SEED 2014 Program
| Monday, July 14th | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Registration Check-In |
| 9:30-10:00 | Breakfast |
Opening Session | |
10:00-11:00 | Keynote: Giving New Life to Materials for Energy, the Environment and Medicine- Angela Belcher, MIT |
11:00-11:30 | Synthetic Gene Networks: New Developments, New Applications- Jim Collins, Boston University |
11:30-12:00 | The Productive Use of Genome Scale Models- Bernhard Palsson, UCSD |
12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-4:00 | Registration Check-In |
Genome-Scale Design and Evolution | |
1:30-2:00 | Direct Mutagenesis of Thousands of Genomic Targets using Microarray-derived Oligonucleotides- Harris Wang, Columbia University |
2:00-2:30 | Genome Engineering Technologies, Strategies and Applications- Ryan Gill, University of Colorado |
2:30-3:00 | Zoia Monaco, Tufts University |
3:00-3:30 | Selection Tools for the Evolutionary Engineering of Genetic Networks and Genomic DNA- Daisuke Umeno, Chiba |
3:30-4:00 | Coffee Break (Sponsored by PLOS) |
Genetic Circuit Design | |
4:00-4:30 | Frequency Encoding through Rapidly Coupled Clocks at the Cell and Colony Levels- Jeff Hasty, UCSD |
4:30-5:00 | Communication and Cooperation in Synthetic Microbial Consortia- Cynthia Collins, RPI |
5:00-5:30 | Controlling Cells through RNA Folding- Julius Lucks, Cornell University |
5:30-6:00 | Programmable Engineering of the Mammalian Genome Using CRISPR Technology- Stanley Qi, UCSF |
6:00-6:30 | Young Investigator Award Talk (ACS Synthetic Biology): Molecular Programming with DNA/RNA- Peng Yin, Harvard University |
6:30-7:30 | Reception |
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Tuesday, July 15th | |
| 7:30-12:00 | Registration Check-In |
| 8:00-8:30 | Breakfast |
Protein Engineering and Evolution | |
8:30-9:30 | Keynote: Expanding the Enzyme Universe by Directed Evolution- Frances Arnold, Caltech |
9:30-10:00 | An Orthogonal Genetic System for Rapid Evolution- Chang Liu, UC Irvine |
10:00-10:30 | Ultrahigh-throughput Chemical and Biological Screening with Microfluidic Droplets- Adam Abate, UCSF |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
Sensors | |
11:00-11:30 | GeneGuard: A Modular Plasmid System Designed for Biosafety- Tom Ellis, Imperial |
11:30-12:00 | Towards Infectious Disease Prevention- Tae Seok Moon, WUSL |
12:00-1:30 | Lunch (Sponsored by Life Technologies, A Thermo Fisher Brand) |
Student Session | |
1:30-1:45 | Host Cell Response: A Deeper Look for More Robust and Optimized Designs- Francesa Ceroni, Imperial |
1:45-2:00 | Accelerating the Design-Build-Test Cycle of Synthetic Circuits in E. Coli Using S30 TX-TL Cell Free Systems, Linear DNA, and Modular Assembly- Zachary Sun, Caltech |
2:00-2:15 | Modular Antibody-Based Protein Sensors in Mammalian Cells for in vivo Rewiring of Cellular Fate- Velia Siciliano, MIT |
2:15-2:30 | Deciphering Global Regulatory Patterns for Cellulose Discovery in Anaerobic Fungi- Kevin Solomon, UCSB |
2:30-2:45 | In situ Resource Utilization on Manned Martian Missions- Amor Menezes, UC Berkeley |
2:45-3:00 | Programmable Multi-Input Transcription Factor Based Circuit for the Identification of Specific Cell Types/Physiological States- Bartolomeo Angelici, ETH |
3:00-3:15 | Bacteriophages Use an Expanded Genetic Code on Evolutionary Paths to Higher Fitness- Michael Hammerling, UT Austin |
3:15-3:30 | Engineering Microbial Swarmbots with Safeguard Mechanisms- Shuqiang Huang, Duke University |
3:30-3:45 | A Proposed Data Model for the Next Version of the Synthetic Biology Open Language- Nicholas Roehner, University of Utah |
