To discuss the latest research and developments in the field of mi crobiology VIB is organizing the first edition of ‘Emer ging applications of microbes’ on June 3 - 4 2019 in be autiful Leuven Belgium.
The new breakthroughs and technol ogies in microbiology do not only allow a better basic understanding of mic robes and life in general, they also open new routes in applied and in dustrial microbiology.
Scientific program almost complete
The program will be divided in four sessions covering metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biotechnolog y, microbial communities. With the program almost complete, the f irst presentation titles of the speakers were announced.
Y ou can find some of them below, and all on the conference website.
David Berry, University of Vienna, AT
Explorin
g microbial communities using single-cell isotope probing
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br /> Jef Boeke, NYU Langone Health, US
Francesca Cer
oni, imperial College London, UK
Development of syn
thetic biology tools to investigate cellular burden in bacteria and enginee
r more robust gene expression
Angela E.
Douglas, Cornell University, US
Insect Microbiomes
: Biomedical model and target for insect pest control
Morten Sommer, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for B
iosustainability DK
Using synthetic biology to manage bacter
ia
Dan Jarosz, Stanford University
, US
Using microbes to map drivers of phenotypic change: wit
hin and between species
Teresa Teixeira
, CNRS, FR
How telomeres control cell proliferation
: lessons from budding yeast
Jens Niels
en, Chalmers University, SE
Metabolic engineer
ing of yeast for production of fuels and chemicals
Karen Polizzi, Imperial College London, UK
Genetically-encoded biosensors for bioprocess development
Sam Possemiers, ProDigest BVBA, BE
Development of an oral Live Biotherapeutic Product for IBD: exp
loiting microbiome expertise to accelerate clinical development
The program also features Christina Smolke (St anford, US), Jack Pronk (TU Delft, NL), Marjan De Mey (Ghent University, BE), Eric Alm (MIT, US), < strong>Narendra Maheshri (Organism Engineer, Ginkgo Bioworks, US).
Find out more about the program and the speakers on the confere nce website: