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