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Dr. Christian Burks (OGI) welcomes attendees to the event |
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Opening remarks given by Dr. Kamiel Gabriel (ADM of Research and Science Adviser, Ministry of Research and Innovation) |
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Event was chaired by Dr. Elizabeth Edwards (University of Toronto) |
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Keynote presentation given by Dr. Daniel Gibson (J. Craig Venter Institute) on genome synthesis and transplantation |
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Over 120 attendees of the symposium listen to the keynote presentation |
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Dr. Robert Holt (BC Cancer Agency and Simon Fraser University) discusses gene synthesis technologies and synthetic promoters |
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Dr. Michael Jewett (Northwestern University) presents data around progress towards the construction of synthetic ribosomes |
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Dr. Raymond MacDonald (UT Southwestern Medical Centre) discusses second generation synthetic promoters |
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Dr. Scott Rose (Integrated DNA Technologies) discusses synthetic biology application to protein engineering |
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Dr. Mads Kaern (University of Ottawa) discusses training through the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) program |
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Dr. Vincent Martin (Concordia University) presents data on progress towards engineering synthetic cellulosomes |
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Dr. Kristala Jones Prather (MIT) presents data on compound synthesis using synthetic biology devices |
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Dr. Martin chairs a panel discussion among symposium presenters on the opportunities and challenges in synthetic biology |
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Students Lisza Bruder and Megan Torry represent the iGEM team from the University of Lethbridge |
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Students from the University of Ottawa (Christian Euler pictured here) present their iGEM project |
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University of Toronto students (Meah Goh pictured here) present their iGEM work |
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Seven iGEM teams from across Canada participate in the poster session at the symposium |
