Conference Description
The Protein Engineering GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
This inaugural conference focuses on protein engineering and its applications in chemical, agricultural, and medical industries as well as fundamental research. Sessions in the conference will cover in breadth and depth a wide variety of topics, such as emerging tools for directed evolution, rational design, de novo or computational protein design, and machine learning enabled protein engineering, and their applications in biocatalysis, synthetic biology, genome engineering, metabolic engineering, metabolic disease treatment, cancer therapy, and CAR-T therapy. The program will address not only the technical challenges in protein engineering, but also seek to better understand the protein structure-function-dynamics relationship. The conference will bring together world-leading young and established protein engineers from academia and industry with a goal of generating cross-disciplinary ideas and foster potential research collaborations.
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 25, 2023. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Fundamental Principles of Protein Engineering
Discussion Leaders
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Yvonne Chen (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
Speakers
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Donald Hilvert (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
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James Wells (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
Protein Engineering for Biocatalysis
Discussion Leaders
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Stephanie Galanie (Merck, United States)
Speakers
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Stefan Lutz (Codexis Inc., United States)
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Uwe Bornscheuer (University of Greifswald, Germany)
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Pimchai Chaiyen (Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand)
Engineering Proteins with Novel Functions
Discussion Leaders
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Vesna Mitchell (Codexis, Inc., United States)
Speakers
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Takashi Hayashi (Osaka University, Japan)
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Jacob Bale (Arzeda Corp., United States)
Protein Engineering for Flux Control and Biosynthesis
Discussion Leaders
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Ee Lui Ang (Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Singapore)
Speakers
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Claudia Schmidt-Dannert (University of Minnesota, United States)
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Danielle Tullman-Ercek (Northwestern University, United States)
Machine Learning in Protein Engineering
Discussion Leaders
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Philip Romero (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
Speakers
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Jiri Damborsky (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
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Possu Huang (Stanford University, United States)
Protein Engineering for Therapeutic Applications
Discussion Leaders
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Jennifer Maynard (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Speakers
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Jennifer Cochran (Stanford University, United States)
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Michael Birnbaum (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
Protein Engineering for Bioimaging
Discussion Leaders
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Yingxiao Wang (UC San Diego & USC, United States)
Speakers
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Jennifer Prescher (UC Irvine, United States)
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Anna Wu (Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, United States)
Engineering Immunomodulatory Proteins
Discussion Leaders
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Annie Gai (Atreca, Inc, United States)
Speakers
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Robbie Majzner (Stanford University School of Medicine, United States)
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K. Dane Wittrup (David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
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Cristina Puig Saus (UCLA, United States)
Emerging Tools for Protein Engineering
Discussion Leaders
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Miguel Alcalde (Institute of Catalysis, CSIC, Spain)
Speakers
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Jean-Louis Reymond (University of Bern, Switzerland)
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Florian Hollfelder (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers