Programme

See the draft programme below. Check out NBC's keynotes here!

Note: exact times may slightly change for the final program.

Programme		TransitZone	Progress
		Quest	Expedition
Time
08:45 - 09:30h	Registration, company stands & poster set up
09:30 - 09:45h	Opening & welcome
09:45 - 10:35h	Markus Herrgard - BioInnovation Institute Bring Science to Life: Scaling Biotechnology Innovation for Human and Planetary Health
10:35 - 11:15h	Poster pitches (odd numbers)
11:15 - 11:35h	Coffee break, company stands & poster session
	Parallel Sessions
11:35 - 12:40h	*Biopharmaceutical Technology* Chair: Marieke Klijn & Gerard 't Lam	Microbial Biotechnology Chair: Mark Bisschops	*Biocatalysis* Chair: Caroline Paul
	Stefan Kint Wageningen University Upstream process development for cell-tolerant direct capture of monoclonal antibodies	Joep Schmitz dsm-firmenich Machine Learning-Guided Pathway Optimization Case Study: p-Coumaric Acid Production in S. cerevisiae	Hendrik Terholsen Groningen University Nitroreductase-triggered Indazole Formation
	Stephanie Anbuhl QVQ Single-domain antibodies as versatile tools in biotechnology: from lead-discovery out of large libraries to numerous applications	Loles Hoogerland University of Amsterdam Assessing the stability of using growth-coupled fumarate as a substrate for malate production during circadian cycles in Synechocystis	Tom Ewing Wageningen Univ. & Research Recycling mixed plastic materials by selective enzymatic hydrolysis
	Wouter Woud Exovectory /Getinge Small-scale bioreactor cultivation of HEK293-based suspension cells increases extracellular vesicle (EV) yield	Jenny Bakker Wageningen University & Research Examining the reversibility of the soluble- and membrane-bound transhydrogenases in Escherichia coli.	Matias Brezina Borges Gecco Biotech AI-Guided Rational Design For Improvement of Protein Solubility
12:40 - 13:50h	Lunch, company market & poster sessions
13:50 - 14:05h	iGEM team presentation BCoated: Tailored Coatings for Tomorrow's Crops
14:05 - 14:55h	Vera Meyer - Technische Universität Berlin Building with Fungi: Paths into a new material future
14:55 - 15:15h	Poster pitches (even numbers)
15:15 - 15:50h	Coffee break, company market & poster session
	Parallel Sessions
15:50 - 16:55h	*Genomics* Chair: Taichi Ochi	*Food & Biobased* Chair: Iulian Boboescu	Societal Aspects Chair: Workgroup Soc. Aspects.
	Floris Foijer Groningen University Single cel genomics to quantify heterogeneity in cancer towards better treatment stratification	Alexander Mathys ETH Zurich Emerging Microalgae Bioprocessing for more Sustainable, Affordable and Nutritious Foods	Social science and humanities: friend or foe? In this workshop, we invite you to discover different ways social science and humanities work with natural sciences and engineering.
	Carl Schuurmans InProcess-LSP pDNA-PEI complex size in transient transfection - Viral titer yield increases through PAT-based process monitoring	Joren Wierenga FoamLab Biotechnological production of bacterial cellulose from industrial side streams: a promising avenue to replace polystyrene
	Sofia Amendola Wageningen University & Research Exploring a native microalgae-virus interaction for biotechnological innovation	Ella Schunselaar Utrecht University Built to Last: Self-repair in Living Mycelium Materials
16:55 - 17:45h	Luísa Cruz - Microharvest A vision and a Business Plan: What Startups Teach Us About Food's Future
17:45 - 17:55h	Zilveren Zandloper Award & Closing
17:55 - 20:00h	Reception and Dinner with Poster and Pitch Prizes
20:30h	End of conference