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| Synthetic Biology is an emerging field that has the potential to significantly impact many diverse application areas, including human health, agriculture, energy, bioproducts and manufacturing. The symposium will include presentations from leading researchers in the field from across North America. | |
- Daniel Gibson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute
- Robert Holt, PhD, Senior Scientist, Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency and Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
- Michael Jewett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Northwestern University
- Raymond MacDonald, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Vincent Martin, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics and Engineering, Concordia University
- Kristala Jones Prather, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT
- Scott Rose, PhD, Director of Molecular Biology Applications, Integrated DNA Technologies
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- Elizabeth Edwards, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
| | The one-day symposium will include a panel discussion focused on challenges and opportunities in the discipline with an exchange of ideas in one of today’s hottest research fields. There will also be a poster session featuring iGEM teams across Canada | | The symposium will be followed by a public forum around synthetic biology, and its potential impacts on society and the environment. NOTE: please register separately for this event by clicking the Public Forum tab. | | This free one-day symposium is by invitation only. Click on Registration to register |
| 8:00 am | | Sign in and continental breakfast | | 8:45 am | | Opening remarks | | 9:00 am | | Keynote presentation: Daniel Gibson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute
Genome synthesis and transplantation: Progress on contruction of a synthetic bacterial cell | | 9:50 am | | Robert Holt, PhD, Senior Scientist, Genome Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia
Synthetic promoters and gene synthesis using short oligos | | 10:25 am | | Morning break | | 10:45 am | | Michael Jewett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Northwestern University
Towards construction of synthetic ribosomes: Cell-free integration of rRNA synthesis, ribosome self-assembly, and protein synthesis | | 11:20 am | | Raymond MacDonald, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Southwestern Medical Center
Second generation synthetic promoters that respond to developmental signaling | | 11:55 am | | Scott Rose,PhD, Director of Molecular Biology Applications, Integrated DNA Technologies
Protein Evolution of a Hyperthermophillic Archeon RNase H2 Enzyme | | 12:30 am | | Training for the future - the iGEM way
by Mads Kaern, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Systems Biology, University of Ottawa | | 12:45 pm | | Lunch | | 1:45 pm | | Vincent Martin, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics and Engineering, Concordia University
Progress in engineering synthetic cellulosomes in vivo | | 2:20 pm | | Kristala Jones Prather, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT
Improved microbial synthesis of glucaric acid using synthetic biology devices
| | 2:55 pm | | Afternoon break | | 3:15 pm | | Panel Discussion: Challenges and opportunities in synthetic biology
Moderated by Vincent Martin, PhD | | 4:15 pm | | Closing remarks | | 4:30 pm | | Reception and Canadian iGEM poster session | | An open public forum on synthetic biology will follow at 6:00pm |
| Following the symposium, join us on the evening of October 27 at 6pm at the MaRS Centre for a public forum around synthetic biology and its potential impacts on society and the environment. | |
- Trevor Charles, PhD (Professor and Associate Chair (Graduate Studies), Dept. of Biology, University of Waterloo)
- Daniel Gibson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute
- Damon Terrill (Senior Vice President & General Counsel, International Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Integrated DNA Technologies)
- Gregor Wolbring, PhD (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary)
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- Vincent Martin, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics and Engineering, Concordia University
| | Sponsored by Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) with support from GE3LS at Genome Alberta | | Register for this free event here by clicking here |
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| | iGEM - the International Genetically Engineered Machine - competition is the premiere undergraduate Synthetic Biology competition. Student teams from universities all over the world are given a kit of biological parts at the beginning of the summer from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. Working at their own schools over the summer, they use these parts and new parts of their own design to build biological systems and operate them in living cells. This project design and competition format is an exceptionally motivating and effective teaching method. | | Click here to learn more about iGEM |
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101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario
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http://www.toronto.com/ | | Information about the co-organizers of this event: | | This symposium is presented by the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), a not-for-profit organization that identifies, develops and funds genomics research, as well as raising the visibility of genomics and its impacts, in partnership with Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the largest supplier of custom nucleic acids in the United States, serving academic, government, and commercial researchers in biotechnology, clinical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical development. | For more information about the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), click here:
http://www.ontariogenomics.ca/ | For more information about Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), click here:
http://www.idtdna.com/Home/Home.aspx |
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