Program
SBAFLF 2018 Program
Print Full program| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 08:40-18:30 | |
| 08:40-09:20 |
Registration & coffee
|
| 09:20-09:30 |
Opening Remarks
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| 09:30-10:05 |
Eriko Takano, Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre, SYNBIOCHEM
Harnessing synthetic biology for antimicrobial production
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| 10:05-10:30 |
Lital Alfonta, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Genetic code expansion as a tool for redox enzymes engineering
|
| 10:30-10:40 |
Guy Polturak, Volcani Center
La vie en rose: adding color to food crops and ornamentals
|
| 10:40-10:50 |
Ilan Samish, Amai Proteins
Computational protein design of sweet proteins
|
| 10:50-11:10 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:10-11:45 |
Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Northwestern University
Using synthetic biology to overcome challenges in biomaterials, bioenergy, and other biotechnology applications
|
| 11:45-12:10 |
Sarel Fleishman, Weizmann Institute of Science
Computational design of improved antibodies, enzymes, and vaccine immunogens
|
| 12:10-12:20 |
Dan Davidi, Weizmann Institute of Science
Extensive screening of Rubisco variants from nature - in vitro & in vivo search for kinetic outliers
|
| 12:20-12:30 |
Gabriel Mullin-Manzanarez, Stanford University
Automated in vitro evolution of RNA biosensors
|
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch & Poster session
|
| 14:00-14:45 |
Round table discussions- will be held in parallel with the following topics:
- Women in science (Prof. Eriko Takano) - Synthetic biology outreach (Dr. Danielle Tullman-Ercek) - IP in synthetic biology (Dr. Binyamin Berkovits) - The iGEM competition (Prof. Lital Alfonta) - A focus on synthetic biology startups (Dr. Omri Amirav Drori) |
| 14:45-15:10 |
Oded Shoseyov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nano Biomimatics: Materials for the future
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| 15:10-15:25 |
Ayal Hendel, Bar-Ilan University
Tuning the CRISPR code by using chemically modified guide RNAs to accomplish therapeutic CRISPR genome editing in human primary cells
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| 15:25-15:35 |
Nitzan Krinsky, Technion
Synthetic cells synthesize therapeutic proteins inside tumors
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| 15:35-15:55 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:55-16:30 |
Geoffroy de Bérail, Glowee
What if nature had the solution?
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| 16:30-16:55 |
Lior Zelcbuch, BiomX
Make phages great again via synthetic biology
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| 16:55-17:25 |
iGEM session - Presentations from local iGEM teams.
For abstracts please see this link: go to abstracts |
| 17:25-17:30 |
Closing remarks
|
| 17:30-18:30 |
Networking session A networking session over drinks and snacks
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Submission deadline
for short talks & posters
abstracts:
February 15th, 2018
Organizing committee
- Ilya Vainberg Slutskin Weizmann Institute of Science
- Roni Cohen Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- Shmuel Gleizer Weizmann Institute of Science
- Bea Kaufmann Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Sponsors
- Feinberg Graduate School
- Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky Center
- Faculty of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Biology
- Supported by a research grant from Foundation Adelis
- The Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering
Conference Coordinator
Irit Veksler
irit.veksler@weizmann.ac.il