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Technical Program

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Sunday, October 20th



 
15:00-17:00 IMES Board Meeting (Closed)
17:30-18:00 Opening Ceremony
18:00-19:00 Plenary Lecture:

Jens Nielsen, Chalmers University of Technology
19:00-21:00 Welcome banquet

Monday, October 21st

 
8:30-10:20 SESSION 1: PRODUCTION OF BIO-BASED CHEMICALS THROUGH ME
8:30-9:00 Keynote 1: Sang Yup Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Title: Deep learning-based elucidation of molecular interactions and applications in metabolic engineering context
9:00-9:20 Lecture 1: Ramon Gonzalez, Rice University 
9:20-9:40 Lecture 2: Guoqiang Chen
9:40-10:00 Lecture 3: Xiaoxia Xia
10:00-10:20 Panel Discussion
10:20-10:40 BREAK
10:40-12:30 SESSION 2: PRODUCTION OF NATURAL PRODUCTS THROUGH ME
10:40-11:10 Keynote 2: Jay Keasling, University of California, Berkeley 
11:10-11:30 Lecture 4: Mattheos Koffas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
11:30-11:50 Lecture 5: Nigel Scrutton, University of Manchester
11:50-12:10 Lecture 6: Tiangang Liu
12:10-12:30 Panel Discussion
12:30-14:00 LUNCH (2 Industrial Panels)
14:00-15:50 SESSION 3: FROM WASTE TO VALUE THROUGH ME
14:00-14:30 Keynote 3: Tianwei Tan
14:30-14:50 Lecture 7: Yin Li
14:50-15:10 Lecture 8: Zongbao Zhao, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS

Formate-driven reductive metabolism
15:10-15:30 Lecture 9: Huifeng Jiang
15:30-15:50 Panel Discussion
15:50-16:10 BREAK
16:10-18:30 SESSION 4: ME AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
16:10-16:40 Keynote 4: Christopher Voigt, MIT
16:40-17:30 Poster flash (10 posters)
17:00-18:30 Poster viewing
18:30-20:30 DINNER

Tuesday, October 22nd 

 
8:30-10:20 SESSION 5: ME AND DIRECTED EVOLUTION
8:30-9:00   Keynote 5: Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois

Title: Metabolic Engineering via Directed Evolution
9:00-9:20 Lecture 10 Hal Alper, University of Texas at Austin

Microdroplet-enabled Metabolic Engineering and Directed Evolution
9:20-9:40   Lecture 11: Nancy A Da Silva, University of California, Irvine
9:40-10:00 Lecture 12: Pablo Nikel
10:00-10:20 Panel Discussion
10:20-10:40 BREAK
10:40-12:30 SESSION 6: ME AS AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR DRIVING INNOVATION
10:40-11:10 Keynote 6: Akihiko Kondo, Kobe University            
11:10-11:30 Lecture 13: Yingjin Yuan
11:30-11:50 Lecture 14: Costas D. Maranas, Pennsylvania State University, to be determined
11:50-12:10 Lecture 15: Matthew Chang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
12:10-12:30 Panel Discussion
12:30-14:00 LUNCH (2 Industrial Panels)
14:00-15:50 SESSION 7: ADVANCING A BIO-ECONOMY THROUGH ME
14:00-14:30 Keynote 7 Christoph Wittmann, Saarland University, Germany 
14:30-14:50 Lecture 16: Yajun Yan

Engineering Tunable Metabolic Complementation to Improve Carbon Yield
14:50-15:10 Lecture 17: Ryan Gill, University of Colorado, to be determined
15:10-15:30 Lecture 18: Lishan Zhao
15:30-15:50 Panel Discussion
15:50-16:10 BREAK
16:10-18:40 SESSION 8
16:10-16:30 Introduction of Xueming Zhao lecture and announcement of the awardee
16:30-17:30 Lecture given by the Xueming Zhao Lecture awardee
17:30-17:50 Lecture from industrial leadership 1
17:50-18:10 Lecture from industrial leadership 2
18:10-18:30  Lecture from industrial leadership 3
18:30-18:40 Closing ceremony
18:40-20:30 DINNER