Join world-renowned experts and up-and-coming scientists in synthetic cells and organelles engineering for a weekly speaker series beginning in March 2021!
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Program and Speakers
Program
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March 15
MICHAEL JEWETT
Northwestern University
DNA-mediated inducible liposome fusion
JUDEE SHARON
University of Minnesota
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March 22
RAMIN GOLESTANIAN
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
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Controlled division of cell-sized vesicles by low densities of membrane-bound proteins
JAN STEINKÜHLER
Max Planck Institute Colloids and Interfaces
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March 29
CLYDE HUTCHISON
J. Craig Venter Institute
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Bottom-up assembly of functional fully-synthetic extracellular vesicles
OSKAR STAUFER
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
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April 5
EBERHARD BODENSCHATZ
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
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Artificial mitochondrion, bottom-up!
LADO OTRIN
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
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April 12
FELIPE GARCIA QUIROZ
Emory University and Georgia Tech
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Superselectivity in synthetic protocells
CESAR RODRIGUEZ-EMMENEGGER
Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
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April 19
PHILIPPE BASTIAENS
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
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Creating Biomimetic Interfaces Using the Cell-Free Synthesis of Transmembrane Proteins
ZACHARY MANZER
Cornell University
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April 26
ANDREW ELLINGTON
University of Texas
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Controlled linkage of different proteins in Synthetic Cells
AMELIE BENK
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
May 4 *
HENDRIK DIETZ
Technical University of Munich
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Proton gradients from light-harvesting E. coli control DNA assemblies for synthetic cells
KEVIN JAHNKE
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Technical University of Munich
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May 10
NEAL DEVARAJ
University of California San Diego
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Light-driven ATP production promotes mRNA biosynthesis inside hybrid multi-compartment artificial protocells
EMILIANO ALTAMURA
University of Bari
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May 17
JOACHIM SPATZ
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Microfluidic approaches towards reconstitution of synthetic cells motility
ILIA PLATZMAN
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
The series will culminate in the SynCell2021 conference that will take place 18-20 May 2021
Learn more about the conference.
Featured Speakers
Philippe Bastiaens
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Eberhard Bodenschatz
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Neal Devaraj
University of California San Diego
Hendrik Dietz
Technical University of Munich
Andrew Ellington
University of Texas
Felipe Garcia Quiroz
Emory University and Georgia Tech
Ramin Golestanian
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Clyde Hutchison
J. Craig Venter Institute
Michael Jewett
Northwestern University
Joachim Spatz
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Contributed Speakers
Emiliano Altamura
University of Bari
Amelie Benk
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Kevin Jahnke
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Zachary Manzer
Cornell University
Lado Otrin
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Ilia Platzman
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Cesar Rodriguez- Emmenegger
Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
Judee Sharon
University of Minnesota
Oskar Staufer
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Jan Steinkühler
Max Planck Institute Colloids and Interfaces