Autumn Symposium programme 2007 - Imperial College London

Wednesday 14 th November 2007
Session 3
Technology
(Co-Chairs: Prof Fotis Kafatos & Prof Mike Sternberg)
9:00 Chairs introduction
9:15 Keynote lecture Prof Igor Goryanin, University of Edinburgh
Challenges in computational systems and synthetic biology.
10:15 Plenary 1 Dr John Hassard, Imperial College London
Bias-free analyses of biomolecules: label-free approaches.
10:45 Coffee break Exhibition Area, College Main Entrance
11:15 Plenary 2 Prof David Klug, Imperial College London
Optical proteomics: progress in the development and
application of a new proteomic platform using optical
analogues of 2DNMR
11:45 Plenary 3 Prof Jimmy Bell, Imperial College London
Body fat maps: genetics, environment and wishful thinking.
12:15 Discussion
12:45 Lunch
Session 3
Synthetic Biology
(Co-Chairs: Prof Richard Kitney & Prof Paul Freemont)
13:55 Chairs introduction
14:00 Keynote lecture Prof Pam Silver, Harvard University
Designing biological systems.
15:00 Plenary 1 Prof Sven Panke, ETH Zürich
Synthetic biology: towards modular multi-enzyme chemistry.
15:30 Coffee break Exhibition Area, College Main Entrance
16:00 Plenary 2 Prof Paul Freemont, Imperial College London
Experiences with IGEM at Imperial: the promise of synthetic
biology.
16:30 Plenary 3 Dr Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge
Biological engineering of plant systems.
17:00 Discussion
17:30 Posters awards
17:50 Final remarks
18:00 Drinks reception
19:30 Close