The Interplay of Technology and Biology

Schedule

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Schedule:

9:00 - 9:15 - Christine Queitsch, Ph.D. | University of Washington
Welcome

9:15 - 9:55 - Srivatsan Raman, Ph.D. | SC Fang Endowed Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin
"Decoding and Engineering Bacteriophages Through Large-Scale Functional Genomics"
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9:55 - 10:35 - Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D.  |  Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Scientific Director, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
Scientific Director, Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology (Allen-CZI-UW)
"The Lives of Cells, Recorded"
talk will not be recorded

10:35 - 10:55 - Coffee Break

10:55 - 11:35 - Christina Smolke, Ph.D. | CEO & Cofounder Antheia; Adjunct Professor Stanford Bioengineering
"From benchtop to breweries: transforming essential medicine supply chains with synthetic biology"
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11:35 - 12:15 - David Baker, Ph.D. | Director, Institute for Protein Design; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor of Biochemistry, University of Washington
Adjunct Professor, Genome Sciences, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Washington
"Design of new protein functions using deep learning"
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12:15 - 1:45 - Lunch

1:45 - 2:25 - Virginia W. Cornish, Ph.D. | Helena Rubinstein Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Systems Biology, Columbia University
"Expanding the Synthetic Capabilities of Yeast"
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2:25 - 3:05 - Barak Cohen, Ph.D. | Alvin J. Goldfarb Professor of Genetics, Washington University
"How to build an enhancer?"
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3:05 - 3:25 - Coffee Break

3:25 - 4:05 - Jef D. Boeke, Ph.D. | New York University
"Large Scale Genome Engineering in Yeast and Big Eukaryotes"
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4:05 - 4:45 - Prashant Mali, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
"A Nature-Guided Approach for Engineering In Vivo Delivery"
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4:45 - 5:00 - Stan Fields, Ph.D. | University of Washington
Concluding Remarks

5:00 - Reception, Foege Building Vista Cafe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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