Protein Engineering Congress USA 2020

Bringing forward the latest innovations in strain, enzyme, and protein engineering to drive more sustainable processes, higher selectivity, and synthesis of valuable intermediates for industrial applications

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VIRTUAL CONGRESS | PDT Timezone
27-29 July, 2020

Bringing to light new biocatalysts and molecules not found in nature for industrial applications. With the emergence of new techniques and methods to reconstruct and engineer enzymes, it is more exciting than ever to be working in the field of protein engineering, bringing to light new biocatalysts and molecules not found in nature for industrial applications.

“The global enzymes market was valued at $7,082 million in 2017, and is projected to reach $10,519 million in 2024, registering a CAGR of 5.7% from 2018 to 2024.”

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Poster submissions
30+
Leading speakers
150+
Delegates

Why Attend

Most enzymes found in nature are not suitable for industrial purposes. The field of protein and enzyme engineering is growing at a rapid rate, with competition within industries high and the need to optimize performance greater than ever. 

The virtual Protein Engineering Congress is dedicated to uncovering the new and emerging practices, techniques and methods of protein and enzyme engineering across industries.

With industry approaching the design, build, and generation of new biocatalysts and molecules not found in nature, come and learn from our line-up of leading speakers to get an update on the new technologies used in the field of strain and protein engineering.

The breadth of topics discussed at this meeting will focus in on directed evolution, computational protein design, synthetic biology and white biotechnology, and applications of enzyme and protein engineering and industrial biocatalysis in the biopharmaceutical, flavor & fragrance, cosmetics, and food industries.

Attend and you'll be able to:

  • Network with key opinion leaders and acquire new customers
  • Form collaborations with companies who are engineering proteins and enzymes
  • Meet with new technology partners to enhance internal R&D
  • Understand the new applications of engineered enzymes and learn how to scale-up to large industrial manufacture

Meet attendees from companies including:

Confirmed 2020 Speakers

 

Frances Arnold

Linus Pauling Professor, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering & Biochemistry
California Institute of Technology

Frances Arnold’s work has been recognised by many awards including the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes.  Arnold is co-inventor on over 40 US patents. Throughout her esteemed career and many achievements, Frances Arnold co-founded Gevo, Inc a company to make fuels and chemicals from renewable resources in 2005. She has been on the corporate board of the genomics company Illumina Inc since 2016 and in 2019, she was named to the board of Alphabet Inc., making Arnold the third female director of the Google parent company.

Frances Arnold

Linus Pauling Professor, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering & Biochemistry
California Institute of Technology

Frances Arnold

Linus Pauling Professor, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering & Biochemistry
California Institute of Technology

Frances Arnold’s work has been recognised by many awards including the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes.  Arnold is co-inventor on over 40 US patents. Throughout her esteemed career and many achievements, Frances Arnold co-founded Gevo, Inc a company to make fuels and chemicals from renewable resources in 2005. She has been on the corporate board of the genomics company Illumina Inc since 2016 and in 2019, she was named to the board of Alphabet Inc., making Arnold the third female director of the Google parent company.

At Caltech, Arnold runs a laboratory that continues to study directed evolution and its applications in environmentally friendly chemical synthesis and green/alternative energy, including the development of highly active enzymes (cellulolytic and biosynthetic enzymes) and microorganisms to convert renewable biomass to fuels and chemicals.

 

Andrew Buller

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
UW-Madison

Andrew Buller

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
UW-Madison

Andrew Buller

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
UW-Madison
 

Hans Renata

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Scripps Research, Florida Campus

Hans Renata

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Scripps Research, Florida Campus

Hans Renata

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Scripps Research, Florida Campus
 

Jared Lewis

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Indiana University

Jared Lewis

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Indiana University

Jared Lewis

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Indiana University
 

Jeremy Steflik

Senior Scientist, Process Development
Pfizer, Inc

Jeremy Steflik

Senior Scientist, Process Development
Pfizer, Inc

Jeremy Steflik

Senior Scientist, Process Development
Pfizer, Inc
 

Joelle Pelletier

Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry
Université de Montréal

Joelle Pelletier

Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry
Université de Montréal

Joelle Pelletier

Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry
Université de Montréal
 

Justin Siegel

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
UC Davis

Justin Siegel

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
UC Davis

Justin Siegel

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
UC Davis
 

Lori Giver

Vice President, R&D
Calysta

Lori Giver

Vice President, R&D
Calysta

Lori Giver

Vice President, R&D
Calysta
 

Jim Lalonde

Lead, Microbial Digital Genome Engineering Business & Portfolio Strategy
Inscripta

Jim Lalonde

Lead, Microbial Digital Genome Engineering Business & Portfolio Strategy
Inscripta

Jim Lalonde

Lead, Microbial Digital Genome Engineering Business & Portfolio Strategy
Inscripta
 

Maria Lucas

CEO
Zymvol

Maria Lucas

CEO
Zymvol

Maria Lucas

CEO
Zymvol
 

Richard Fox

Executive Director, Data Science
Inscripta

Richard Fox

Executive Director, Data Science
Inscripta

Richard Fox

Executive Director, Data Science
Inscripta
 

Rudi Fasan

Professor of Chemistry
Rochester University

Rudi Fasan

Professor of Chemistry
Rochester University

Rudi Fasan

Professor of Chemistry
Rochester University
 

Ryan Phelan

Sr. Scientist II - Biocatalysis (Process Chem/Catalysis Group)
AbbVie

Ryan Phelan

Sr. Scientist II - Biocatalysis (Process Chem/Catalysis Group)
AbbVie

Ryan Phelan

Sr. Scientist II - Biocatalysis (Process Chem/Catalysis Group)
AbbVie
 

Stefan Lutz

Senior Vice President, Research
Codexis

Stefan Lutz

Senior Vice President, Research
Codexis

Stefan Lutz

Senior Vice President, Research
Codexis
 

Todd Hyster

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Princeton University

Todd Hyster

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Princeton University

Todd Hyster

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Princeton University
 

Trish Choudhary

Senior Director, Strain Engineering
Willow Biosciences

Trish Choudhary

Senior Director, Strain Engineering
Willow Biosciences

Trish Choudhary

Senior Director, Strain Engineering
Willow Biosciences
 

Yasuhisa Asano

Head, Enzyme Chemistry Laboratory
Toyama Prefectural University, Japan

Yasuhisa Asano

Head, Enzyme Chemistry Laboratory
Toyama Prefectural University, Japan

Yasuhisa Asano

Head, Enzyme Chemistry Laboratory
Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
 

John Tucker

Senior Director
Neurocrine Biosciences

John Tucker

Senior Director
Neurocrine Biosciences

John Tucker

Senior Director
Neurocrine Biosciences
 

Toby Richardson

CEO
Denovium

Toby Richardson

CEO
Denovium

Toby Richardson

CEO
Denovium
 

Christina Boville

CEO
AralezBio

Christina Boville

CEO
AralezBio

Christina Boville

CEO
AralezBio
 

David Entwistle

Head of Process Chemistry
Codexis

David Entwistle

Head of Process Chemistry
Codexis

David Entwistle

Head of Process Chemistry
Codexis
 

Dr Christian Gruber

CEO
Innophore GmbH

Dr Christian Gruber

CEO
Innophore GmbH

Dr Christian Gruber

CEO
Innophore GmbH

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On-Demand Content – missed a session or couldn’t tune in that day? That’s fine, sessions will be available to listen to for 2 months post event. That also means you can listen to your favourite speaker multiple times.
High Quality Speakers – this doesn’t change, whether we run a live event or a virtual one, we recruit industry leading, insightful speakers to inspire.
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Save Time & Money – tune into an event from the comfort of your own home, no need to travel overseas, spend time away from loved ones and spend your company's money! This makes lead gen and knowledge sharing much more cost efficient.
Increased Content – we can run more sessions at one time without the constraints of venue capacities, meaning we can provide you with more valuable content in one go.
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The Protein Engineering Congress USA is going virtual for 2020.

The global enzyme market is predicted to reach over $19 billion by 2025 due to cross-sector implementation of enzyme use, with the bio-pharmaceutical, agriculture, food ingredient, and flavor & fragrance industries accounting for the majority of this increase.

We are bringing together representatives from all industries to discuss how the global enzyme market is progressing and developments in the pipeline.

We are working with speakers to reconfirm their participation and will update the agenda accordingly within the next couple of weeks.

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