Genetic Engineering for a Sustainable Future (J4)
January 20-23, 2025
| Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
Carrie Eckert, Jennifer Charlotte Mortimer and Mark Blenner
Scholarship Deadline: Nov. 21, 2024 | Abstract Deadline: Dec. 31, 2024 | Early Registration Deadline: Dec. 5, 2024
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
Longs Peak Foyer |
| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
Longs Peak Foyer |
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Longs Peak |
| 8:00–9:30 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint) |
Grays Peak 1-2 |
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* Christopher Voigt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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* Jennifer Charlotte Mortimer, University of Adelaide
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Elizabeth Sattely, Stanford University
Engineering Plant Chemistry for Plant and Human Health |
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Anne E. Osbourn, John Innes Centre
Engineering Synthetic Pathways Towards Natural Products |
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
Longs Peak Foyer |
| 9:50–11:15 AM |
Engineering Microbial-Plant Interactions (Joint) |
Grays Peak 1-2 |
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Jean-Michel Ane, University of Wisconsin - Madison
The Complex Communications Between Plants and their Microbiota |
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Christopher Voigt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tracking Engineered Microbiomes from Space and Over Decades |
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* Gozde S Demirer, Caltech
Short Talk: Sustainable Agriculture Through Persistent Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria |
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| 11:15–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Longs Peak |
| 11:15–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
Longs Peak |
| 2:15–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight: Late-breaking Research Presentations Selected from Abstract Submissions |
Quandary Peak 1-2 |
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Lee J Conneely, La Trobe University
A Single Nucleus Multiomic Atlas of Cannabis sativa Glandular Trichomes Lays the Foundation for Cell Type Specific Heterologous Expression Systems |
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* Ryan A Edwards, University of Adelaide
Improving the Nutritional Quality of Duckweeds |
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Yoo-Sun Noh, Seoul National University
Induced Reprogramming of Protoplasts and Regeneration into Transgene-Free Whole Plants by EppTec |
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* Andrea M Garza Elizondo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Domestication of Non-Model, Gram-Positive Bacteria |
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Tressa Smalley, UC Davis
Identification of potential integration sites in transgenic Lemna japonica for use with site-directed gene insertion |
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Jin Ching-Yi Liao, University of California, Davis
Engineering small peptide transcriptional regulation for plant growth improvement by genome editing |
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Fredy Altpeter, University of Florida
Production of Biomass-Oil in Energycane by Metabolic Engineering |
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Alexander Howard, University of California, Davis
Directed Evolution and Machine Learning Identifies Rice Immune Receptor Variants With Enhanced Recognition of a Key Pathogen Ligand |
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Clifford S Morrison, UCR
Versatile Split-T7 RNA Polymerase Biosensors for Precision Detection in Prokaryotes |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Longs Peak Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Preparing for Climate Change with Plant Engineering (Joint) |
Grays Peak 1-2 |
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Pamela C Ronald, University of California, Davis
Engineering Rice for Climate Change |
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* Jenn Brophy, Stanford University
Genetic Circuits to Control Root Development |
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June I. Medford, Colorado State University
Towards Plants to Address Food, Water and Climate Needs |
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* Arjun Khakhar, Colorado State University
Short Talk: Using Synthetic Biology to Open New Avenues for Sustainable Agriculture |
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Subah Soni, University of California, Davis
Short Talk: Engineering Rice Root Exudation for Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Lite Bites |
Longs Peak |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
Longs Peak |
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Longs Peak |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Defeating Haber-Bosch; Low Energy Routes to Fertilizer (Joint) |
Grays Peak 1-2 |
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* Henrik V Scheller, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Session Chair |
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Giles E.D. Oldroyd, University of Cambridge
Engineering Nitrogen Fixing Cereal Crops |
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Min-Hyung Ryu, Pivot Bio
Deployment of Bacteria that Deliver Fixed Nitrogen to Cereals |
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Cathie Martin, John Innes Centre
Healthy Plants; Healthy People - Fortifying Vitamins and Phytonutrients in Tomato |
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Haven Baker, Pairwise Plants
Tools for Plant Engineering to Accelerate Plant-based Production Systems |
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Solène LY Moulin, Stanford School of Medicine
