Joint with: Future of Agriculture for Sustainability
Genetic Engineering for a Sustainable Future
Jan 20–23, 2025 | Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
Scientific Organizers:
Carrie Eckert, Jennifer Charlotte Mortimer and Mark Blenner
In Person
On Demand
Jan 20–23, 2025 | Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
Scientific Organizers:
Carrie Eckert, Jennifer Charlotte Mortimer and Mark Blenner
Available Formats:
In Person
On Demand
Supported by the Directors' Fund
Available Formats: = In Person = On Demand
Monday, January 20, 2025
Fundraising
Booking Function
Merchandise Options
Registration Options
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Longs Peak Foyer
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Longs Peak Foyer
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Quandary Peaks
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 AM
Longs Peak
Anne E. Osbourn, John Innes Centre
Engineering Synthetic Pathways Towards Natural Products
Engineering Synthetic Pathways Towards Natural Products
Sustainable Agriculture and Food I–Plant-based Agriculture
9:00–11:15 AM
Longs Peak
Jennifer Charlotte Mortimer, University of Adelaide
Redesigning Plants for Long-Distance Space Exploration and on Earth Sustainability
Redesigning Plants for Long-Distance Space Exploration and on Earth Sustainability
Lyle Ralston, Bayer Crop Science
Engineering Crops Towards Agricultural Solutions
Engineering Crops Towards Agricultural Solutions
Cathie Martin, John Innes Centre
Vertical Farming and Engineering for Enhanced Plant Nutrition
Vertical Farming and Engineering for Enhanced Plant Nutrition
Matt DiLeo, Elo Life Systems
Short Talk: Molecular farming at Elo Life Systems: Metabolic engineering of the monk fruit sweetener biosynthetic pathway into heterologous crops for commercial production
Short Talk: Molecular farming at Elo Life Systems: Metabolic engineering of the monk fruit sweetener biosynthetic pathway into heterologous crops for commercial production
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Longs Peak Foyer
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
On Own for Lunch
11:15–2:30 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Symposia Spotlight: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Longs Peak
Lee J Conneely, La Trobe University
A Single Nucleus Multiomic Atlas of Cannabis sativa Glandular Trichomes Lays the Foundation for Cell Type Specific Heterologous Expression Systems
A Single Nucleus Multiomic Atlas of Cannabis sativa Glandular Trichomes Lays the Foundation for Cell Type Specific Heterologous Expression Systems
Ryan A Edwards, University of Adelaide
Improving the Nutritional Quality of Duckweeds
Improving the Nutritional Quality of Duckweeds
Andrea M Garza Elizondo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Domestication of Non-Model, Gram-Positive Bacteria
Domestication of Non-Model, Gram-Positive Bacteria
Jin Ching-Yi Liao, University of California, Davis
Engineering small peptide transcriptional regulation for plant growth improvement by genome editing
Engineering small peptide transcriptional regulation for plant growth improvement by genome editing
Fredy Altpeter, University of Florida
Production of Biomass-Oil in Energycane by Metabolic Engineering
Production of Biomass-Oil in Energycane by Metabolic Engineering
Alexander Howard, University of California, Davis
Directed Evolution and Machine Learning Identifies Rice Immune Receptor Variants With Enhanced Recognition of a Key Pathogen Ligand
Directed Evolution and Machine Learning Identifies Rice Immune Receptor Variants With Enhanced Recognition of a Key Pathogen Ligand
Clifford S Morrison, UCR
Versatile Split-T7 RNA Polymerase Biosensors for Precision Detection in Prokaryotes
Versatile Split-T7 RNA Polymerase Biosensors for Precision Detection in Prokaryotes
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Longs Peak Foyer
Sustainable Agriculture and Food II–Replacing Animal Agriculture
5:00–7:00 PM
Longs Peak
Claudia Vickers, Queensland University of Technology
Choosing The Right Problems: How Can Synthetic Biology And Metabolic Engineering Meaningfully Contribute To Sustainability
Choosing The Right Problems: How Can Synthetic Biology And Metabolic Engineering Meaningfully Contribute To Sustainability
Anna El Tahchy, Nourish Ingredients
Utilizing Plant Proteins to Produce Animal-Free Fats
Utilizing Plant Proteins to Produce Animal-Free Fats
J. Christopher Love, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engineering Economical Fermentation at Scale for Protein Production
Engineering Economical Fermentation at Scale for Protein Production
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Poster Session 1
7:30–10:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Quandary Peaks
Enabling Tools for Plant Editing
8:00–11:00 AM
Longs Peak
Chung-Jui Tsai, University of Georgia
