SynBYSS
The International SynBYSS Conference is focused on bringing together the synthetic biology community with the explicit goal of developing young scientists worldwide. As early-career synthetic biology researchers begin their own research, there are few conferences that provide an opportunity for them to express their ideas, network effectively, or collaborate widely. Moreover, these young practitioners are an increasingly diverse group without obvious representation.
The 2nd International SynBYSS Conference will be held June 8–11, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Speakers & Schedule
Plenary speakers
- Victor de Lorenzo,
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC - Sarah O'Connor,
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology - Radhakrishnan Mahadevan,
University of Toronto - Ian Paulsen,
Macquarie U. - Wilfried Weber,
INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials - Mark Isalan,
Imperial College London - Chase Beisel,
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Switzerland - Wilfred Chen,
U. Delaware
Pioneer speakers
- Irina Borodina,
DTU - Claudia Vickers,
Queensland U. Technology - Francesca Ceroni,
Imperial College London - Karen Polizzi,
Imperial College London - Pablo Ivan Nikel,
DTU - Baojun Wang,
Zhejiang U. - Dirk Tischler,
Ruhr-U. Bochum - Cheemeng Tan,
UC Davis
Rising star speakers
- Javier Santos Moreno,
U. Pompeu Fabra - Maryam Raeeszadeh Sarmazdeh,
U. Nevada, Reno - Jorge Marchand,
U. Washington - Emil Damgaard Jensen,
DTU - Kaitlin M. Dailey,
U. Rhode Island - Lin S.,
Queen Mary U. London - Ilenne Del Valle,
Oak Ridge National Lab - Guillermo Nevot,
U. Pompeu Fabra
Planned sessions
- Metabolic engineering 1
- Engineering polymers
- Engineering health
- Genome engineering and beyond
- Non-model and synthetic organisms/microbiota arise
- Genetic sensors and circuits
- Metabolic engineering 2
- Physics and math meet biology
Organizers
Chairs
- Tae Seok Moon,
J. Craig Venter Institute, USA - Marc Güell,
University Pompeu Fabra, Spain - Guillermo Nevot,
University Pompeu Fabra, Spain - Sara Molinari,
University of Maryland, USA - Dirk Tischler,
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany - Kaitlin Dailey,
University of Rhode Island, USA - Jorge Marchand,
University of Washington, USA - Clement T. Y. Chan,
University of North Texas, USA
Committee
- Maryam Raeeszadeh Sarmazdeh,
University of Nevada, Reno, USA - Emil Jensen,
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark - Lin Su,
Queen Mary University of London, UK - Ilenne Del Valle Kessra,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Leopold Noel Green,
Purdue University, USA - Archana Anand,
San Francisco State University, USA - Daniel Plaza,
University of Cambridge, UK - Bilal Ahmed,
Purdue University, USA - Vikas Trivedi,
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA - Alexander Fedorec,
University College London, UK - Jaya Joshi,
University British Columbia, Canada - Cheemeng Tan,
UC Davis, USA
Conference support
- Laura Fort,
University Pompeu Fabra, Spain - Lucy Stewart,
J. Craig Venter Institute, USA - Matthew LaPointe,
J. Craig Venter Institute, USA
Previous conference information
The 1st International SynBYSS Conference was held at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, December 9-12, 2024.
Sponsor & Co-organizer
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