Technical Program
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| Start Time | End Time | |
| June 24, 2024 | All Eastern Standard Time (EST) | |
| Day 1 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 8:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chairs: Corey Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology and Neha Kamat, Northwestern University + Keynote Introduction |
| 8:45 AM | 9:45 AM | KEYNOTE: Biosensor-guided regulation of metabolic pathways, Kristala Prather, MIT |
| 9:45 AM | 10:15 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Session 1: Advanced Circuit Design, Session Chairs: Tae Seok Moon & Neha Kamat |
| 10:15 AM | 10:45 AM | Invited Speaker: New tools for inducible genetic control and in vivo targeted mutation, Johnny Blazeck, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 10:45 AM | 11:15 AM | Invited Speaker: Refactoring S. aureus SaeRS to identify anti-virulence compounds, Jeffrey Tabor, Rice University |
| 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Selected Abstract: Synthetic Gene Expression Control Systems in Microorganisms, SangWoo Seo, Seoul National University |
| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Selected Abstract: Biological Qubit Logic for Advanced Input Economy in Genetic Circuits, Prasaad Milner, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 11:45 AM | 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 12:45 PM | 2:25 PM | Session 2: Synthetic Biology Wetware Meets Hardware, Session Chairs: Joff Silberg & Neha Kamat |
| 12:45 PM | 1:15 PM | Invited Speaker: FIM Based Design of Single-Cell Experiments to Reject Measurement Noise and Rapidly Identify Predictive Gene Expression Models, Brian Munsky, Colorado State University |
| 1:15 PM | 1:45 PM | Invited Speaker: High-throughput, automated microfluidic electroporation system for bacterial gene delivery, Cullen Buie, MIT |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Selected Abstract: Hybrid Transistors with Transcriptionally Controlled Computation and Plasticity, Benjamin Keitz, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Selected Abstract: Constructing the bioware and hardware of bioelectronic interfaces in microbial electrogenetics, Monica Chu, University of Maryland |
| 2:15 PM | 2:20 PM | Lightning Talk: Probing Gene Expression for Predictive Design of Transcriptional Programs, Yongjoon Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2:20 PM | 2:25 PM | Lightning Talk: Chemical-Dependent Sulfite Reductase Switches for Programming Living Electronic Sensors, Elizabeth Windham, Rice University |
| 2:25 PM | 3:55 PM | Cocktail Reception and Poster Session 1 |
| Start Time | End Time | |
| June 25, 2024 | All Eastern Standard Time (EST) | |
| Day 2 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 8:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chairs Corey Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology, Neha Kamat, Northwestern University and Evan Flach, Executive Director, AIChE + Keynote Introduction |
| 8:45 AM | 9:45 AM | KEYNOTE: Engineering Bacteria for Environmental Release, Christopher Voigt, MIT |
| 9:45 AM | 10:15 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Session 3: Synthetic Biology Beyond Canonical Chassis Cells, Session Chairs: James Chappell & Ishita Kumar |
| 10:15 AM | 10:45 AM | Invited Speaker:Targeted DNA Insertion in Plants by CRISPR-Associated Transposases, Gozde Demirer, California Institute of Technology |
| 10:45 AM | 11:15 AM | Invited Speaker: Synthetic biology tools development for non-model filamentous fungal organisms, Jordan Baumbach, Army Research Laboratory |
| 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Selected Abstract: Engineering of Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans for Enhanced Metal Biomining, Scott Banta, Columbia University |
| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Selected Abstract: Large-Scale Genome Engineering and Reduction of the Fast-Growing Vibrio Natriegens, Tanya Tschirhart, Naval Research Laboratory |
| 11:45 AM | 12:45 PM | Lunch Workshop by Beckman Coulter |
| 12:45 PM | 2:25 PM | Session 4: Modeling and Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Session Chair: Brian Munsky & Chelsa Hu |
| 12:45 PM | 1:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Optogenetic Feedback Control of Gene Expression in Single Cells, Mary Dunlop, Boston University |
| 1:15 PM | 1:45 PM | Invited Speaker: Upscaling Engineering of Synthetic Biomachines via Synthetic Cells, Richard Murray, California Institute of Technology |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Selected Abstract: A Simple Method for Controlling Consortia Proportions in Continuous Culture Using Auxotrophic Cross-Feeding, Nicolas Grandel, Rice University |
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Selected Abstract: Leveraging High-Throughput Automation and Machine Learning to Multiplex Optogenetic Signals for the Dynamic Control of Biological Networks, Zachary Harmer, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2:15 PM | 2:20 PM | Lightning Talk: A Programmable RNA Antimicrobial Platform for Strain-Selective Killing Using Native mRNA, Kim Wai (Robin) Mo, Rice University |
| 2:20 PM | 2:25 PM | Lightning Talk: Light-Driven Synchronization of Optogenetic Clocks, Maria Cristina Cannarsa, Sapienza Universita' di Roma |
