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iGEM Symposium Day on Synthetic Biology, Cell Systems and Ethics in Biochemistry

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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM 9:00 – 10:00 Welcome tea/coffee, registration Morning block 10:00 – 10:10 Welcome words 10:10 – 10:35 Home speaker: Vera van Noort, Centrum for Microbial and Plant Genetics 10:35 – 11:35 Key-note speaker 11:35 – 12:00 iGEM topics presentation from the participating iGEM Teams and the KU Leuven Team 12:05 – 13:00 Lunch Break, networking Afternoon block 13:00 – 14:00 Key-note speaker: Victor Dillard, Chief Operating Officer & Founder, Desktop Genetics 14:00 – 14:25 Home speaker: Yves Peeters, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology 14:25 – 15:30 iGEM topics presentations from the participating iGEM Teams and the KU Leuven Team 15:30 – 16:00 Tea/coffee break Evening block 16:00 – 17:00 A debate with the speakers, professors and iGEM supervisors on the ethics in synthetic biology 17:00 – 17:10 Closing words 17:10 – ??:?? A reception/dinner prepared by the KU Leuven iGEM Team SPEAKERS: Vera van Noort, Centrum for Microbial and Plant Genetics Professor at KU Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, scientist, computational biology, data mining Victor Dillard, Chief Operating Officer & Founder, Desktop Genetics Victor obtained his masters in chemical engineering with honours at Imperial College London before completing a specialist biotechnology and business masters with distinction at the University of Cambridge. Since graduating, Victor founded Desktop Genetics with a vision to change modern biotech R&D and enable rapid and accurate end-to-end genome engineering experiments through their proprietary software platform. Within two years of founding Desktop Genetics, Victor has raised over $600,000 of private equity and grant financing, and delivered over $400,000 of revenue. Today, Victor heads the company's business development and operations and is leading the product and technology expansion into CRISPR and genome editing. Yves Peeters, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology After completing his master thesis at KU Leuven, Yves obtained an IWT fellowship for his PhD work in the field of synthetic biology. His primary interest goes to DNA polymerases and their modifications towards creation of artificial nucleic acids. PARTICIPATING iGEM TEAMS: KU Leuven DRINKS AND FOOD: Beverages, lunch sandwiches and dinner-reception will be provided for all the participants free of charge. MAP: