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Organising Committee


Louise Horsfall

Louise
Horsfall

University of Edinburgh

Marjan De Mey

Marjan
De Mey

Ghent University

Tim Overton

Tim
Overton

University of Birmingham

Pablo Ivan Nikel

Pablo Ivan
Nikel

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability

Pascale Daran-Lapujade

Pascale
Daran-Lapujade

TU Delft

Stephanie Heux

Stephanie
Heux

Toulouse Biotechnology Institute

Jan Maarten van Dijl

Jan Maarten
van Dijl

University of Groningen


   
    

     



Preliminary programme


To download the preliminary programme as PDF, please click here



Venue

“6th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe” will be held in JMCC, Pollock Halls.

Pollock Halls is a beautiful University campus, just south of the city centre, close to the Scottish Parliament, and within walking distance of the famous Royal Mile.

Located at the foot of the royal Holyrood Park and Arthur’s Seat it is conveniently located for all public transport links.

Address:

John McIntyre Conference Centre
The University of Edinburgh
Pollock Halls
18 Holyrood Park Rd
Edinburgh EH16 5AY
United Kingdom

 


Accomodation:

Edinburgh offers a wide variety of accommodation.

If you would like to stay near the conference venue, you can book a room in Salisbury Green Hotel & Bistro located about a 1-minute walk from the meeting space.

 





Abstract submission


    New deadline to submit your abstract: 30 September 2022


Scientists from academia and industry are invited to submit abstracts describing original research in one of the conference scientific topics:

  • Sustainable agriculture and food security
  • Good health and well-being
  • Clean water & sustainable marine ecosystems
  • Responsible consumption & production
  • Sustainable energy & climate action
  • Synthetic biology tools

The Scientific Committee will evaluate the abstracts and invite the authors to present:

  • short oral presentation in the main programme, or
  • poster presentation

Please note that the conference abstract book will be only available in an electronic format. Save paper, save trees!


      Register here

Guidelines and instructions

Please use the abstract form to prepare your submission:

  1. Complete the registration form and pay the registration fees.
  2. Follow the link to the abstract submission form.
  3. Login by using the username and password employed at the registration form.
  4. Follow the instructions and submit your abstract.

The abstract title should be less than 160 characters and must not be written in capital letters. Non-standard abbreviations should be avoided in titles, but may be used in the text if they are defined at first usage. The abstract should include the name of the presenting author underlined and affiliations of all authors. The body of the abstract should not exceed 1,600 characters including footnotes. Standard abbreviations and SI units must be used. Please ensure that your abstract does not include tables, charts, or figures.

The Scientific Committee will select the type of contribution (short oral presentation or poster presentation) based on the review of abstracts. Authors will receive abstract acceptance notifications by 30th September


Important Submitting an abstract for presentation does not constitute registration for the conference. Abstract presenters must register to attend the conference by following the instructions for registration. The Scientific Committee will evaluate the abstract only if the registration fees have been paid by the author.



F.A.Q

You can submit one abstract. If you need to edit the abstract you already submitted, modifications will not be accepted after the abstract submission deadline.


The corresponding author will receive an e-mail confirming the successful submission of the abstract. All abstracts will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee and you will be notified about acceptance of your abstract by email.

Abstracts should be checked for accuracy prior to submission. Once the abstract has been submitted, changes, corrections or rewording will be possible until the abstract deadline. After this date changes will not be possible. The presenting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract before submission. Abstract submission does not constitute registration for the conference. Abstract presenters must register to attend the conference by following the instructions for registration.


Posters must be brought to the meeting by the presenting author and should not be mailed in advance. The required dimensions are 84 cm (width) by 120 cm (height) corresponding to an A0 format. At the top of a poster, please provide the title of the paper, names of the authors and their affiliations, all in bold lettering of about 2.5 to 3 cm size. Artwork and lettering should be large and clear enough so that the poster is readable from a distance of 1.5 m..

 

 

Registration



The registration fee includes:

Meeting registration

One lunch

Coffee breaks

2 receptions


Early Registration - before 30 September, 2022
Student

€ 395,00

Academia

€ 495,00

Industry

€ 700,00


Full Registration - after 30 September, 2022 (subject to capacity)
Student

€ 450,00

Academia

€ 550,00

Industry

€ 700,00

Please note: If you have already registered and need to make changes to your registration or proceed with payment, please, log in by using your username and password.

The ASBEVI meeting will be followed by the EUSynBioS Satellite Event.
You can register for the Satellite Event here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/400956179727

 

A range of sponsorship opportunities are available and the organisers are happy to discuss these with potential sponsors / exhibitors.

 

 

 


Platinum Sponsor

   

As experts in fluidtransferology, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences offers a broad range of flexible, scalable liquid handling solutions and reagents for NGS, genomic, cellular, protein and other workflows — including areas such as synthetic biology and more.
Use the Biomek i-Series to automate complex steps of the protocol. Transform and culture bacterial cells and prepare DNA samples for use with this liquid handler. Perform initial testing of your product, from transduction or analytical characterization, and scale therapeutic biological production downstream of this workflow.
The Echo 525 Acoustic Liquid Handler flexes across every step of a synthetic biology workflow while miniaturizing reactions and consuming less resources.
Our reagent portfolio is powered by Solid Phase Reversible Immobilization (SPRI) technology—widely known as the science behind AMPure XP—which uses SPRI paramagnetic beads to selectively bind nucleic acids by size.

Gold Sponsor

   

Inscripta is a life science technology company enabling scientists to solve some of today’s most pressing challenges with the first benchtop system for genome editing. The company’s automated Onyx™ platform, consisting of an instrument, consumables, assays, and software, makes CRISPR-based genome engineering accessible to any research lab. Inscripta supports its customers around the world from facilities in Boulder, Colo.; San Diego and Pleasanton, Calif.; and Copenhagen, Denmark. To learn more, visit Inscripta.com and follow @InscriptaInc.

   

Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (IDT) develops, manufactures, and markets nucleic acid products for the life sciences industry in the areas of academic and commercial research, agriculture, medical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical development. IDT has developed proprietary technologies for genomic applications such as next generation sequencing, CRISPR genome editing, synthetic biology, digital PCR, and RNA interference. Through its GMP services, IDT manufactures products used by scientists researching many forms of cancer and most inherited and infectious diseases.

   

Samplix supports the life sciences and medical research communities with proprietary microfluidics-based solutions designed to deliver the highest-resolution insights into cells and genomes. Our technology encapsulates single mammalian, bacterial or yeast cells, DNA, and other biological material together with assay chemistry. This supports a range of downstream analyses: functional analyses of single mammalian cells, assessments of single-cell enzyme activity, characterization of edits in engineered genes, and even cell incubation. As a leading developer of microfluidics solutions, Samplix stands ready to help researchers reach their goals in areas as diverse as gene and cell therapy, synthetic biology, and molecular engineering.

Bronze Sponsor


   

Syngulon is a synthetic biology startup developing original genetic technologies using bacteriocins to improve microbial fermentation.
Our team of scientists works in different academic laboratories and our R&D programs involve partners from Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and the UK. We think of ourselves as a “Startup in the Labs”, meaning that we work directly in the labs of our academic partners.
The members of our Scientific Advisory Board are active in Belgium, France and the USA.

   

IBioIC is a networking and support organisation that connects industry, academia and government to bring biotechnology processes and products to the global market. We do this by offering scale-up facilities, talent development, funding provision, and promotion of Scotland’s unique assets.

Grants


   

We are leading the way in promoting excellence and equality in science, and in channelling high quality knowledge to solving today’s societal problems around microbiology. We do this by funding research, giving out travel and training grants to scientists, publishing our journals, running events, and managing collaborative projects with other partner organizations.

