SBRC Seminars
Calendar dates of both internal and external seminar speakers:
Seminars 2019-2021
| Date |
Speaker and Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
| 5 July 2021 |
Dr Michael Daniels
Evonetix Ltd, UK
|
“Developing the next generation of gene synthesis platforms”
How silicon chip based DNA synthesis is overcoming the challenges of preparing long, accurate gene sequences.
|
| 24 May 2021 |
Lucas J Pitcher
Business Development Manager
CODEX DNA
|
“CODEX DNA BioXP – Fast Automated Benchtop DNA Assembly ”
A ‘lunch & learn’ opportunity to discuss your synthetic biology projects and Codex DNA’s unique BioXP 3250 platform for overnight custom DNA & mRNA production.
|
| 10 May 2021 |
Andrew Cunningham
Managing Director, GeoPura, UK |
Hydrogen Fuel and Zero Emissions Power Now: GeoPura |
| 8 March 2021 |
Professor Dr Volker Müller
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany |
Overcoming Energetic Barriers in Acetogenic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide |
| 1 Feb 2021 |
Dr Bryan Leland and Dr Tyson Shepherd
Inscripta, USA |
Accelerating Genome Engineering with the Inscripta Onyx™ Platform |
| 28 Jan 2020 |
Lee R Lynd
Dartmouth College, USA |
Biological Deconstruction and Conversion of Cellulosic Biomass: Looking Beyond the Conventional Paradigm |
| 11 Dec 2019 |
Prof Mark Szczelkun
University of Bristol, UK |
How bacteria build molecular scissors to cut foreign DNA: CRISPR and restriction-modification |
| 25 July 2019 |
Prof Mike Peck
Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich |
Clostridium botulinum and foodbourne botulism |
| 17 April 2019 |
Dr Bazli Ramzi
University Kebangsaan, Malaysia |
Modulating Microbial Chassis for Omics-Driven Bioproduct Development |
| 20 March 2019 |
Prof Dek Woolfson
Bristol University |
The design and assembly of de novo proteins: from test tubes to cells |
| 6 March 2019 |
Dr Francesca Paradisi
The University of Nottingham |
Sustainable Catalysis: Enzyme-Mediated Synthesis of High Value Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in Flow Reactors |
Dr Alan Burbidge
SBRC, University of Nottingham
Dr Edward Green
Chain Biotechnology
Seminars 2018
| Date |
Speaker and Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
| 28 Nov 2018 |
Prof Philippe Soucaille
University of Nottingham |
The Weizmann Process Revisited in The Era of Synthetic and Systems Biology for the Continuous Production of N-Butanol |
| 23 May 2018 |
Dr Tuck Seng Wong
University of Sheffield |
Accept Refuse: Lesson from a CO2-utilising bug |
| 28 Feb 2018 |
Prof Orkun Soyer
University of Warwick |
Undertanding/Engineering Cell and Community Metabolism |
| 25 Jan 2018 |
Dr John Heap
Imperial College London |
Building Synthetic Biology for Metabolic Engineering Beyond Model Organisms |
Seminars 2017
| Date |
Speaker and Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
| 20 March 2017 |
Nils-Christian Lubke
Biele University, Germany |
An introduction to iGEM |
| 14 March 2017 |
Prof Alex Conradie
University of Nottingham |
Integrated Industrial Biotechnology - A Natural Herbicide Case Study |
Seminars 2016
| Date |
Speaker and Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
| 30 Nov 2016 |
Dr Andrew Blamer
University of Manchester |
Synthetic Biology from End to End: Responsible Innovation in the Case of Synthetic Menthol |
| 26 Oct 2016 |
Dr Ben Blount
Imperial College, London |
Sc2.0: Designing, Building and Exploiting a Synthetic Genome |
| 20 Oct 2016 |
Prof Brigitte Nerlich
University of Nottingham |
Who Framed Synthetic Biology? |
| 27 July 2016 |
Dr Arren Bar Even
Max Plank Institute, Golm, Germany |
Synthetic Metabolism and the Formate Bioeconocomy: Addressing Humanity's Challenges |
| 8 July 2016 |
Prof Jorge Hilbert
INTA Argentina |
Systemic View of Bioenergy and Biofuels Production in Argentina |
| 30 June 2016 |
Prof Guido Saracco
Ctr for Sustainable Futures, Torino, Italy |
Towards a Worldwide Green Chemistry Web |
| 25 May 2016 |
Dr Jennifer Atkinson
Barker Bretell Intelectual Property |
Spotting and Protecting Innovation |
| 20 May 2016 |
Prof Juan Asenjo
University of Chile |
Modelling Metabolic Networks with Gene Regulation and Metabolomics of Streptomyces sp. for Novel Antibiotics |
| 24 Feb 2016 |
Dr Roy Chaudhuri
University of Sheffield |
Throwing a Spanner in the Works: Analysis of Gene Essentiality Using Transposon Insertion Sequencing (TraDIS) |
| 27 Jan 2016 |
Prof Eriko Takano
Synbiochem, Manchester |
Harnessing Synthetic Biology for Fine and Speciality Chemical Production |
Seminars 2015
| Date |
Speaker and Affiliation |
Seminar Title |
| 25 Nov 2015 |
Dr Jamie Twycross
University of Nottingham |
Adventures in Computational Biology...or...Life at the Interface |
| 28 Oct 2015 |
Dr Alan Burbidge
University of Nottingham |
Intellectual Property: Getting More Impact from Research |
| 28 Oct 2015 |
Dr Edward Green
Chain Biotechnology |
Building an Industrial Biotech Business from Scratch |
| 19 Oct 2015 |
Prof Andrzej M Kierzek |
Surrey FBA2: Tools for Mechanistic Modelling in Synthetic Biology |
If you are interested in speaking at one of our seminars, please contact Jacque Minton.