SYNCELL2021
Virtual Conference
The SynCell2021 conference will take place 18-20 May 2021
This three-day symposium will provide insight into cutting-edge research on bottom-up synthetic biology happening around the world. Each day will feature global leaders in bottom-up synthetic biology who will provide highlights of research and education programs and engaging presentations of current opportunities and the bright future of bottom-up synthetic cell design and technology.
Program (subject to change)
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Day 1: Tuesday, May 18, 2021
MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
CET - Central European Time
Moderators: Jacqueline De Lora and Gabriel P. López
10:00am - 12:00pm (MDT)
6:00pm - 8:00pm (CET)
Discussion with Poster Presenters
Day 2: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
CET - Central European Time
8:00am - 8:10am (MDT)
4:00pm - 4:10pm (CET)
Welcome and Introduction to Virtual Syncell2021 Symposium
- Gabriel López
Session I - Moderator: Gabriel López
8:10am - 8:50am (MDT)
4:10pm - 4:50pm (CET)
Featured: Membranes matter: designing bilayer membranes to control functions of artificial cells
- Neha Kamat
8:50am - 9:10am (MDT)
4:50pm - 5:10pm (CET)
Contributed: Rational design for assembly of biologically inspired compartments
- Jacqueline De Lora
9:10am - 9:50am (MDT)
5:10pm - 5:50pm (CET)
Featured: A shortcut towards synthetic cell division
- Kerstin Gopfrich
9:50am - 10:00am (MDT)
5:50pm - 6:00pm (CET)
Break
Session II - Moderator: Bruna Jacobson
10:00am - 10:20am (MDT)
6:00pm - 6:20pm (CET)
Contributed: Engineered synthetic membraneless organelles built from self-assembling disordered proteins to regulate cellular function
- Matthew Good
10:20am - 11:00am (MDT)
6:20pm - 7:00pm (CET)
Featured: Information processing in synthetic cells
- Matt Lakin
11:00am - 11:20am (MDT)
7:00pm - 7:20pm (CET)
Contributed: Programmable DNA origami motors
- Alisina Bazrafshan
11:20am - 11:30am (MDT)
7:20pm - 7:30pm (CET)
Break
11:30am - 12:30pm (MDT)
7:30pm - 8:30pm (CET)
Poster Discussion (Moderator: Jacqueline De Lora)
Day 3: Thursday, May 20, 2021
MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
CET - Central European Time
8:00am - 8:10am (MDT)
4:00pm - 4:10pm (CET)
Welcome
- Joachim Spatz
Session I - Moderator: Joachim Spatz
8:10am - 8:50am (MDT)
4:10pm - 4:50pm (CET)
Featured: Lineage agnostic biology
- Kate Adamala
8:50am - 9:10am (MDT)
4:50pm - 9:10pm (CET)
Contributed: Cell-free autonomous biogenesis of a ribosomal subunit
- Michael Levy
9:10am - 9:50am (MDT)
5:10pm - 5:50pm (CET)
Featured: Synthetic cell systems for scalable bio-production of plant natural products
- James Carothers
9:50am - 10:00am (MDT)
5:50pm - 6:00pm (CET)
Break
Session II - Moderator: Matthew Lakin
10:00am - 10:20am (MDT)
6:00pm - 6:20pm (CET)
Contributed: A multi-chamber flow dialysis setup for energy homeostasis in synthetic cells
- Eleonora Bailoni
10:20am - 11:00am (MDT)
6:20pm - 7:00pm (CET)
Featured: Fixing CO2 fixation: Building an artificial chloroplast drop by drop
- Tobias Erb
11:00am - 11:20am (MDT)
7:00pm - 7:20pm (CET)
Contributed: “Cellular Stokesian dynamics”: a computational model for biological cells
- Roseanna Zia
11:20am - 11:30am (MDT)
7:20pm - 7:30pm (CET)
Break
11:30am - 12:30pm (MDT)
7:30pm - 8:30pm (CET)
Lightning Presentations (Moderator: Jacqueline De Lora)