From Promoters to Flowers: Synthetic Biology Tools and Design-Build-Test-Learn Chassis for Reproductive Trait Engineering in Poplar
From Promoters to Flowers: Synthetic Biology Tools and Design-Build-Test-Learn Chassis for Reproductive Trait Engineering in Poplar
Guotian Li, Huazhong Agricultural University
CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing and Precision Plant Breeding for Disease Resistance
CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing and Precision Plant Breeding for Disease Resistance
Haven Baker, Pairwise Plants
Tools for Plant Engineering to Accelerate Plant-based Production Systems
Tools for Plant Engineering to Accelerate Plant-based Production Systems
Yoo-Sun Noh, Seoul National University
Short Talk: Induced Reprogramming of Protoplasts and Regeneration into Transgene-Free Whole Plants by EppTec
Short Talk: Induced Reprogramming of Protoplasts and Regeneration into Transgene-Free Whole Plants by EppTec
Tressa Smalley, UC Davis
Short Talk: Identification of potential integration sites in transgenic Lemna japonica for use with site-directed gene insertion
Short Talk: Identification of potential integration sites in transgenic Lemna japonica for use with site-directed gene insertion
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Longs Peak Foyer
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:30–4:30 PM
Grays Peak
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Longs Peak Foyer
Engineering Next Generation Microbial Chassis
5:00–7:00 PM
Longs Peak
Michael Jewett, Stanford University
Establishing Cell-Free Systems for Carbon Negative Biomanufacturing
Establishing Cell-Free Systems for Carbon Negative Biomanufacturing
Karsten Zengler, University of California, San Diego
Engineering Microbial Consortia in Soil Ecosystems
Engineering Microbial Consortia in Soil Ecosystems
Carrie Eckert, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Synthetic Biology Tools for Functional Genomics in Bioenergy Relevant Microbes
Synthetic Biology Tools for Functional Genomics in Bioenergy Relevant Microbes
George Chen, Tsinghua University
Next Generation Industrial Biotechnology based on Extremophiles
Next Generation Industrial Biotechnology based on Extremophiles
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Poster Session 2
7:30–10:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Quandary Peaks
Waste Upcycling and Bioremediation
8:00–11:00 AM
Longs Peak
Mark Blenner, University of Delaware
Addressing the Plastics Problem with Microbial Upcycling
Addressing the Plastics Problem with Microbial Upcycling
Marilene Pavan, LanzaTech
Engineering Microbial Systems for the Upgrading of Gaseous Waste Feedstocks to Commodity and Specialty Products
Engineering Microbial Systems for the Upgrading of Gaseous Waste Feedstocks to Commodity and Specialty Products
Adam M Deutschbauer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Implementing High Throughput Tools to Study Microbes Involved in Bioremediation
Implementing High Throughput Tools to Study Microbes Involved in Bioremediation
Yonatan Chemla, MIT
Short Talk: Long-term Fate of Recombinant Genes Released to the Environment 35 Years Ago to Degrade Oil Shale Fire Pollutants
Short Talk: Long-term Fate of Recombinant Genes Released to the Environment 35 Years Ago to Degrade Oil Shale Fire Pollutants
Natalie G Farny, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Short Talk: Application of liquid soil models to study the survival, persistence, and function of engineered bacteria
Short Talk: Application of liquid soil models to study the survival, persistence, and function of engineered bacteria
Nidhi N Patil, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India
Short Talk: An enzymatic process for asphaltene biotransformation
Short Talk: An enzymatic process for asphaltene biotransformation
Ian Wheeldon, University of California, Riverside
Short Talk: Data-driven design of biosensors for environmental contaminants
Short Talk: Data-driven design of biosensors for environmental contaminants
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Longs Peak Foyer
On Own for Lunch
11:00–2:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Longs Peak Foyer
Bioproduction and Commercialization
5:00–6:45 PM
Longs Peak
Andrea Hodgson, BioFutures
Talk Title to be Announced
Talk Title to be Announced
Alain Marty, Carbios
Talk Title to be Announced
Talk Title to be Announced
Evan W Cory, UPSIDE Foods
Short Talk: Development of a Bovine Heat Shock Inducible Gene Expression System for Cultivated Meat
Short Talk: Development of a Bovine Heat Shock Inducible Gene Expression System for Cultivated Meat
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
Longs Peak
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Trivia
8:00–9:00 PM
Longs Peak
Cash Bar
8:00–9:00 PM
Quandary Peaks
Friday, January 24, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM
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