University & Arc Institute |
| 11:25 AM | 11:40 AM | Selected Abstract: High Resolution Profiling of Genetic Parts for Predictable Engineering of Mammalian Cells, Emma Peterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 11:40 AM | 12:40 PM | Lunch |
| 12:40 PM | 1:25 PM | Keynote Speaker: Regenerating the Heart: A Killer Application for Synthetic Biology, Charles Murry, USC |
| 1:25 PM | 2:45 PM | Session 5: Developmental, Multicellular, and Regenerative Systems |
| 1:25 PM | 1:30 PM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Tara Deans, Georgia Tech & Leonardo Morsut, Keck School of Medicine of USC |
| 1:30 PM | 1:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Thomas Rando, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center |
| 1:55 PM | 2:20 PM | Invited Speaker: A perturbation cell atlas of human induced pluripotent stem cells, Prashant Mali, UCSD |
| 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Selected Abstract: Defining and Controlling Axial Nephron Patterning in Human Kidneyorganoids with Synthetic Wnt-Secreting Organizers, Fokion Glykofrydis, University of Southern California |
| 2:35 PM | 2:50 PM | Selected Abstract: Programmable Promoter Editing for Precise Control of Transgene Expression, Sneha Kabaria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2:50 PM | 3:05 PM | Speaker: Nichole Daringer (NIH/NIBIB) |
| 3:05 PM | 4:20 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break & Poster Session 2 |
| 4:20 PM | 5:40 PM | Session 6: Scalable Technologies and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning |
| 4:20 PM | 4:25 PM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Kyle Daniels, Stanford University, & Caleb Bashor, Rice University |
| 4:25 PM | 4:50 PM | Invited Speaker: Extensive generation of gene evolutionary data, Chang Liu, UC Irvine |
| 4:50 PM | 5:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Equitable AI counteracts sampling biases in omics data, Kiley Graim, University of Florida |
| 5:15 PM | 5:30 PM | Selected Abstract: Programming Mammalian Cells with Neuromorphic Circuits and Biomorphic Machine Learning, Jean Disset, MIT |
| 5:30 PM | 5:45 PM | Selected Abstract: Scalable Identification of Cell-Binding Domains in Secreted and Synthetic Proteins, Josh Tycko, Harvard Medical School |
| 5:45 PM | 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks by Chairs: Kyle G Daniels, Stanford University & Leonardo Morsut, Keck School of Medicine of USC |
