Directing Biosynthesis VI - Book of abstracts

Programme

Wednesday 29 June 2022 (all timings are BST) Session 7: Discovery and biosynthesis of nitrogenous metabolites Session chair: Hai Deng

NAD as a building block in natural product biosynthesis Ikuro Abe University of Tokyo, Japan

9:00

K08

TBC Ren Xiang Tan** Nanjing University, China

9:40

K09

Exploring new biocatalysts for the sphingolipid synthesis in actinobacteria Gustavo Perez-Ortiz The University of Edinburgh, UK Pseudomonas pan-genomic analysis informs the discovery of plant pathogen inhibitors Andrew Truman John Innes Centre, UK

10:20

C15

10:40

C16

11:00 Refreshments South Hall Session 8: Biosynthetic engineering II Session chair: Dominic Campopiano

Enzymatic routes to the next generation therapeutics Anna Fryszkowska Merck Sharp & Dohme, USA

11:30

K10

Simulation-guided redesign of terpene synthase product outcome Marc Van der Kamp University of Bristol, UK

C17

12:10

Enzymatic methylation in engineered biosynthetic pathways as a tool for product diversification Kristina Haslinger Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands Fatty acid synthases (FASs) enable access to new-to-nature compounds Martin Grininger Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

12:30

C18

12.50

C19

Lunch South Hall

13.10

Round table discussions for early-career researchers Informal discussions over lunch focusing on career directions, different systems, challenges and skills, with advice from scientists in academia and industry

13:40

Session 9: New frontiers Session chair: Greg Challis

Biosynthesis of unusual functionalities in natural products Wenjun Zhang UC Berkeley, USA Closing remarks and presentation of poster prizes Greg Challis, University of Warwick Kindly sponsored by:

14:40

K11

15.20

15.30 Close - refreshments available - JMCC

** presenting online

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