enGENEious

Part sponsored by BBSRC

Date: 25-26 June 2012
Venue: Christ Church, Oxford

The increasing demand for new materials, sustainable chemicals and renewable energy sources are inspiring scientists to create, change and improve the design of new technologies. Recent advances in chemical and synthetic biology now enable the engineering of metabolic and signalling pathways into microbial factories. To date, this approach has been successful in producing new materials, alternative fuel sources, drugs, and even storing and processing information similar to silicon based computers.

In this meeting the world's leading scientists will highlight the recent advances in microbial engineering, along with discussing the challenges and future directions in the field. We, as young investigators and scientists, want to ask how to piece together our knowledge of chemistry and biology to participate in this field.

Key themes

Biofuel production
Cellular computing
Synthetic gene networks
Cellular signalling
Bacterial communication
Quorum sensing

Highlighted speakers

William Bentley (University of Maryland, USA)
Martin Fussenegger (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Clyde Hutchison (J. Craig Venter Institute, USA)
Jay Keasling (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Further information

For further information, including how to register, visit the enGENEious website (see external links).

Contact

Michael Booth
michael.booth@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 418013