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First International
Frontiers in Synthetic Biology -2008- Meeting
on
Synthetic Biology: Engineering Genes, Genomes & Cells for Drug Discovery
December 1-2, 2008
Venue: The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA
“A Unique Theme to Combine Chemical Biology & Engineering Life”
The Most Innovative Global Theme Event in the Chemical Biology Field!
| Target Audience: |
150 |
| Total Speaker Presentations: |
20 |
| Total Poster Presentations: |
30 |
| Total Exhibit Booths: |
20 |
AGENDA/SPEAKERS
Monday, December 1, 2008
7:00 – 8:30 A.M: Registration Open
7:30 – 8:45 A.M: Continental breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 A.M: Technology Session II
10.00 AM – 6.00 PM Scientific Sessions
Tuesday December 2, 2008
7:00 – 8:30 A.M: Registration Open
7:30 – 8:45 AM: Continental breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 A.M: Technology Session III
10.00 AM – 6.00 PM Scientific Sessions
Scientific Committee:
Krishnarao Appasani, PhD., MBA (Chair)
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
GeneExpression Systems, Inc. Waltham, MA, USA
Ron Weiss, PhD.
Associate Professor
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Farren Issacs, PhD.
Research Fellow in Genetics
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Giovanni Murtas, PhD.
Senior Grant "Centro Fermi"
Synthetic Biology Lab-Department of Biology
University of Rome3, Italy
Key Speakers:
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Keynote Speaker On Dec 1
Jack W. Szostak, PhD.
Lasker Award Winner, 2006
Professor of Genetics & HHMI investigator
Alex. A. Rich Distinguished Investigator
Department of Molecular Biology
Ctr for Computational and Integrative Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02114, USA
Title: TBA |
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Keynote Speaker
Clyde A. Hutchison III, Ph.D.
The J. Craig Venter Institute
Rockville, MD, USA
Title: TBA |
Other Speakers:
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Philip R. LeDuc, PhD.
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
& Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Title: TBA |
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Ron Weiss, PhD.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ, USA
Title: TBA |
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James J. Collins, PhD.
University Professor &
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Title: TBA |
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Giovanni Murtas, PhD.
Senior Grant "Centro Fermi"
Dipartimento di Biologia
Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
Title: TBA |
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Hirohide Saito, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Gene Biodynamics,
Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Title: TBA |
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Richard I. Kitney, OBE FREng DSc FCGI
Director of the Graduate School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Chairman of the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology
Professor of BioMedical Systems Engineering
Department of Bioengineering
Imperial College, London, UK
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Pamela Silver, PhD.
Professor of Systems Biology
Director, Harvard University Graduate Program in Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Title: TBA |
Full List of Speakers & Agenda will be listed soon. Please visit again.
Key Sessions:
The most-up-to-date developments will be addressed in the following topics:
Synthetic Genomics
Genomes and Organelle Synthesis
Genetic Circuits
Constructive & Digital Biology
Synthetic Biology & Ethics
Exhibitors are welcome to reserve their booth space early!
Please contact if you are interested in speaking in the scientific or Technology workshops of this meeting.
GeneExpression Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 540170
Waltham, MA 02454 USA
Tel: (781) 891-8181
Fax: (781) 891-8234
E-mail: Genexpsys@expressgenes.com
www.expressgenes.com
Poster Abstract Submission by November 1, 2008
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