Cecilia Arraiano
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Portugal
Overview
Course Overview
The Synthetic Biology (SynBio) field has boomed in the last year, making it virtually impossible to cover every aspect of the field in one practical course. This course will focus on exploiting tools and concepts of SynBio for multi-scale engineering of bacterial systems.
Audience
The course is directed to PhD students and early post-doctoral researchers active in the areas of Molecular Microbiology, Bacterial Biotechnology, Systems Biology and Bioengineering.
Modules/Resources
The program consists of practicals with two daily lectures on some of the hottest topics in Bacterial SynBio, including:
- Genome engineering (incl. CRISPR and MAGE)
- Customizing synthetic sRNAs as tools to control gene expression
- Engineering of synthetic C1-metabolism
- In vitro gene expression implementation
- Frugal screening of large biocatalyst libraries.
All students will engage in the corresponding activities. The practicals will focus on bacteria, while the lectures will encompass a suite of topics in contemporary Synthetic Biology.
Learning Outcomes
The participants will learn about the design and workflow of Synthetic Biology studies and gain understanding about the possibilities and limitations of Synthetic Biology in different areas.
The related EMBO Workshop: Creating is Understanding: Synthetic Biology Masters Complexity will take place 22 – 25 Sep 2019
Speakers
Speakers and trainers
Devaki Bhaya
Stanford University
USA
Nico Claassens
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Germany
Victor De Lorenzo
National Center of Biotechnology of the Spanish Research Council
Spain
Petra Dittrich
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Marileen Dogterom
Delft University of Technology
The Netherlands
Tom Ellis
Imperial College London
UK
Jean-Loup Faulon
INRA
France
Louise Horsfall
University of Edinburgh
UK
Angeles Hueso-Gil
National Center of Biotechnology CSIC
Spain
Roman Jerala
National Institute of Chemistry
Slovenia
Kristala L. Jones Prather
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA
Mustafa Khammash
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Ákos Nyerges
Evolutionary Systems Biology Group BRC
Hungary
Sven Panke
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Randall Platt
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Eirini Rousounelou
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Sandra C. Viegas
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Portugal
Birgit Wiltschi
Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology – acib GmbH
Austria
Elisabeth Zielonka
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Scientific Organisers
Cecilia Arraiano
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Portugal
Victor De Lorenzo
National Center of Biotechnology of the Spanish Research Council
Spain
Sven Panke
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Elisabeth Zielonka
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Course Organisers
Maryann Heck
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Programme
Date: 15 - 22 Sep 2019
Location: EMBL Heidelberg