ICBE Technical Program
Detailed Program and Posters >>
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Detailed Program and Posters >>
Monday, January 8
| 8:00-10:00 AM | Registration | |
| 8:15-8:45 AM | Welcome Break | |
| 8:45-9:00 AM | Opening Ceremony | |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Plenary Talk: Glycosylated cationic block poly(β-peptides) for potentiating antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria | Mary Chan, Nanyang Technological Univerisity, Singapore |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30-12:30 PM |
Session 1: Foundational Technologies for Biomolecular Engineering Session Chair: Inchan Kwon, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea |
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| 10:30-11:05 AM | Invited Talk: Programmable synthetic gene circuit as a potential therapeutic intervention for liver cancer | Zhen Xie, Tsinghua University, China |
| 11:05-11:30 AM | Lost in Translation: Mapping Ribosomal Active Site Mutations in Vitro | Anne d'Aquino, Northwestern University, USA |
| 11:30-11:55AM | Synthetic Decoupling of Transcription and Translation Processes for the Quality Control of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli | Sang Woo Seo, Seoul National University, South Korea |
| 11:55-12:20 PM | Modeling Gene Circuit Expression Dynamics in Cell and Cell-Free Systems | Jing Wui Yeoh, Life Sciences Institute, Singapore |
| 12:20-12:45 PM | Invited Talk: "How do Computational Approaches Benefit Life Science Research? Case studies into immune, cancer and developmental cell dynamics" | Kumar Selvarajoo, BioTrans, A*STAR, Singapore |
| 12:45-12:55 PM | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 12:55-2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00-4:00 PM |
Session 2: Translational Biomolecular Engineering Session Chair: Sierin Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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| 2:00-2:35 PM | Invited Talk: Lactic acid production using C1 or C6 carbon source | Ji-Sook Hahn, Seoul National University, South Korea |
| 2:35-3:00 PM | Effect of Alkylation on the Cellular Uptake of Polyethylene Glycol-Coated Gold Nanoparticles | Chung Hang Jonathan Choi, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 3:00-3:25 PM | In Vivo Anti-Bacterial Phage Therapy through Immunological Cloaking | Yoon Sung Nam, KAIST, South Korea |
| 3:25-3:50 PM | Application of Cationic Polymers for In Vivo Antibacterial Applications | Hou Zheng, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore |
| 3:50- 4:00 PM | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 4:00-5:30 PM | Welcome Reception and Poster Session |
Tuesday, January 9
| 8:00-10:00 PM | Registration | |
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Welcome Break | |
| 8:30-10:30 AM |
Session 3: Translational Biomolecular Engineering Session Chair: Wenjun Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
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| 8:30-9:05 AM | Invited Talk: New Wine from Old Barrels: Repurposing Biology through Synthetic Biology | Wen Shan Yew, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 9:05-9:30 AM | Site-Specific Albumination of Therapeutic Proteins for the Prolonged Serum Half-Life In Vivo | Inchan Kwon, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea |
| 9:30-9:55 AM | Synthetic Protein Microcompartment Generation By Expressing a Propanediol Utilisation Organelle from Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius in Bacillus Subtilis | Yana Wade, University of Bath, United Kingdom |
| 9:55-10:20 AM | Engineering Salmonella Effector Protein as an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapeutic | Julie Champion, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
| 10:20-10:30 AM | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Break | |
| 11:00-12:00 PM | Rapid Fire Poster Presentations | |
| 12:00-1:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30-2:05 PM | The EMBO Lecture: Coiled-coil protein origami designed nanostructures | Roman Jerala, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia |
| 2:05-4:05 PM |
Session 4: Biomolecular Programming - from DNA to Community Session Chair: Chueh Loo Poh, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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| 2:05-2:30 PM | Invited Talk: Repurposing Nature: Engineering Protein Nanocage for Medicine and Beyond | Sierin Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| 2:30-2:55 PM | An Electronic Analogous Synthetic Genetic 2-to-4 Digital Decoder and Associated Molecular Tools in Living Cell | Sangram Bagh, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India |
| 2:55-3:20 PM | Controlling Bdellovibrio Bacteriovorus Gene Expression and Predation Using Synthetic Riboswitches | Mohammed Dwidar, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan |
| 3:20- 3:55 PM | Biosynthesis of Triacsins | Frederick Twigg, UC Berkeley, USA |
| 3:55- 4:05 PM | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 4:05-5:30 PM | Poster Session |
Wednesday, January 10
| 8:00-10:00 AM | Registration | |
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Welcome Break | |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | Plenary Talk: Adventures in bacterial glycobiology: engineering sweet solutions to sticky situations | Matt DeLisa, Cornell University, USA |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30-12:30 PM |
Session 5: Foundational Technologies for Biomolecular Engineering Session Chair: Julie Champion, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
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| 10:30-11:05 AM | Invited Talk: Engineered biosynthesis of functionalized natural products | Wenjun Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| 11:05-11:30 AM | Engineering a Fast-Responding Bacterial Test for Zinc Deficiency | Monica McNerney, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
| 11:30-11:55AM | Direct Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Value-Added Chemicals Using Engineered Cyanobacteria | Han Min Woo, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea |
| 11:55-12:20 PM | Engineered Commensal Microbes to Target Colorectal Cancer | Lawrence Chun Loong Ho, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 12:20-12:30 PM | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 12:30-2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00-4:00 PM |
Session 6: Translational Biomolecular Engineering Session Chair: Matthew Chang, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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| 2:00-2:35 PM | Invited Talk: VM202, a DNA-based Potential Disease-Modifying Treatment for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy and Foot Ulcer | Seung Shin Yu, ViroMed, South Korea |
| 2:35-3:00 PM | Biomolecular mechanism discovery from omics data: applications from clinical data to natural product chemistry | Frank Eisenhaber, Bioinformatics Institute (BII), A*STAR, Singapore |
| 3:00-3:25 PM | Engineering of Peptide Linkers for Heterogeneous Enzymatic Production of Chiral Amines | Adam A. Caparco, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
| 3:25-3:50 PM | Application of Halophilic Archaea for the Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (bioplastics) | Riddhi Mahansaria, Jadavpur University, India |
| 3:50- 4:00 PM | Discussion and Q&A | |
| 4:00-4:30 PM | Break | |
| 4:30-5:00 PM | Closing Remarks |
