2019 Workshop Program
Friday August 16
8:00-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Welcome and Overview
8:45-9:45 Introduction to Synthetic Biology
Dr. Robert Newman, NC A&T University
9:45-10:30 Introduction to Build-a-Genome
Dr. Eric Cooper, Hartwick College
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Assessment
Dr. Kelsie Bernot, NC A&T University
12:00-1 Lunch
1:00-2 Introduction to the Three BAG Workflows
Dr. Lisa Scheifele, Loyola University Maryland
2:00-3 Lab: Gene Assembly (Donnelly Science Center 377)
Dr. Mark Jones, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 Bacteriophages: Genomes and Therapies
Bri'Anna Horne, Adaptive Phage Therapeutics
4:30-7:00 Social hour and Dinner
7:00-8:00 Neochromosomes: Construction and Applications
Dr. Leslie Mitchell, NYU
Saturday August 17
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Introduction to DNA synthesis
9:30-10:30 Introduction to DNA sequencing
Dr. Vince Buonaccorsi, Juniata College
10:30-11 Break
11:00-12 Assembling synthetic genomes: Herpesvirus
Lauren Oldfield, J Craig Venter Institute
12:00-1 Lunch
1:00-2 Lab: Synthesizing and verifying genomes (Donnelly Science Center 377)
2:00-3 Models for incorporating BAG into your class and challenges with implementation
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-5 The Future of Synthetic Biology
Dr. Leslie Mitchell, NYU
5:00-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Ethical issues in synthetic biology
Dr. Todd Kuiken, NC State University
Sunday August 18
8:00-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Working session: Incorporating BAG into syllabi
9:30-10:30 Lab: Yeast culture, transformation, and Scramble (Donnelly Science Center 341) or Phage electroporation and culture (Donnelly Science Center 377)
10:30-11 Break
11:00-12 Introduction to QUBEShub and Post-Workshop Activities
12:00-1 Lunch
1:00 Departure