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Final Conference Programme as at 14th April 2009
Day 1 - 16 April 2009 - Conference Track 1
| 08:45-09:00 | Opening Remarks | Dr Hubert Bernauer - ATG Biosynthetics | |
| 09:00-09:45 | Keynote by Andreas Plückthun | University of Zürich | The combinatorial and evolutionary engineering of proteins for novel functions |
Synthetic Basic Research Session - Chair: Roman Jerala - National Institute of Chemistry |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Michael Reth | MPI Molecular Immune Biology | New insight in receptor function through a rebuilding approach. |
| 10:30-11:00 | Wilfried Weber | ETH Zürich | Synthetic Biology in Mammalian Cells - Novel Perspectives for Drug Discovery and Biomedical Engineering |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | Discussion/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Imre Berger | EMBL Grenoble (F) | Towards Eukaryotic Structural Complexomics |
| 12:00-12:30 | Dr. Hans-Peter Meyer | LONZA | Will synthetic biology lead to radical changes in the manufacturing industry? |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch Time | Lunch/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
New Concepts and Principles for Design of Living Systems - Chair : Wilfried Weber - ETH Zürich |
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| 13:30-14:00 | Stefan Wiemann | German Cancer Research Center - DKFZ | ERBB-regulated G1/S transition to tackle drug resistance in breast cancer |
| 14:00-14:30 | Roman Jerala | National institute of Chemistry | Engineering cell signaling and self adjuvanting vaccines using synthetic biology |
| 14:30-15:00 | Roland Vogel | CNRS Paris | Lentiviral Vector Mediated Gene Transfer : Towards a New Option for Human Therapy ! |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | Discussion/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Jiandong Huang | University of Hong Kong | Program cell motility to form novel patterns |
| 16:00-16:30 | Vitor Dos Santos | Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research | Streamlining and reprogramming bacterial catalysts |
| 16:30-17:00 | Dr Frank Breitling | German Cancer Research Center - DKFZ | Particle-based combinatorial synthesis of peptide arrays |
| 17:00-18:00 | Open Discussion | ||
| 19:00-22:00 | Networking Reception | |
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Day 1 - 16 April 2009 - Conference Track 2
| 08:45-09:00 | Opening Remarks | Dr Hubert Bernauer - ATG Biosynthetics | |
| 09:00-09:45 | Keynote by Andreas Plückthun | University of Zürich | The combinatorial and evolutionary engineering of proteins for novel functions |
Synthetic Basic Research Session - Chair: Heinz Schwer - Sloning BioTechnology |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Josef Maier | ATG:biosynthetics/IStLS | Submolecular Protein Pattern - MAGEs and Molecular Design Capabilities |
| 10:30-11:00 | Javier F. Urchueguía | Universidad Politécnica de Valencia | Optimized hydrogen biosynthesis strategies in cyanobacteria by means of synthetic biology tools |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Prof. Ralf Wagner | GENEART | Gene synthesis and directed evolution: Key disciplines to accelerate synthetic biology |
| 12:00-12:30 | Heinz Schwer | Sloning BioTechnology (D) | Slonomics® - A Unique DNA Engineering Platform for the Industrial Production of Synthetic Genes and Synthetic Gene Mutant Libraries |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch Time | Lunch/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
New Concepts and Principles for Design of Living Systems - Chair : Wilfred Weber - ETH Zurich |
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| 13:30-14:00 | Peer Stähler | Febit Synbio | Miniaturization and parallelization as enabling technologies for next generation high throughput gene synthesis |
| 14:00-14:30 | Geoff Baldwin | Imperial College (UK) | Application of synthetic biology principles to the design of a new bio-fabrication device |
| 14:30-15:00 | Phillip Holliger | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge | Synthesis and replication of nucleic acids with expanded chemistry |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | Discussion/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Pierre-Alain Monnard | University of Southern Denmark | Design of micro- and nanoscale self-assembled environments for synthetic biology |
| 16:00-16:30 | Dejian Zhou | University of Leeds (UK) | Functional biological nanostructures by scanning probe microscopy |
| 16:30-17:00 | Dr Christian Freund | TU and FMP Berlin (D) | Novel protein scaffolds for the recognition of intrinsically unstructured proteins |
| 17:00-18:00 | Open Discussion | ||
| 19:00:22:00 | Networking Reception | ||
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Day 2 - 17 April 2009 - Conference Track 1
