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SUMMARY:EPFL BioE DAY 2023 - Synthetic Protein Design and Biology
DTSTART:20230904T130000
DTEND:20230904T220000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Various speakers\nAnnual research event of the\nEPFL's Institu
 te of Bioengineering (IBI)\n\nIn a nutshell (see HERE for detailed schedul
 es):\n\n	Invited Keynote Talks by:\n\n            - Tina Perica
 \n               University of Zurich (CH)\n        
        "Cellular Functions of Regulator Proteins – Or Why\n    
             Biochemistry Needs High-Throughput Genetic\n   
              Interaction Screens"\n            - N
 icholas Polizzi\n               Harvard Medical School\, Bost
 on\, MA (USA)\n               "Design of Small-Molecule-Binding
  Proteins"\n            - Anastassia Vorobieva\n       
         VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology\, Brussels (BE)\n  
              "De Novo Design of Transmembrane Beta-Barrel\n   
              Nanopores" \n \n\n	Short Research Talks:\n\n 
       (Session Chair: Mahdi Hijazi\, Barth Lab)\n\n       by fi
 ve PhD students or Postdocs from IBI labs actively\n       pursuing 
 Protein Design or Synthetic Biology research:\n\n            - 
 Vincenzo Caroprese (Bastings Lab)\n              "Structural 
 Flexibility Dominates Over Binding Strength for\n            
   Supramolecular Crystallinity"\n            - Umberto Lupo (
 Bitbol Lab)\n              "Generative Power of a Protein Lan
 guage Model Trained\n              on Multiple Sequence Align
 ments"\n            - Anthony Marchand (Correia Lab)\n    
           "Leveraging Learned Surface Fingerprints for the Design
 \n              of De Novo Protein Interactions"\n     
        - Ana Rico Villareal (Barth Lab)\n             
  "Computational Design of Chemotactic Peptide-Receptor\n         
      Signaling Complexes to Reprogram Immune Cell Tumor-\n      
         Targeting Functions"\n            - Ragunathan 
 Bava Ganesh (Maerkl Lab)\n              "Exploring the Limits
  of Cell-Free Transcription and\n              Translation Sy
 stem"\n \n\n	‘J. Hubbell and M. Swartz Young Bioengineer Award’ Sessi
 on\, featuring this year's four finalists:\n\n       (Session Chair:
  Georg Fantner\, Chairman of the Award Jury)\n\n            - 
 Deepthy Kavungal (Altug & Lashuel Labs)\n              "Break
 ing Boundaries: ImmunoSEIRA - A Sensor Uniting\n             
  Nanophotonics\, Biology\, and AI for Neurodegenerative\n        
       Disease Detection"\n            - Lucien Krapp (Dal
  Peraro Lab)\n              "From Interaction Prediction to S
 equence Design: Unveiling\n              PeSTo's Potential in
  Structural Biology"\n            - Samuel M. Leitão (Fantner
  Lab)\n               "Time-Resolved Scanning Ion Conductanc
 e Microscopy\n              and Single-Molecule Spectroscopy"
 \n            - Yang Zhao (Tang Lab)\n            
   "Metabolically Armored CAR-T Cells Counter Dysfunction\n       
        and Promote Stemness for Solid Tumor Clearance"\n \n\n	Speci
 al Talk by 2023 iGEM EPFL Team:\n\n          "48C – Biodegradable
  and Eco-Friendly Heavy Metal\n           Binding Probiotic"\n 
 \n\n	Annual Ceremony\n\n            - 'J. Hubbell and M. Swartz
  Young Bioengineer Award'\n            - EDBB Distinctions\n 
            - Poster prizes\n            - Toasts to v
 arious IBI faculty\n            And\, of course:\n      
       - the one and only 'IBI Lebowski/Lebowska Award'!\n \n\n	Netwo
 rking\, beer & wine\, dinner buffet\n\n\n\n	Party time with music and danc
 e\, with DJ Tee\n\n\nParticipation is free of charge\, however registratio
 n is required\nRegistrations are now closed\, sorry: the final (extended) 
 deadline was August 25\, 2023.
LOCATION:SwissTech Convention Center https://www.stcc.ch/en/home/
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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