Reshma Shetty
Co-Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks
2026 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, & Design (SEED)
June 15, 2026 to June 18, 2026
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SEED is the leading technical event for synthetic biology — covering the field from its foundations to its commercial applications. Gain insight into next-generation development strategies from leaders in research and industry.
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 8, 2026
Early Bird Deadline: April 20, 2026
SEED is the premiere venue for the synthetic biology community to share transformative breakthroughs across industry and academia. I am excited to hear how the latest advances, such as AI-driven biological engineering, are accelerating the field forward faster and farther than ever before.
Featured Speakers
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Hiroaki Suga
Associate Professor & Founder , University of Tokyo; PeptiDream Inc. Tokyo & MiraBiologics Inc. -
Brian Hie
Assistant Professor , Stanford University -
Birgit Kosjek
Principal Scientist, Merck & Co., Inc. -
Xiaojing Gao
Assistant Professor, Stanford University -
Harrison Steel
Associate Professor, University of Oxford -
Huimin Zhao
Steven L. Miller Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -
Anne Meyer
Associate Professor, University of Rochester -
Zhanar Abil
Assistant Professor , University of Florida -
Simone Moraes Mantovani
Senior Scientist , Amyris -
Nili Ostrov
CSO , Cultivarium
Session Topics
I'm incredibly excited about this year's SEED program, with an emphasis on how synthetic biology can be accelerated by AI and machine learning. Led by world experts from industry and academia, we'll dive into diverse applications from protein design to virtual cells and from synthetic genomes to new chemicals and materials.
2026 International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation
IWBDA’s tutorials (6/13-14) and workshop (6/18-20) will be held before and after SEED, respectively, at the University of Colorado Boulder. These events will allow both bio-design tool users and developers to learn about the latest developments to automate and accelerate your synthetic biology workflows.