Scientific Programme – SynBioEurope 2026 (ASBE8) | Synthetic Biology in Factory, Pharma, Farm & Computational Design

Registration

4 November

Manchester

12:00 - 13:30

Opening

4 November

Manchester

13:30 - 13:45

Welcome and introduction

Neil Dixon

University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Verena Siewers

Chalmers University, Sweden

Opening Keynote Lecture

4 November

Manchester

13:45 - 14:30

Engineering yeast cell factories for applications in food and agriculture

13:45 - 14:30

Irina Borodina

DTU - Technical University of Denmark

Session 1.1: Factory – Synthetic Biology for Clean Growth

4 November

Manchester

14:30 - 15:50

Introduction - Session 1

14:30 - 14:35

Automated evolutionary engineering: a synthetic biology platform for bioeconomy growth

14:35 - 15:05

Adam Feist

University of California San Diego

SUMMARY

Invited speaker

Short talks selected from submitted abstracts - session 1.1.

15:05 - 15:35

Flash talks I

15:35 - 15:50

Coffee break

4 November

Manchester

15:50 - 16:30

Session 1.2: Factory – Synthetic Biology for Clean Growth

4 November

Manchester

16:30 - 18:00

Short talks selected from submitted abstracts - session 1.2.

16:30 - 17:30

Flash talks II

17:30 - 18:00

Poster session 1 (posters 1-40)

4 November

Manchester

18:00 - 20:00

Welcome reception

4 November

Manchester

19:00 - 21:00

Session 2.1: Pharma – Synthetic Biology for Medicine and Health

5 November

Manchester

8:55 - 10:30

Introduction - Session 2

8:55 - 9:00

TBC

9:00 - 9:29

Jennifer Molloy

University of Cambridge and ICGEB

SUMMARY

Invited speaker

Short talks selected from submitted abstracts - session 2.1.

9:30 - 10:30

Coffee break

5 November

Manchester

10:30 - 11:00

Session 2.2: Pharma – Synthetic Biology for Medicine and Health

5 November

Manchester

11:00 - 12:15

TBC

11:00 - 11:45

Roman Jerala

National Institute of Chemistry

SUMMARY

Keynote lecture

Short talks selected from submitted abstracts - session 2.2.

11:40 - 12:15

Lunch (change of posters)

5 November

Manchester

12:15 - 13:25

Session 3.1: Farm and Field– Synthetic Biology for agriculture and the environment

5 November

Manchester

13:25 - 15:00

Introduction - Session 3

13:25 - 13:30

Synthetic expansions of plant metabolism

13:30 - 14:00

Nicola Patron

University of Cambridge

SUMMARY

Invited speaker

Short talks selected from submitted abstracts - session 3.1.

14:00 - 14:30

Flash talks III

14:30 - 15:00

Coffee break

5 November

Manchester

15:00 - 15:30

Session 3.2: Farm and Field– Synthetic Biology for agriculture and the environment

5 November

Manchester

15:30 - 16:30

Short talks selected from submitted abstracts - session 3.2.

15:30 - 16:00

Flash talks IV

16:00 - 16:30

Poster session 2 (posters 41-80)

5 November

Manchester

18:00 - 20:00

Conference dinner

5 November

Manchester

19:00 - 21:00

Session 4.1: Computational design technologies for Synthetic Biology

6 November

Manchester

8:55 - 10:30

Introduction - Session 4

8:55 - 9:00

Unlocking new biotechnological space through AI-guided strain design and next-generation modular pathway engineering

9:00 - 9:03

Juan Nogales

Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC

SUMMARY

Invited speaker

Short talks selected from submitted abstracts - session 4

9:30 - 10:30

Coffee break

6 November

Manchester

10:30 - 11:00

Closing Keynote Lecture

6 November

Manchester

11:00 - 11:45

TBC

11:00 - 11:45

Christopher Voigt

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Closing ceremony

6 November

Manchester

11:45 - 12:00

Presentation, poster awards and closing words

11:45 - 12:00

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