3rd AfroBiotech Conference Technical Program | AIChE

3rd AfroBiotech Conference Technical Program

Agenda below subject to change. Last updated 10/4/2021


October 25, 2021 All times in EST
 
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Opening Remarks
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Dr.  Mae Jemison's Opening Talk
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Networking Break
  SESSION 1: Regenerative Engineering
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Keynote Speaker: C. LaShan Simpson, Mississippi State
11:40 AM - 12:05 PM Invited Speaker: Catherine Whittington, WPI
12:05 PM - 12:30 PM Invited Speaker: Joseph Freeman, Rutgers
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Rapid Fire Poster Talks
12:45 PM - 1:10 PM Invited Speaker: Tayloria Adams, UCI
1:15 PM - 1:40 PM Invited Speaker: Anjelica Gonzalez, Yale
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Q&A Panel for Regenerative Engineering
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Networking Break
  SESSION 2: Microbiome and Immunogineering
2:15 PM - 2:55 PM Keynote Speaker: 

Elizabeth Wayne, CMU

2:55 PM - 3:20 PM Invited Speaker: 

Jamal Lewis, UC Davis

3:20 PM - 3:55 PM Invited Speaker: Gianna Hammer, Duke
3:55 PM - 4:10 PM Rapid Fire Poster Talks
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM Q&A Panel for Microbiome and Immunoengineering
   
October 26, 2021 All times in EST
  SESSION 3: Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, and Chemical Biology
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM Keynote Speaker: Bil Clemons, Caltech
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM Invited Speaker: Carl Denard, University of Florida
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Invited Speaker: Corey Wilson, Georgia Tech
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Rapid Fire Poster Talks
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM Invited Speaker: James  Carothers, University of Washington
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM Invited Speaker: 

Gregg Duncan, UMD

12:35 PM - 12:55 PM Q&A Panel for Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, and Chemical Biology
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM Networking Break
1:10 PM - 2:10 PM Bioengineering and Our Community: Funding Forum
   
October 27, 2021 All times in EST
  SESSION 4: Mathematical and Computational Modeling
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM Keynote Speaker: 

Kandice Tanner, NIH

10:40 AM - 11:05 AM Invited Speaker: 

Taylor Ferebee, Cornell

11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Invited Speaker: 

Michaelle Ntala Mayalu, Stanford U

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Rapid Fire Poster Talks
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM Invited Speaker: Belinda Akpa
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM Invited Speaker: Leah Guthrie, Stanford University
12:35 PM - 12:55 PM Q&A Panel for Mathematical and Computational Modeling
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM Networking Break
1:10 PM - 2:10 PM Bioengineering and Our Community/Merck/S.H.I.N.E Panel
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM Closing Remarks