BIOEN - BIOEN Workshop on Synthetic Biology

FAPESP BIOENERGY PROGRAM - BIOEN

The BIOEN Program aims to integrate comprehensive research on sugarcane and other plants that can be used as biofuel sources, thus assuring Brazil’s position among the leaders in the area of Bioenergy. Research includes from biomass production and processing to biofuel production and its impacts.

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BIOEN Workshop on Synthetic Biology

Tuesday, October 26 2010, 8:30am - 7:30pm



9:00 AM	Opening		Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

9:30 AM	Stevens Brumbley	PHA accumulation in sugarcane plastids and peroxisome	University of Queensland, Australia
10:00 AM	Lars Nielsen	Genome--Scale Reconstruction of the Primary Metabolic Network in Plants	University of Queensland, Australia

10:30 AM	Coffee Break

11:00 AM	Rubens Maciel	A Computer Tool Based on Synthetic Biology Approach to Design Microorganisms and Bio-based Processes	Escola de Engenharia, UNICAMP
11:30 AM	Harald Ruijssenaars	Synthetic pathways for aromatics production from biobased feedstock	BIRD Engineering
12:00 AM	Andreas Gombert	Improvement of yeast strains for bioethanol production using a combination of metabolic and evolutionary engineering	Escola Politécnica, USP

12:30 PM	Lunch

2:30 PM	Nathan Hillson	johnny5: scar-less multi-part DNA assembly design automation	JBEI, Joint Bioenergy Institute, USA
3:00 PM	Todd Peterson	Genetic Synthesis and Assembly Tools for Synthetic Biology	Life Technologies, USA
3:30 PM	Ton van Maris	Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient alcoholic fermentation of plant biomass hydrolysates.	TU Delft, The Netherlands
4:00 PM	Emile Van Zyl	Cellulosic ethanol: From revolutionary consolidated bioprocessing idea to proof of concept	Stellenbosch University, South Africa

4:30 PM	Coffee Break

5:00 PM	Nitin Baliga	Multiscale models for redirecting evolution	Institute for Systems Biology, USA
5:30 PM	Ben Hankamer	The economics, technical challenges and advances of microalgal biofuel production	Solar Biofuel Consortium, University of Brisbane, Australia
6:00 PM	Patricia Osseweijer	Ethical and social issues in Synthetic Biology	TU Delft, The Netherlands

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