Program

Monday, September 7, 2015

Time Event  
11:30 - 12:45 Welcome - welcome of attendees  
12:45 - 13:00 Conference opening  
13:00 - 13:45 Opening lecture - Denis Pompon  
13:00 - 13:45 › Synthetic Biology for a sustainable carbon cycle - Denis POMPON, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés  
13:45 - 15:25 Engineering of biological networks and their regulation - Matthieu Jules  
13:45 - 14:25 › Keynote: An integrated workflow for synthetic biology: from parts to systems and the evolution of new function - Geoffrey BALDWIN, Centre for Synthetic Biology & Innovation, Imperial College London  
14:25 - 14:45 › A synthetic growth switch and its biotechnological applications - Johannes Geiselmann, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique  
14:45 - 15:05 › An open access part toolbox to tune genetic expression in Bacillus subtilis. - Sarah Guiziou, Centre de Biochimie Structurale  
15:05 - 15:25 › Engineering Autonomous Recombinase Switches - Olivier Borkowski, Imperial College of London  
15:25 - 16:00 Coffee break  
16:00 - 17:30 Genome engineering - Alain Blanchard  
16:00 - 16:40 › Keynote: Laboratory domestication of Escherichia coli - Gyorgy POSFAI, Inst. of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, HU  
16:40 - 17:05 › Reducing the Bacillus subtilis genome. - Etienne Dervyn, MICrobiologie de l'ALImentation au Service de la Santé humaine  
17:05 - 17:30 › Using CRISPR/Cas9 tools for the engineering of bacterial genome cloned in yeast - Iason TSARMPOPOULOS, INRA, UMR 1332 BFP, Université de Bordeaux, UMR1332 BFP  
17:30 - 17:45 Sponsor: BGene - presentation by BGene  
17:45 - 19:15 Posters  
19:15 - 20:00 Dinner: buffet in the hall  

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Time Event  
08:30 - 10:00 Protein and biocatalysts Engineering - Magali Remaud-Siméon & Gilles Truan  
08:30 - 09:10 › Keynote: High-level production of synthetic proteins containing non-canonical amino acids - Birgit Wiltschi, Junior Group Synthetic Biology, ACIB, Graz, Austria  
09:10 - 09:35 › Optimization of the lipase B from Candida antarctica for the specificity and selectivity of a transesterification reaction - Cécile Persillon, PROTEUS  
09:35 - 10:00 › Random library-based engineering of proteins for increased yield and solubility - Darren Hart, Unit of Virus Host Cell Interactions  
10:00 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 12:15 Metabolic engineering - Philippe Soucaille  
10:45 - 11:10 › The Weizmann process revisited for the continuous production of fuels and chemicals - Philppe Soucaille, Université de Toulouse, INSA  
11:10 - 11:30 › A novel synthetic pathway for the production of C2 compounds from xylose - Yvan Cam, Toulouse White Biotechnology, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés  
11:30 - 11:50 › Engineering of an artificial repeat protein (αRep) to design a new generation of hydrid biocatalysts - Thibault Di Méo, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, UMR 9198, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182 CNRS  
11:50 - 12:10 › Engineering methylotrophy into Escherichia coli - Stephanie Heux, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés  
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch, buffet in the hall  
13:30 - 13:45 Sponsor: TWB - presentation of TWB  
13:45 - 15:15 Nanotechnology and automation for synthetic Biology - Jérome Bibette & Jean-Loup Faulon  
13:45 - 14:25 › Keynote: Gaining control of free energy dynamics for synthetic biology applications - Teuta PILIZOTA, Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, U. Edinburgh, UK  
14:25 - 14:50 › Advances in computer design and automatic implementation of novel metabolic pathways for natural and non-natural molecules - Cyrille Pauthenier, Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Abolis Biotechnologies  
14:50 - 15:15 › Nanoparticle-based synthetic translational control in cell-free systems - Shunnichi Kashida, Ecole Normale Supérieure  
15:15 - 16:00 Coffee break  
16:00 - 17:30 Development of tools / methods for synthetic biology - Franck Molina  
16:00 - 16:40 › Keynote: Optical control of protein nuclear trafficking in living cells - Barbara Di VENTURA, Bioquant, U. of Heidelberg  
16:40 - 17:05 › Switchable regulatory elements for modulating gene expression - Guillaume Durand, ARN : régulations naturelle et artificielle  
17:05 - 17:30 › A novel metabolic network representation for the discovery of conserved modules of chemical transformations - Maria Sorokina, Génomique métabolique  
17:30 - 18:00 Ethics and society - Bernadette Bensaude Vincent  
18:00 - 19:15 Posters  
19:15 - 20:00 Dinner, buffet in the hall  

