Sessions include:

Synthetic Biology/Microbial Engineering

Host Pathogen Interactions

The Human Microbiome

Modeling Microbial Systems

The Tree of Life

Gene Networks and Disease

Advanced Technologies



Committed speakers include:

David Botstein - Princeton University

Jeremy Nicholson - Imperial College London

Yixue Li - Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kristala Prather - MIT

Christina Smolke - Stanford University

James Collins - Boston University

James Musser - TMHS

Cammie Lesser - Harvard University

Mark Gerstein - Yale University

John Yates - Scripps Institute

Steve Turner - Pacific Biosciences

Stuart Kauffman -University of Calgary

Maria Rivera - Virginia Commonwealth University

Richard Triemer – Michigan State University

Mark Farmer – University of Georgia