Program
PROGRAM
- Pretty Slime
Cécile Bidan, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany - Bacteria Lamps
Jan Klingler, Jan Klingler Designs, Stockholm, Sweden - Swantje Straßheim, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Berlin, Germany
- Holger Lößner, Microbiological Safety, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
- Klaus Pellengahr, Novozymes Berlin GmbH, Germany
- Heinz Lubenau, VAXIMM GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
- Neel S. Joshi, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
From 12:30 Registration and Coffee
13:20 Welcome
Aránzazu del Campo, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
SESSION 1 – COMPATIBILIZATION OF LIVING COMPONENTS WITH NON-LIVING MATRICES
Chair: Shrikrishnan Sankaran, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
13:30
Engineered Bacterial Biofilms as Living Functional Materials
Chao Zhong, ShanghaiTech University, China (REMOTE)
14:05
Engineered Living Materials at the Interface of Synthetic Biology, Materials Science, and Civil Engineering
Wil V. Srubar III, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA
14:40
Photoswitchable Bacterial Adhesions for the Control of Multicellular Behavior
Seraphine Wegner, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Münster, Germany
15:00
Higher plant cells encapsulation in alginate-silica hydrogel capsules
Benjamin Buysens, Université de Namur, Belgium
15:20 Coffee break
SESSION 2 – PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FABRICATING LIVING MATERIALS
Chair: Wilfried Weber, University of Freiburg, Germany
15:40
Low-cost, Home-built 3D Bioprinters for the Fabrication of Engineered Biofilms
Anne S. Meyer, University of Rochester, NY, USA
16:15
Living Foundations: Programming Cells to Make Ordered Materials
Caroline Ajo-Franklin, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
16:50
Hybrid Materials with Programmable Cells and Tough Matrices
Tzu-Chieh Tang, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
17:25
Genetically programmed regioselective Immobilization of Enzymes in Biosilica Microparticles
Nils Kröger, Technical University Dresden, Germany
17:45 Coffee break
18:00 “BACTERIAL EXPRESSIONISM”
18:30–20:30 Poster session 1 (including finger-food dinner)
SESSION 3 – PROGRAMMING LIVING MATERIALS WITH SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY TOOLS
Chair: Shrikrishnan Sankaran, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
09:00
Genetically-encoded Biosensors for Bioprocess Monitoring
Karen Polizzi, Imperial College London, UK
09:35
Programming Biohybrid Materials Using Design Concepts from Synthetic Biology
Wilfried Weber, University of Freiburg, Germany
10:10
Electronic Analogous Synthetic Genetic Decoders and Encoders for Chemical Signals and Microgravity Sensing Device in Engineered Bacteria
Sangram Bagh, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
10:30 Coffee break
Chair: Christoph Wittmann, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
10:50
Merging metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for the development of microbial cell factories
Marjan de Mey, Ghent University, Belgium
11:25
Towards Autonomously Assembled Living Materials: Synthetic Extracellular Protein Matrices Produced by Engineered Bacterial Consortia
Marimikel Charrier, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
11:45
A Synthetic System For Asymmetric Cell Division in Escherichia coli
Sara Molinari, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
SESSION 4 – APPLICATION SCENARIOS FOR LIVING MATERIAL
Chair: Niels Kröger, Technical University Dresden, Germany
12:o5
Living Materials for High Value Metabolites Production and Cell Therapy
Bao Lian-Su, Université de Namur, Belgium
12:40
Design of Optimized PEDOT-based Electrodes for Enhancing Performance of Living Photovoltaics Based on Phototropic Bacteria
Melania Reggente, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
13:00 Lunch and poster session 2
14:30
Process Intensification in Biotechnology through Artificial Biofilms
Ruth Freitag, University of Bayreuth, Germany
15:05
An Electroactive Living Material
Mathieu Etienne, CNRS, Villers-les-Nancy, France
15:25
Grow and Digest Aerospace Materials? Biotechnology for Aerospace!
Patricia Parlevliet, Airbus, Munich, Germany
15:45 Coffee break
Chair: Seraphine Wegner, University of Münster, Germany
16:05
Genotypic Control over Synthetic Material Function through Extracellular Electron Transfer
Benjamin K. Keitz, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
16:40
Genetic Logic Gates and Living Sensors for Biomaterial Patterning and Synthesis
Urartu Seker, Bilkent University, Turkey
18:30 CONFERENCE DINNER ”Bistro Malzeit im Kunstwerk” (Address: Scheidter Strasse 1)
SESSION 5 – LIVING THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS
Chair: Aránzazu del Campo, INM
08:30
Bacteria-based Materials for Cell Engineering
Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, University of Glasgow, UK
09:05
Biologically Fabricated Material from Engineered Microbes
Neel S. Joshi, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
09:40
Shielded Living Therapeutics: Hydrogel-confined Bacteria for Smart Drug Delivery
Shrikrishnan Sankaran, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
10:15 Coffee break
SESSION 6 – REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF LIVING MATERIALS
10:30
Introduction: Aránzazu del Campo, INM
Translating Knowledge into Technological Innovations – Research Alliance Leibniz Health Technologies
Jens Hellwage, Leibniz Health Technologies, Jena, Germany
Chair: Rolf Müller, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research, Saarbrücken, Germany
10:40
Risks and Regulations for Living Materials Containing GMO
Swantje Straßheim, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Berlin, Germany
11:00
Regulatory Aspects for Living Materials Used as Medicinal Products
Holger Lößner, Microbiological Safety, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
11:20
Title to be announced
Klaus Pellengahr, Novozymes Berlin GmbH, Germany
11:35
Oral T-cell Vaccination
Heinz Lubenau, VAXIMM GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
11:50
PANEL DISCUSSON
Moderation:
Sigrun Smola, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, and Central Committee on Biological Safety (ZKBS), Berlin, Germany
Andreas Herrmann, DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany
13:05
Poster award and closing words
13:15
Lunch
14:00 optional
Guided tour through the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
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