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Wednesday June 6
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11:00
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Registration
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12:15
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Lunch
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13:15
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Welcome and introduction
Anne Osbourn and Keith Lindsey
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13.25
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Opening speech: Synthetic biology – a combinatorial optimisation problem
Doug Kell, Chief Executive, BBSRC – watch the presentation
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13:45-14:30
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Keynote: Synthetic biology from the perspective of protein design and engineering
Dek Woolfson, University of Bristol, UK – watch the presentation
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Session 1
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Engineering principles and approaches in synthetic biology
Chair: Alistair Hetherington
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14:30
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Engineering principles in synthetic biology
Richard Kitney, Imperial College, London, UK
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15.15
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Biobricking in microbes
Alistair Elfick, University of Edinburgh
replaced by
Rainer Breitling, University of Glasgow – watch the presentation
Debugging synthetic biology
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16.00
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Afternoon tea
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16:30
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Polymers as containers and receivers for cell signals – a new route into synthetic biology?
Cameron Alexander, University of Nottingham – watch the presentation
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17:15
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Talk from Synthetic biology in plants Session 3:
Engineering plant metabolism
Alain Goossens, VIB/University of Ghent
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18:00
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Close of session
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19:30
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Workshop dinner at Goldbrick House
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Thursday June 7
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Session 1 continued
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Engineering principles and approaches in synthetic biology
Chair: Alistair Hetherington
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09:00
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Constructing a genome from parts – challenges and opportunities
Tom Ellis, Imperial College London – watch the presentation
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09:45
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Synthetic cell signals for regeneration
Samuel Stupp, Northwestern University
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10:30
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Coffee
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11.00
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The sweet spot integrating neurobiology, robotics and synthetic biology
Joseph Ayers, Northeastern University Marine Science Center – watch the presentation
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Session 2
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Synthetic biology in microbes
Chair: Anne Osbourn
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11:45
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2.0 Project
Joel Bader, John Hopkins University
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12.30
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Lunch
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13.30
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Integron-inspired multi-gene assembly
Susan Rosser, University of Glasgow
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14.15
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Extreme metabolic engineering: microbially-derived artemisinin to combat malaria in the developing world
Chris Paddon, Amyris
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15:00
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Synthetic biology of antibiotic production
Eriko Takano, University of Groningen – watch the presentation
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15:45
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Afternoon tea
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Session 3
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Synthetic biology in plants
Chair: Keith Lindsey
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16.15
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Synthetic biology for food security
Ray Elliot, Syngenta - watch the presentation
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17.00
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Synthetic biology approaches to engineering plant form
Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge – watch the presentation
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17:45
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Discussion
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Friday June 8
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Session 3 continued
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Synthetic biology in plants
Chair: Keith Lindsey
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09:00
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Synthetic plant products for industry
Rob Edwards, FERA – watch the presentation
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09:45
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Exploiting a plant virus for synthetic biology applications
Keith Saunders, John Innes Centre – watch the presentation
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10.30
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Coffee
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11.00
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Plant synthetic biology
June Medford, Colorado State University
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Session 4
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Bioethics
Chair: Dek Woolfson
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11.45
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Synthetic biology and social issues
Joyce Tait, University of Edinburgh – watch the presentation
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12.30
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Science outreach and synthetic biology
Jenni Rant, John Innes Centr – watch the presentatione
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12.45
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Summary
Anne Osbourn
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13.15
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Lunch and close of meeting
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