 

Secretariat

EFB Team


Gran Vía Carlos III, 98 Torre Norte, Planta 10 08028 Barcelona
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Phone: +34 93 521 1153



In collaboration with the journal “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology”, we are bringing together a selected group of international experts to contribute to an open-access article collection on: “4th Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe”

    Guest Editors

  • Dr. Jean Marie François , UMR5504 Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés (LISBP), Toulouse, France

  • Dr. Fayza Daboussi Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Paris, France

  • Dr. Jussi Jantti VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland

The submission deadline is the 30th June 2019.

Should you be interested in participating as a contributing author please contact the Frontiers editorial office .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Manuscripts will be peer reviewed, and if accepted for publication, are subject to publishing fees ( https://www.frontiersin.org/about/publishing-fees ), which vary depending on the article type. A 50% discount will be applied to the listed fees.

 


                                

                                                                                                                        

plenary speakers


Lynn Rothschild Image

Lynn
Rothschild

NASA Ames / Brown University

Victorde Lorenzo image

Victor
de Lorenzo

CSIC

Confirmed speakers


Stephanie Heux image

Stephanie
Heux

Toulouse Biotechnology Institute

Nicola Patron image

Nicola
Patron

Earlham Institute

Nico Callewaert image

Nico
Callewaert

VIB-UGent

Lennart Schada von Borzyskoswski image

Lennart Schada
von Borzyskoswski

Institute of Biology Leiden

Rob Smith image

Rob
Smith

University of Edinburgh

Han Wösten image

Han
Wösten

Utrecht University

Henrike Niederholtmeyer image

Henrike
Niederholtmeyer

MPI Marburg




 

 

 






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Bursaries



If you are eligible, you can apply for both bursaries:

FEMS GRANTS

This meeting is selected by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) to offer grants for event participation for Early Career Scientists*.

Eligibility

To apply for this grant, you would need to meet following requirements:

  • be a member of a FEMS Member Society* or be recommended by such a member
  • be an Early Career Scientist**
  • be an Active Microbiologist
  • be presenting author at the meeting (oral or poster)

*Find out if your society is a FEMS Member at https://fems-microbiology.org/member-societies/

**These are active microbiologists who obtained the highest academic degree - Bachelor, Master or PhD - less than five years prior to the application deadline date, or are a Master or PhD student. Periods of maternity/paternity leave, special leave or illness do not count toward this definition.

Application process

If you are eligible (see above) please apply for the bursary via meeting registration form (mark the corresponding box).

Deadline for application: 31 July 2022

If you are successful, you will receive a notification in September 2022.

Please note that the bursaries will be transferred to successful applicants after the meeting.

Additional benefits

As a FEMS Member Society member, you can:

  • benefit from the grant provided for this meeting (see Eligibility above)
  • apply for a range of other FEMS Grants
  • benefits/discounts off the registration fee for FEMS Congresses/Conferences
  • benefit from a 25% discount off a selection of Oxford University Press books


BURSARIES FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS FROM SCOTLAND

If you are a young researcher from Scotland, you can apply for this bursary.

Application process

If you are eligible (see above) please apply for the bursary via meeting registration form (mark the corresponding box).

Deadline for application: 31 July 2022 (cannot be postponed)

If you are successful, you will receive a notification in September 2022.

Please note that the bursaries will be transferred to successful applicants after the meeting.

 

Platinum Sponsor

Beckman Coulter logo

Gold Sponsor

Inscripta logo
Integrated DNA Tech logo
Samplix logo

Bronze Sponsor

Syngulon logo

IBioIC logo

Grants

FEMS logo

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Organised by:

EFB Bioengineering & Bioprocessing Division logo

EFB Microbial Biotechnology Division logo

EFB Biological Science logo

Center for Synthetic Biology logo

Event Supported by:

Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) logo