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Dates: August 20th-21st, 2013
Venue: Auditorium István Jancsó - Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin, University of São Paulo (São Paulo/Brazil) - see map here
Organization: Glaucia Mendes Souza and Marie-Anne Van Sluys (University of São Paulo)
Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(registration will not be charged)
The University of São Paulo has recently created a Biomass Systems and Synthetic Biology Center. The USP SynBio Center is a joint initiative led by the Institute of Chemistry, the Institute of Biosciences, the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics and the Engineering School.
The USP Synbio Center specializes on Energy and Biomass research and the use of Synthetic Biology to engineer plant and microorganism metabolism for the efficient use of biomass to produce biofuels and bio-based chemicals.
Tuesday - August 20th, 2013 |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Coffee | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Opening Ceremony | |
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Marco Antonio Zago, University of São Paulo, Brazil Synthetic biology and bioenergy research at USP, the USP SynBio Center |
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Session 1 - Research and Innovation for a Bio-based Society |
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| Chair: Glaucia M. Souza, IQ-USP | ||
| Plenary 1 | ||
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP, Brazil FAPESP and the bioenergy research agenda in São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Plenary 2 | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Lars Nielsen, University of Queensland, Australia Constraint based reconstruction and analysis of metabolic and regulatory networks |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| Chair: Marie-Anne Van Sluys, IB-USP | ||
| Plenary 3 | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
James Liao, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Exploring principles of metabolic engineering for fuels and chemicals production |
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| Plenary 4 | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge, UK Simple cellular systems for bioengineering |
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| Plenary 5 | ||
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Dirk Inzé, VIB, Department of Plant Systems Biology, Belgium Maximizing biomass production by a systems biology approach |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
Session 2 - Microbial Synbio and Building Blocks I |
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| Chair: Andreas K. Gombert, UNICAMP | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Jack Newman, Amyris, USA The foundational synthetic biology of Amyris, from malaria cure to jet fuel |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Avram Michael Slovic, Braskem, Brazil Synthetic biology for the production of commodity chemicals |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Stephen Mayfield, University of California, San Diego, USA The potential of micro-algae for the production of biofuels and bio-products |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |
Session 3 - Microbial Synbio and Building Blocks II |
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| Chair: Carlos Hotta, IQ-USP | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Nathan Hillson, Joint BioEnergy Institute, USA Biological design and build automation platforms at Berkeley Lab |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Juan A. Asenjo, Universidad de Chile, Chile Continuous modelling of metabolic networks with gene regulation in yeast and in vivo determination of rate parameters |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Andreas K. Gombert, State University of Campinas, Brazil Increasing the efficiency in the biorefinery: modulating free energy conservation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Session 4 - Innovation and Public Perception |
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| Chair: Patricia Osseweijer, BE-Basic, The Netherlands | ||
| 17:30 - 18:00 |
Eleonore Pauwels, Woodrow Wilson Center, USA What does the U.S. public think? New poll numbers on public understanding and attitudes towards synthetic biology |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 |
Fernando Reinach, Fundo Pitanga, Brazil A VC perspective on how to evaluate the benefits and the risks associated with synthetic biology projects |
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Wednesday - August 21st, 2013 |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Coffee | |
Session 5 - Bio-based Chemicals |
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| Chair: Luuk Van Der Wiellen, BE-Basic, The Netherlands | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Joseph Bozell, University of Tennessee, USA Integrating biorefinery separation and conversion – catalytic oxidation of lignin models and organosolv lignin to high value aromatics |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Jochen Förster, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Production of bulk and fine chemicals using Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Rubens Maciel Filho, State University of Campinas, Brazil Biorefineries: sugar, bioethanol, and more |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Odair Glavina, Amyris Brasil, Brazil
Scale up and industrialization of biofuel production |
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Session 6 - Systems Biology I |
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| Chair: Luiziana Ferreira, ICB-USP | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Marcos S. Buckeridge, University of São Paulo, Brazil Can sugarcane physiology be manipulated to obtain a superplant? |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Gonçalo A. Guimarães Pereira, State University of Campinas and GranBio, Brazil Synthetic biology on second generation |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Nitrogen regulatory networks controlling plant root growth |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Lothar Willmitzer, Max Planck, Germany Metabolomics – a versatile tool in plant breeding and systems chemistry |
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Session 7 - Systems Biology II |
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| Chair: Massuo Kato, IQ-USP | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Ralf Conrad, Max Planck, Germany Methane emission from flooded soils - from microorganisms to the atmosphere |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Fabio M. Squina, Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazil Development of omics-based approaches for biocatalyst discovery in lignocellulose-to-bioproduct applications |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Jim Beynon and the PRESTA Consortium, Warwick University, UK Using systems biology modeling to reveal regulatory networks controlling plant stress responses |
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Session 8 - Education |
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| Chair: Alan Durham, IME-USP | ||
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Meagan Lizarazo, iGEM, USA
iGEM: The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition |
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| Closing remarks | ||
| 17:30 | ||
Thursday - August 22nd, 2013 |
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| [Restricted to speakers] Visits to Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Biosciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Engineering School | ||
(registration will not be charged)