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Time Event  
08:30 - 10:00 Integrative and predictive Biology / Modeling - Grégory Batt & Vincent Fromion  
08:30 - 09:10 › Keynote: Stochasticity and homeostasis of metabolism in single cells - Sander TANS, FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam  
09:10 - 09:35 › Changing the diet of Bacillus subtilis: a phenomenological model of single cell adaptation. - Joachim Rambeau, Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques  
09:35 - 10:00 › A new approach to unravel metabolic regulations. Application to microalgae growth and lipid production under day/night cycles and nitrogen starvation. - Caroline Baroukh, Centre for Process Systems Engineering [London], Equipe BIOCORE, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement  
10:00 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 12:00 Integrative and predictive biology / Modeling-2 - Grégory Batt & Vincent Fromion  
10:45 - 11:10 › Central carbon metabolic flux diversity for forties S.cerevisiae strains - Thibault Nidelet, UMR 1083 Sciences pour l'oenologie INRA  
11:10 - 11:35 › Automatic control of gene expression in mammalian cells - Chiara Fracassi, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine  
11:35 - 12:00 › Massive Factorial Design of Coding Sequences Reveals the Complex Phenotypic Consequences of Translation Determinants - Guillaume Cambray, Diversité, Génomes & Interactions Microorganismes - Insectes [Montpellier]  
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch, buffet in the hall  
13:30 - 13:45 Sponsor: New England Biolabs France - Sponsor: New England Biolabs France  
13:45 - 14:25 Orthogonal Biology - Piet Herdewijn  
13:45 - 14:25 › Keynote: XNAzymes: Evolution of artificial enzymes from synthetic genetic polymers - Alexander TAYLOR, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge  
14:30 - 15:35 Computer-Aided Design for synthetic biology - Pablo Carbonell  
14:30 - 15:10 › Keynote: Automated engineering of RNA-based signal transduction in living cells - Alfonso JARAMILLO, iSSB, CNRS, EVRY & U.Warwick  
15:10 - 15:35 › Reuse of microelectronics software for gene regulatory networks design automation - Morgan Madec, Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie - Elise Rosati, Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie  
15:35 - 16:15 Coffee break  
16:15 - 17:30 Computer-aided design for synthetic biology - 2 - Pablo Carbonell  
16:15 - 16:40 › Expanding biosensing abilities through computer-assisted design of metabolic pathways - vincent libis, Institut de biologie systémique et synthétique  
16:40 - 17:05 › A Nature-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm for the Design and Optimization of Gene Regulotary Networks - Elise Rosati, Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie  
17:05 - 17:30 › Location matters: Defining the impact that chromosomal context has on regulated gene expression in E. coli. - brian jester, Institut de biologie systémique et synthétique  
17:30 - 17:45 Sponsor - Sponsor 5  
17:45 - 19:15 Posters  
19:30 - 23:00 Dinner in a restaurant  

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Time Event  
09:00 - 10:05 Development for industrial purposes - Pierre Monsan / Emmanuel Dequier  
09:00 - 09:40 › Keynote: Development of a renewable jet fuel: bringing farnesane up in the air - Olivier ROLLAND, TOTAL New Energies, Emeryville CA  
09:40 - 10:05 › Meeting the challenges of industrial biotechnology in the age of synthetic biology - Michael O'Donohue, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés  
10:05 - 10:45 Coffee break  
10:45 - 12:15 Ethics and society - Vincent Grégoire-Delory  
10:45 - 11:25 › Keynote: How to address ethical and societal issues raised by synthetic biology? - Bernadette BENSAUDE VINCENT replaced by V. GREGOIRE DELORY  
11:25 - 11:50 › Responsibility of non-individuals with slippery identity - Alexei Grinbaum, Laboratoire des Recherches sur les Sciences de la Matière  
11:50 - 12:15 › A quelle vulnérabilité la biologie de synthèse nous renvoie ? - Béatrice De Montera, Laboratoire de Biologie Générale, Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement Comparé ; GEEST  
12:15 - 12:30 Concluding remarks  
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