4:00-6:00 | Poster Session A |
5:30-8:00 | ACS Synthetic Biology Editorial Board Dinner |
8:00-10:00 | |
| Parallel Sessions: -Computer Aided Design -DNA Synthesis and Applications |
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| 7:30-12:00 | Registration Check-In |
| 8:00-8:30 | Breakfast |
Agriculture and Plant Engineering | |
8:30-9:00 | New Model Systems for Engineering Plants- Jim Haseloff, Cambridge University |
9:00-9:30 | Molly Megraw, Oregon State |
9:30-10:00 | Evading Natural Selection in Complex Environments- Kevin Esvelt, Harvard University |
10:00-10:30 | Ecological Implications for Synthetic Biology- Todd Kuiken, Woodrow Wilson |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
Rapid Debugging | |
11:00-11:30 | Implementation of Cell-Free Biological Networks at Steady State- Sebastian Maerkl, EPFL |
11:30-12:00 | Engineering Synthetic Ribosomes- Michael Jewett, Northwestern University |
12:00-1:30 | Lunch (Sponsored by AutoDesk) |
Materials and Nanotechnology | |
1:30-2:00 | In vivo Production of Mixed-Component Materials- Christopher Voigt, MIT |
2:00-2:30 | New Approaches to Nanomaterials- Michelle Chang, UC Berkeley |
2:30-3:00 | Engineering Living Functional Materials- Tim Lu, MIT |
4:00-6:00 | Poster Session B |
Mammalian Cell Engineering | |
8:30-9:00 | A Platform for Engineering Multi-Input/Multi-Output Circuits in Human Cells- Wilson Wong, Boston University |
9:00-9:30 | CRISPR Transcriptional Repression Device and Layered Circuits in Mammalian Cells- Samira Kiani, MIT |
9:30-10:00 | Circuits of Unknown Function- Michael Elowitz, Caltech |
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Thursday, July 17th | |
| 7:30-12:00 | Registration Check-In |
| 8:00-8:30 | Breakfast |
Engineering Metabolism | |
8:30-9:00 | Development of Next-Generation Tools for Efficient, Cost-Effective, High-Throughput Engineering of Yeast- Leslie Stanton, Amyris |
9:00-9:30 | Exploring the Potential of Bacterial Microcompartments for the Spatial Organization of Metabolic Pathways- Danielle Tullman-Ercek, UC Berkeley |
9:30-10:00 | Identification of a Mono-Phosphomeyalonate Decarboxylase for Production of Isoprene Without a Diphosphomevalonate Intermediate- Michael Miller, Dupont |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
Computation to Phenotype | |
10:30-11:00 | Multiscale Models of Antibiotic Cellbots- Yiannis Kaznessis, University of Minnesota |
11:00-11:30 | Genetic Coupling Across Space and Time- Arthur Prindle, UCSD |
11:30-12:00 | Computationally Enumerating the Biosynthetically Reachable Space to Assess Opportunities and Risks- J. Christopher Anderson, UC Berkeley |
12:00-1:30 | Lunch |
Natural Products: Access and Diversification | |
1:30-2:00 | Biocompatible Chemistry- Emily Balskus, Harvard University |
2:00-2:30 | Discovery and Characterization of Novel Natural Products- Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois |
2:30-3:00 | Potential and Challenges of Cryptic Metabolites- Jon Clardy, Harvard University |
3:00-3:30 | Coffee Break |
Synthetic Microbiome | |
3:30-4:00 | Digital Cell Division Counting Reveals Microbiotal Dynamics in the Mammalian Gut- Cameron Myhrvold, Harvard University |
4:00-4:30 | Parasight-An Approach for the Detection of Parasites- Paul Freemont, Imperial |
4:30-5:00 | Probiotics Engineered to Fight Against Human Pathogens- Matthew Wook Chang, National University of Singapore (NUS) |
5:00-5:30 | Insights from a Global Analysis if Secondary Metabolism: Small Molecules from the Human Microbiome- Michael Fischbach, UCSF |
