Conference Description
The 2022 GRC will bring together world-leading researchers from academia and industry to discuss the latest advances in biocatalysis research and to speculate on future directions for the field. The combination of these speakers in one conference provides an outstanding opportunity to bridge fundamental and applied research and engage in active discussion. The conference will cover various cutting edge topics in the field, from new classes of natural and artificial enzymes to biocatalytic retrosynthesis and new enzyme cascades, to the development of computational and continuous directed evolution approaches for enzyme design and engineering. This advanced biocatalysis research will be complemented with a session dedicated to genome editing and genetic code expansion. These powerful tools are now becoming available to the biocatalysis community, facilitating the reprogramming of enzymes, metabolic pathways and cells, paving the road to new applications. Except for various lectures by invited experts in the field, the program will include poster presentations and short talks (selected based on the poster presentations). The hallmark of this conference is the outstanding ambiance that stimulates networking and creates long lasting contacts with colleagues.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by March 10, 2022. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Creating New Activities for Chemical Applications
Discussion Leaders
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Bernhard Hauer (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Speakers
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Don Hilvert (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
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Jeffrey Moore (Merck & Co., USA)
Expanding the Biocatalytic Toolbox with New Enzymes and New Functions
Discussion Leaders
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Mélanie Hall (University of Graz, Austria)
Speakers
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Elizabeth Sattely (Stanford University, USA)
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Brent Dorr (GlaxoSmithKline, USA)
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Bo Li (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Mechanistic Understanding and Innovative Development Strategies to Enable New Applications
Discussion Leaders
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Wilfred van der Donk (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Speakers
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Steven Boxer (Stanford University, USA)
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Joelle Pelletier (Universite de Montreal, Canada)
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Tobias Erb (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
From Big Data to Enzyme Function via Computational and Bioinformatic Enzyme Design
Discussion Leaders
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Joelle Pelletier (Universite de Montreal, Canada)
Speakers
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Rama Ranganathan (University of Chicago, USA)
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Sílvia Osuna (University of Girona, Spain)
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Daniela Grabs (Arzeda Corporation, USA)
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Russell Lewis (Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, USA)
Genome Editing and Genetic Code Expansion to Create New Functions
Discussion Leaders
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Xue Gao (Rice University, USA)
Speakers
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Anthony Green (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
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John Glass (J. Craig Venter Institute, USA)
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Chang Liu (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Radical Biocatalysis
Discussion Leaders
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Caroline Paul (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Speakers
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Todd Hyster (Cornell University, USA)
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Amie Boal (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
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Mohammad Seyedsayamdost (Princeton University, USA)
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Shelley Minteer (University of Utah, USA)
Artificial Metalloenzymes
Discussion Leaders
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Todd Hyster (Cornell University, USA)
Speakers
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Gerard Roelfes (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
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Yi Lu (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
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Thomas Ward (University of Basel, Switzerland)
Natural Product Biosynthetic Enzymes
Discussion Leaders
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Claudia Schmidt-Dannert (University of Minnesota, USA)
Speakers
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Hans Renata (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
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Sneha Srikrishnan (Ginkgo Bioworks, USA)
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Xiaoguang Lei (Peking University, China)
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Wilfred van der Donk (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Selected Poster Presentations
Discussion Leaders
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Carlos Martinez (Pfizer Inc, USA)
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Sabine Flitsch (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
Speakers
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizer:
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Sabine Flitsch (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