| 08:00-08:45 | Keynote by Chris Paddon | Amyris Biotechnologies (USA) | Microbially-derived Semi-Synthetic Artemisinin: Synthetic Biology for the production of artemisinin, a component of potent antimalarial combination therapies |
Synthetic Biology : New Concepts for Molecular Designs and Emerging Enabling Technologies - Chair: Kristian Müller - University Freiburg |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Ulrich Rothbauer | ChromoTek/ LMU München (D) | Chromobodies and the Fluorescent 2-Hybrid (F2H) assay:New technologies for direct analysis of protein interactions in living cells. |
| 09:30-10:00 | Michael Lebens | University of Gothenburg (S) | Genetic approaches to the synthesis of peptide libraries and their application in immunology, vaccine development and diagnostics |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break | Discussion/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Hubert Bernauer | ATG:biosynthetics | SubMolecular Interaction Pattern Library System (SMIP-LS) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Katja Arndt | University of Freiburg (D) | Synthetic Peptides Targeting Protein-Interactions |
| 11:30-12:00 | Søren Helmark | Technical University of Denmark/ Systems Biology | Synthetic promoter libraries and recombineering techniques for transcriptional fine-tuningindustrial contexts |
| 12:00-12:30 | Xiaolian Gao | University of Houston | Megabase Synthetic DNA Technology |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch Time | Lunch/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Afternoon Session | Chair: Ulrich Rothbauer | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Nediljko Budisa | Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (D) | Industrial potential of the expanded genetic code |
| 14:00-14:30 | Zoltán Prágai | DSM Nutritional Products Ltd (CH) | mRNA stabilizing elements for enhancing vitamin production in Bacillus subtilis |
| 14:30-15:00 | Anil Wipat | SoC Newcastle upon Tyne | Computational approaches to the design of Bacillus subtilis signalling pathways |
| 15:00-15:30 | Chuan-Hsiung Chang | National Yang Ming University | GenomeCAD - Computer Aided Whole Genome Design |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | Discussion/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Lars M. Blank, Dr.-Ing. | TU Dortmund (D) | From Systems Biotechnology to Synthetic Biology: towards the construction of biological systems for industrial biotechnology |
| 16:30-17:00 | Rolf Müller | Universität des Saarlandes (D) | Microbial Systems Biotechnology for Biosynthetic Pathway Engineering and Optimisation |
| 17:00-18:00 | Open Discussion | Moderation: Peer Stähler and Sibylle Gaisser |
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Day 2 - 17 April 2009 - Conference Track 2
| 08:00-08:45 | Keynote by: Chris Paddon | Amyris Biotechnologies (USA) | Microbially-derived Semi-Synthetic Artemisinin: Synthetic Biology for the production of artemisinin, a component of potent antimalarial combination therapies |
Synthetic Biology - Political and Organizational Requirements - Chair: Peer Stähler - Febit Synbio |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Joachim Boldt | Univ. of Freiburg (Germany) | Ethical Reflections on Synthetic Biology |
| 9:30-10:00 | Sibylle Gaisser | ISI - Fraunhofer Institute Karlsruhe (Germany) | Exploiting Synthetic Biology - challenges and future measures |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break | Discussion/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Piers D. Millet | United Nations Office at Geneva (World) | Why Secure Synthetic Biology? |
| 11:00-11:30 | Paula J. Olsiewski | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Societal Issues in Synthetic Biology |
| 11:30-12:00 | Dr. Markus Fischer | IASB - Industrial Association of Synthetic Biology | Synthetic Biology – the Industry's Perspective |
| 12:00-12:30 | Ursula Jenal | Jenal & Partners (Switzerland) | Biorisk Management Systems |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch Time | Lunch/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Afternoon Session | Chair: Sibylle Gaisser - ISI - Fraunhofer Institute Karlsruhe (Germany) | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Kristian Müller | University of Freiburg/ BioII/III | iGEM - an education and research think tank |
| 14:00-14:30 | Pawan K. Dhar | RIKEN (Japan) | The RIKEN Synthetic Biology Initiative: Make your own genes |
| 14:30-15:30 | John Dileo | The MITRE Corporation | DOTS: DNA Order Tracking System |
| 15:00-16:00 | Coffee Break | Discussion/Visit to Exhibition/Poster Session | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Markus Schmidt | idialog Vienna (Austria) | Synthetic Biosafety: Do I understand what I can create? |
| 16:30-17:00 | Alexander Kelle | University of Bath (UK) | Ensuring the Security of Synthetic Biology |
| 17:00-18:00 | Open Discussion | Moderation: Peer Stähler and Sibylle Gaisser | |