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Workshop 1 Schedule

Monday, September 24

8:45am-9:00am Welcome and introduction: Avner Friedman
Overview of Organisms, Biological Tools, and Strategies
9:00am-10:00am Erich Grotewold: Metabolic engineering: Where we are and what are the main issues today
10:00am-10:30am Coffee break
10:30am-11:30am David Gang: Mutagenesis, knockout, and transfer of genes
11:30am-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm-3:00pm Jay Keasling: Engineering microorganisms for production of low-cost, effective, anti-malarial drugs
3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30pm-4:30pm Larry Gold: The Plasma Proteome: An Integrator of Human Biochemical Systems Analysis?
4:30pm-5:00pm Discussion
5:00-7:00pm Reception

 

Tuesday, September 25

Molecular Approaches for Metabolic Engineering
9:00am-10:00am Terence Hwa: Quantitative characteristics of gene regulation by small RNA
10:00am-10:30am Coffee break
10:30am-11:30am Christina Smolke: A framework for programming integrated RNA devices
11:30am-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm-3:00pm Mark Brynildsen: Analysis of transcription networks in E. coli
3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30pm-4:30pm Discussion

 

Wednesday, September 26

Identifying and Measuring System Elements
9:00am-10:00am Paul O'Maille: Basic science driving protein engineering: Questions shape the tools
10:00am-10:30am Coffee break
10:30am-11:30am Oliver Fiehn: Stress Response Metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
11:30am-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm-3:00pm Elmar Heinzle: Fluxes - quantifying flows in metabolic pathways
3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30pm-4:30pm Brian Tjaden: Characterizing noncoding RNA genes in bacteria
4:30pm-5:00pm Discussion

 

Thursday, September 27

Mathematical Modeling
9:00am-10:00am Armindo Salvador: Design principles of moiety supply units in metabolic networks
10:00am-10:30am Coffee break
10:30am-11:30am Eberhard Voit: Estimation of Metabolic Model Parameters from Time Series Data
11:30am-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm-3:00pm Ying Xu: Gene circuitry (inferring natural circuits in bacteria)
3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30pm-4:30pm Khammash Mustafa : Stochastic gene expression
4:30pm-5:00pm Discussion
6:00pm-9:00pm Dinner at Wendell's Alumni Grill (on Lane Avenue)

 

Friday, September 28

Principles of Systems Organization and Integration
9:00am-10:00am Drew Endy: Engineering biology (making some rules)
10:00am-10:30am Coffee break
10:30am-11:30am Howard Salis: System design (assembling novel systems)
11:30am-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00pm-3:00pm John Doyle: Robust design and control (robust yet fragile)
3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30pm-4:30pm Discussion
4:30pm Conclusion
 

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