Invited speakers
Professor Kerstin Göpfrich
Center for Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University
"RNA design - folds for future generative biology"
"RNA design - folds for future generative biology"
Professor Wendell Lim
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco
"Generative biology - learning to program cellular machines and systems"
"Generative biology - learning to program cellular machines and systems"
Professor Helen Walden
School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow
“Understanding Parkin’s E3 ligase activity”
“Understanding Parkin’s E3 ligase activity”
Professor Stephen Mann FRS
Max Planck Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol.
"Programmable agency in synthetic protocells and prototissues"
"Programmable agency in synthetic protocells and prototissues"
Professor Bruno Correia
Laboratory of Protein Design & Immunoengineering, EPFL
"AI-driven design of protein components for synthetic biology"
"AI-driven design of protein components for synthetic biology"
Professor Roland Dunbrack
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
"Structural bioinformatics and AlphaFold modeling of the human kinome and its interactions"
"Structural bioinformatics and AlphaFold modeling of the human kinome and its interactions"
Professor Sheena Radford OBE, FMedSci, FRS
Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds
"From fold to failures: How sequences shape protein fate"
"From fold to failures: How sequences shape protein fate"
Professor Bruce Turnbull
Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds
"Re-engineering bacterial toxins for new activities"
"Re-engineering bacterial toxins for new activities"
Professor Lorna Dougan
Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds
"Designer protein biomaterials: from molecular mechanics to functional networks"
"Designer protein biomaterials: from molecular mechanics to functional networks"
Professor Dora Tang
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Saarland
"From molecules to life: building living systems from scratch"
"From molecules to life: building living systems from scratch"
Professor Susan Rosser FRSE FLSW FRSB
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
"High throughput engineering biology and advanced therapeutics"
"High throughput engineering biology and advanced therapeutics"
Speakers - Contributed Talks
Dr Jennifer Miles
Astbury Centre, University of Leeds
“Using motif scaffolding to generate selective designed binders”
“Using motif scaffolding to generate selective designed binders”
Dr Janet Kumita
University of Cambridge
“Designing synthetic biomolecular condensates to facilitate protein degradation”
“Designing synthetic biomolecular condensates to facilitate protein degradation”
Professor Roman Tuma
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
“Modular molecular toolkit for photochemical energy conversion in self-assembling nanocontainers”
“Modular molecular toolkit for photochemical energy conversion in self-assembling nanocontainers”
Dr Caitlin Hatton
University of Hamburg, Germany
“Engineering catalysis through dimer interface mutations”
“Engineering catalysis through dimer interface mutations”
Professor Mike Webb
Astbury Centre, University of Leeds
“Harnessing transpeptidases to engineer biomolecule function”
“Harnessing transpeptidases to engineer biomolecule function”
Laura Gherman
University of York
“WormLink: A tool for engineering synthetic multivalent binding proteins”
“WormLink: A tool for engineering synthetic multivalent binding proteins”