Jeff Fairman
Vice President of Research and Co-Founder, Vaxcyte
3rd Cell Free Systems Conference
August 20, 2025 to August 22, 2025
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The Cell Free Systems Conference will provide a broad overview of the research and industrial applications in the field. This research encompasses a variety of fields and topics — including diagnostics, protein engineering, manufacturing, circuit design, synthetic cells, high-throughput characterization, fundamental research into chemistry of life, and other areas. The program is unique in that it focuses specifically on cell-free systems and all of the exciting ways they are being applied.
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 18th, 2025
Cell-Free Systems offer a powerful platform. This meeting is unparalleled as a forum for the expanding multidisciplinary cell-free community to come together and share exciting new work. We have an amazing lineup of speakers advancing both the fundamentals and its many applications.
Top Reasons to Present
- Share knowledge and connect with scientists and researchers working in cell free systems. Be part of a program focused on using cell free systems to accelerate R&D and develop new applications.
- Showcase your work - With a single-track format, your message will reach a broad audience of attendees. Unique opportunity for early career researchers to present before established leaders in the field.
- Multidisciplinary audience will provide cross-disciplinary feedback for your work. Benefit from creative input from colleagues working in allied fields.
- Meet colleagues and future collaborators. Identify colleagues who might use your research in a collaboration and trends that might influence your current research.
Featured Speakers
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Han Li
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine -
Julius Lucks
Associate Professor, Northwestern University -
Vincent Noireaux
Professor, University of Minnesota -
Stefanie Frank
Associate Professor, UCL -
Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Associate Professor, Northwestern University -
Eugenia F. Romantseva
Staff Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) -
Ashty Karim
Director of Research, Northwestern University -
Yoshihiro Shimizu
Team Leader , RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) -
Masayuki Su'etsugu
CSO, OriCiro Genomics -
Constance Bailey
Senior Lecturer and Group Leader , University of Sydney -
Ebihara Takashi
COO, GeneFrontier Corporation (GFC) -
Matthew Coleman
Senior Biomedical Staff Scientist and Group Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session Topics
Cell-free systems have allowed us to pursue biological questions and build new devices and tools in entirely new ways and at an exciting pace. This conference brings together a community of academic researchers and industrial scientists and partners to discuss the cutting edge innovations and challenges in this rapidly evolving field.
Top Reasons to Attend
- This is THE conference for cell-free systems, meet experts and leaders in the cell free systems field.
- Obtain a broad view of recent applications and developments in cell-free systems, and gain insight into where trends in the field are heading.
- Foster academic and industrial knowledge exchange and partnerships, develop new collaborations and build relationships for current and future projects.
- Single-track conference format with presentations, panels and poster sessions enabling a high degree of interaction.
- Learn about cell free systems as a platform technology to understand biology and to support life sciences, medical research and biomanufacturing as well as emerging research integration AI methods and of cell-free systems.
- There’s nothing quite like summer in Chicago. Northwestern University's Evanston campus boasts a stunning lakefront location on Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago is easily accessible from Evanston.
Who Should Attend
- Scientists, researchers and engineers from industry and academia — at all career stages
- Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, postdocs, and faculty
- Program managers, researchers and directors from government-funding agencies and national/defense labs.
- Industry decision makers/ tech scouts looking to speed up research and foster new applications
- Anyone interested in cell fee systems research and applications