| 2:25 PM | 3:55 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break + Poster Session 2 |
| Start Time | End Time | |
| June 26, 2024 | All Eastern Standard Time (EST) | |
| Day 3 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 8:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chairs: Corey Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology and Neha Kamat, Northwestern University + Keynote Introduction |
| 8:45 AM | 9:45 AM | KEYNOTE: Twist Bioscience - Powering the Synthetic Biology & Genomics Revolution, Emily Leproust, Twist Bioscience |
| 9:45 AM | 10:15 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM | 11:15 AM | KEYNOTE: Marie-Kondo-my-Genome: Using Synthetic Genome Modules to Tidy-Up Evolution’s Mess, Tom Ellis, Imperial College of London |
| 11:15 AM | 12:45 PM | Session 5: Synthetic Biology vs. Societal Challenges, Session Chairs: Arjun Khakhar & Isabel Augirre |
| 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Invited Speaker: Using synthetic biology to program microbes and environmental consortia for real-time sensing and actuation, Joff Silberg, Rice University |
| 11:45 AM | 12:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Grams to Tons: Rapid Scale up of a First of its Kind Chemienzymatic Process, Konrad Miller, Solugen |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Selected Abstract: Synbio in the Soil: Tools, Models, and Applications, Natalie Farny, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Selected Abstract: Using RNA-Addressable Memory to Track the Host Range of Gene Transfer in Soil, Travis Seamons, Rice University |
| 12:45 PM | 1:45 PM | Lunch Roundtable by seqWell at Magnificent One on 3rd Floor: Unraveling plasmid sequences - de novo sequencing vs sequence verification and their roles in synthetic biology. |
| 1:45 PM | 3:25 PM | Session 6: Engineered Biological Materials, Session Chairs: Neha Kamat & Xiaojing Gao |
| 1:45 PM | 2:15 PM | Invited Speaker: Lingchong You, Duke University |
| 2:15 PM | 2:45 PM | Invited Speaker: Self-Assembled Bacterial Microlenses That Capture and Focus Light, Anne Meyer, University of Rochester |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Selected Abstract: Mechanically Engineered Living Functional Materials, Avinash Manjula Basavanna, Northeastern University |
| 3:00 PM | 3:15 PM | Selected Abstract: Engineering Microbial Consortia As Distributed Environmental Sentinels, Katherine Duncker, Duke University |
| 3:15 PM | 3:20 PM | Lightning Talk: Repurposing a Conjugative Type IV Secretion System As an Antimicrobial, Xuejun Zhu, Texas A and M University |
| 3:20 PM | 3:25 PM | Lightning Talk: Developing Design Principles for Engineering Organ Size in Plants, Arjun Khakhar, Colorado State University |
| 3:25 PM | 4:55 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break + Poster Session 3 |
| Start Time | End Time | |
| June 27, 2024 | All Eastern Standard Time (EST) | |
| Day 4 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 8:00 AM | 8:05 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chairs |
| 8:05 AM | 9:35 AM | Session 7: Next-Generation Metabolic Engineering, Session Chairs: Neha Kamat & Richard Fox |
| 8:05 AM | 8:35 AM | Invited Speaker: Biologically Inspired Engineering for Probing, Programming, and Recoding Organisms, Farren Isaacs, Yale University |
| 8:35 AM | 9:05 AM | Invited Speaker: Accelerating the transition to BioAlternatives by delivering the benefits of synthetic biology today, Stephen Sarria, Manus Bio |
| 9:05 AM | 9:20 AM | Selected Abstract: Extremophiles: A New Framework for the Development of Synthetic Biology Tools, Jenny M. Blamey, Fundación Biociencia |
| 9:20 AM | 9:35 AM | Selected Abstract: New Microbial Capabilities & Safeguards Enabled By Biosynthesis & Utilization of Non-Standard Amino Acids, Aditya Kunjapur, University of Delaware |
| 9:35 AM | 10:35 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:35 AM | 1:00 PM | Session 8: Biomedical Applications That Leverage Synthetic Biology, Session Chair: Qing Sun & Paul de Figueiredo |
| 10:35 AM | 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker: Timothy Lu, Lu Group Yale University |
| 11:05 AM | 11:35 AM | Invited Speaker: Design frameworks for rapid, scalable cellular programming for precision therapeutics, Katie Galloway, MIT |
| 11:35 AM | 11:50 AM | Selected Abstract: Altered Cancer Metabolism As a Hook to Target Therapeutic Bacteria to Solid Tumors, Mohammed Dwider, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute |
| 11:50 AM | 12:05 PM | Selected Abstract: A Multi-Strain Human Skin Microbiome Model Provides a Testbed for Disease Modeling, Else Vedula, Draper |
| 12:05 PM | 12:35 PM | ACS SynBio Young Innovator Award Recipient Randall J Platt |
| 12:35 PM | 12:40 PM | Lightning Talk: A Genetically Encoded System to Quantify and Evolve Rubisco-Catalyzed Carbon Fixation, Ahmed Badran, The Scripps Research Institute |
| 12:40 PM | 12:45 PM | Lightning Talk: Engineering Controllable Alteration of Malonyl-CoA Levels for Applications in Enhancing Polyketide Synthetase Production and Versatility in E. coli, Sarah Klass, University of California, Berkeley |
| 12:45 PM | 1:00 PM | Closing Remarks by Chairs: Corey Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology and Neha Kamat, Northwestern University |
