Abstract

The symposium will bring together researchers at all levels who are interested in the fields of Systems and Synthetic Biology to inform and inspire them about these emerging areas of research.

The programme includes talks on technologies and applications in both synthetic and systems biology and covers areas including RNA splicing, protein bioinformatics, heart muscle development and regeneration and construction of synthetic gene networks.

Attendance is free and open to everyone but please complete the registration form available online here by 2 November.  There are 2 sessions for short talks by postgraduate students and junior researchers.  Talks in these sessions will be selected on the basis of abstracts which should be submitted to Barbara Skene by email by 2 November.  If your abstract is not selected for a talk, you are welcome to present a poster on your work. Please indicate on the registration form if you wish to present a talk or a poster.

Programme

Wednesday 16 November

10.30     Registration/Coffee   Imperial College Main Entrance

11.00     Introduction

11.10     Keynote lecture     Prof Jean Beggs, University of Edinburgh

12.10     Strategic Overview   Prof Richard Kitney

(Chairman, Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology)

12.30     Lunch        Lower Ground Floor – Business School

Session 1   Centre for Integrative Systems Biology  and Bioinformatics (CISBIO) session

       Co-Chairs: Prof Michael Sternberg and Dr Brian Robertson

13.55     Chairs Introduction     

14.00     Keynote lecture    Prof Mark Gerstein, Yale

15.00     Short talks x 2

15.30      Coffee Break     Lower Ground Floor – Business School

16.00     Plenary 1       Prof Judith Armitage, University of Oxford

16.30     Short talks x 2

17.00     Plenary 2       Prof Anne Dell, Imperial College

17.30     Plenary 3       Dr Natasha Przulj, Imperial College             

18.00     Discussion

18.10     Drinks reception    Lower Ground Floor – Business School

19.00      End

Thursday 17th November   

Session 2   IoSSB Session 

Co-Chairs: TBC

9.00      Chairs introduction

9.05      Plenary 1       Prof Peter Kohl, Imperial College

9.35       Plenary 2       Dr Enrico Petretto, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre

10.05     Plenary 3       Prof Mark Mercola, Sanford Burnham Institute

10.35     Discussion

11.00     Coffee break     Lower Ground Floor – Business School

Session 3   EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation (CSynBI) session

Co-Chairs: Prof Richard Kitney and Prof Paul Freemont

11.30     Strategic Overview   Profs Kitney and Freemont (Co-Directors, CSynBI)

11.45     Keynote Lecture    Prof Ron Weiss, MIT

12.45     Lunch        Lower Ground Floor – Business School

13.45     Plenary 1       Prof Luis Campos, Drew University

14.15     Short talks x 2

14.45     Plenary 2       Prof Martin Fussenegger, ETH              

15.15     Plenary 3       Prof Vitor Martins Dos Santos, Wageningen University,  

15.45     Coffee        Lower Ground Floor – Business School

16.15     Plenary 4       Dr Karen Polizzi, Imperial College

16.45     Short talks x 2

17.15     Plenary 5       Professor Anil Wipat, Newcastle University

17.45     Discussion              

18.00     Poster awards  

18.10     Closing Remarks              

18.30     Close