Short Talk: Cell Evolution of Nitrogen-Fixing Endosymbioses: A Blueprint for Synthetic Self-Fertilizing Plant |
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Longs Peak Foyer |
| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Longs Peak |
| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
Longs Peak |
| 3:30–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable (Joint) |
Grays Peak 1-2 |
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Jenn Brophy, Stanford University
Assistant Professor |
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Matt DiLeo, Elo Life Systems
Vice President, R&D |
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Pablo D. Rabinowicz, U.S. Department of Energy
Program Manager, Biological and Environmental Research |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Longs Peak Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Waste Upcycling and Bioremediation |
Quandary Peak 1-2 |
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* Natalie G Farny, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Session Chair |
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Mark Blenner, University of Delaware
Addressing the Plastics Problem with Microbial Upcycling |
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Michael Jewett, Stanford University
Establishing Cell-Free Systems for Carbon Negative Biomanufacturing |
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Adam M Deutschbauer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Implementing High Throughput Tools to Study Microbes Involved in Bioremediation |
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* Yonatan Chemla, MIT
Short Talk: Long-term Fate of Recombinant Genes Released to the Environment 35 Years Ago to Degrade Oil Shale Fire Pollutants |
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Nidhi N Patil, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India
Short Talk: An enzymatic process for asphaltene biotransformation |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Lite Bites |
Longs Peak |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
Longs Peak |
Thursday, January 23, 2025
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Longs Peak |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Bioproduction and Commercialization |
Quandary Peak 1-2 |
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Andrea Hodgson, Schmidt Sciences
Enabling Biomanufacturing through a Philanthropic Lens |
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J. Christopher Love, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineering Economical Fermentation at Scale for Protein Production |
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Natalie G Farny, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Short Talk: Application of liquid soil models to study the survival, persistence, and function of engineered bacteria |
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Matt DiLeo, Elo Life Systems
Short Talk: Molecular farming at Elo Life Systems: Metabolic engineering of the monk fruit sweetener biosynthetic pathway into heterologous crops for commercial production |
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Evan W Cory, UPSIDE Foods
Short Talk: Development of a Bovine Heat Shock Inducible Gene Expression System for Cultivated Meat |
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* Ian Wheeldon, University of California, Riverside
Short Talk: Data-driven design of biosensors for environmental contaminants |
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Longs Peak Foyer |
| 11:00–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Preparing for Climate Change with Plant Engineering 2 |
Quandary Peak 1-2 |
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* Lee J Conneely, La Trobe University
Session Chair |
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* Jin Ching-Yi Liao, University of California, Davis
Session Chair |
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Jennifer Charlotte Mortimer, University of Adelaide
Redesigning Plants for Long-Distance Space Exploration and on Earth Sustainability |
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Guotian Li, Huazhong Agricultural University
CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing and Precision Plant Breeding for Disease Resistance |
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Chung-Jui Tsai, University of Georgia
From Promoters to Flowers: Synthetic Biology Tools and Design-Build-Test-Learn Chassis for Reproductive Trait Engineering in Poplar |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Longs Peak Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Engineering Next Generation Microbial Chassis |
Quandary Peak 1-2 |
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* Ilenne Dirce Del Valle Kessra, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Session Chair |
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* Komal Sharma, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Session Chair |
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Marilene Pavan, LanzaTech
Engineering Microbial Systems for the Upgrading of Gaseous Waste Feedstocks to Commodity and Specialty Products |
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Karsten Zengler, University of California, San Diego
Engineering Microbial Consortia in Soil Ecosystems |
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Carrie Eckert, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Synthetic Biology Tools for Functional Genomics in Bioenergy Relevant Microbes |
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Claudia Vickers, Queensland University of Technology
Choosing The Right Problems: How Can Synthetic Biology And Metabolic Engineering Meaningfully Contribute To Sustainability |
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
Quandary Peak 1-2 |
| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Lite Bites |
Longs Peak |
| 8:00–9:00 PM |
Entertainment |
Grays Peak 1-2 |
| 8:00–9:00 PM |
Cash Bar |
Longs Peak |
