Enabling Technology for Synthetic Biology
Six-Academy Synthetic Biology Symposium II
Oct. 12-14, 2011, Shanghai, China
| Oct. 12(Wednesday), Grand Lecture Hall, SIBS, 320 Yueyang Road | |
| Morning | 09:00 am-11:45 am |
| 09:00 am | Opening Ceremony Chair: Sheng-li Yang |
| 09:00 am | Introduction to the Symposium Guo-ping Zhao (Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China) |
| 09:15 am | Opening Address |
| 1.Xian-en Zhang (Director, Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology of China) 2. Dai-ming Fan (Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering) |
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| 09:35 am to 11:45 am |
Two Keynote Presentations (40 min plus 10 min G&A for per keynote presentation) Chair: Guo-ping Zhao |
| 09:35 am | The Synthetic Biology of Antibiotic Natural Products |
| Peter Lead lay (University of Cambridge, UK) | |
| 10:25 am | Tea and Coffee Break |
| 10:55 am | Tools for Engineering Biology |
| Drew Endy (Stanford University, USA) | |
| 11:45 am | Group Photo of Speakers & Lunch Break |
| Afternoon | 01:30 pm-05:30 pm |
| 01:30 pm | Opening Address Chair: Guo-ping Zhao |
| 01:30 pm | The Grand Synthesis |
| Thomas Lee (Director, Microsystems Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, USA} | |
| Session A*: Designing Modules and Pathways Session Chairs: Richard Kitney & Zi-xin Deng |
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| 01:50 pm | The Application of Systematic Design to Synthetic Biology |
| Richard Kitney (Imperial College, UK) | |
| 02:15 pm | Construction of the Simplified Genomes of Escherichia Coli and Streptomyces Coelicolor |
| Zhong-jun Gin (Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China) | |
| 02:40 pm | Biological Network Engineering in Synthetic Biology |
| Gi Ou-yang (Peking University, China) | |
| 03:05 pm | Tea and Coffee Break |
| 03:35 pm | Design and Evolution of Biological Pathways and Networks |
| Hui-min Zhao (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) | |
| 04:00 pm | Synthetic Production of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) Monomers and Bhbutanol Directly from C02 in Cyanobacteria |
| Wei-wen 7hang (Tianjing University) | |
| 04:25 pm | Panel discussion |
| 05:05 pm | From Single Cell Biotechnology towards Synthetic Biology |
| Wei Huang (University of Sheffield, UK) | |
| 05:30 pm | End of Session A |
| Oct. 13 (Thursday), National Engineering Center for Biochip at Shanghai, 151 Libing Road, Pudong | |
| Morning | 09:00 am -12:00 noon |
| 09:00 am | Opening Address Chair: Guo-ping Zhao |
| 09:00 am | Jing-hai Li (Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| Session B : Synthetic Genome and Cell Session chairs: Peter Leadlay & Drew Endy |
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| 09:10 am | The Emergence of Synthetic Life with De Novo Chemical Alphabets |
| Jeffrey Tze Fei Wong (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China) | |
| 09:35 am | Genome Engineering Technologies for Rapid Programming & Evolution of Organisms |
| Farren Isaacs (Yale University, USA) | |
| 10:00 am | Size Dependent Genome Synthesis/Cloning |
| Mitsuhiro Itaya (Keio University, Japan) | |
| 10:25 am | Towards Development of a Robust Simplified Cell |
| Barry L. Wanner (Purdue University, USA) | |
| 10:50 am | Tea and Coffee Break |
| 11:20 am | Panel discussion |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon | 01:30 pm -04:55 pm |
| Session C*: Synthetic Bio ogy from an Industrial Perspective Session Chair: Roel Bovenberg |
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| 01:30 pm | Rational Design - Applications in Industrial Biotechnology |
| Liang Wu(DSM Biotechnology Center, Netherlands) | |
| 01:55 pm | Building an Efficient Yeast Ce’l Factory for the Prcduction of Isoprenoids |
| Lishan Zhao (Amyris Inc., USA | |
| 02:20 pm | Panel discussion |
| 03:00 pm | Tea and Coffee Break |
| Session D: iGEM: Scientific, Technological, and Educational Impact upon Synthetic Biology Session Chairs: Ying-jin Yuan & Gi Ou-yang |
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| 03:30 am | Building a He-Coded Yeast Genome Powered by an Army Of Undergrcduates |
| *Yizhi Patrick Cai (Johns Hopkins University Schoo of Medicine, USA) | |
| 03:55 pm | A Novel Approach for Synthetic Biology: Exploiting Wisdom in Natural Systems |
| **Haogian Zhang (Peking University, China) | |
| 04:15 pm | Rule-based Modeling Approach for Synthetic Biology |
| **Chen Liao (University of Science and Technology of China, China) | |
| 04:35 pm | Modular Design and Synthesis of Energy Products |
| **Duo Liu (Tianjin University, China) | |
| 04:55 pm | End of Session D |
| Oct. 14 (Friday), Grand Lecture Hall, SIBS, 320 Yueyang Road | |
| Morning | 9:00 am-12:10 noon |
| Session E**:Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ElSI) for Synthptir Biology Session Chair: Huan-ming Yang |
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| 09:00 am | Life in the Gray Zone: From ELSI to Responsible Innovation |
| Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University, USA) | |
| 09:20 am | Legal Implications for Synthetic Biology: Intellectual Property Rights in Bioloylcah |
| Rochelie Dreyfuss (New York University School of law, USA) | |
| 09:40 am | Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Issues Associated with Synthetic Biology |
| Gordon Zong (Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China) | |
| 10:00 am | The Ethics of Synthetic Biology: The Perspectives of the US Presidential Commission |
| Anita L. Allen (University of Pemsylvania Law School, USA) | |
| 10:20 am | The UK Research Councils’ Syrthetic Biology Dialogue |
| Paul Gemmill (Biotechnology end Biological Sciences Research Council. UK) | |
| 10:40 am | Tea and Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am | Discussion - Synthetic Biology Futures |
| 12:00 noon | Close Speech |
| 12:10 noon | End of Symposium |
* For per speaker we allocate 20 min talk plus 5 min Q&A.
** For per speaker we allocate 15 min talk plus 5 min Q&A.