Prof Chris Voigt (MIT) works on developing a programming language for cells to connect and optimize complex DNA circuits and programs. His lab uses this approach to engineer prokaryotic gene clusters by eliminating native regulation and gaining complete control and understanding of a cluster to allow optimised expression and transfer between host organisms. His vision is that a future designer would be able to mix-and-match modular clusters to build a synthetic organism.

Dr Somenath Bakshi (Harvard University): is a single-molecule biophysicist interested in the inner world of microbes. His research involves understanding how bacterial cells cope with changing environments using ultra-precise time-lapse imaging, single-molecule counting, and genetics to quantitatively study the stress-response dynamics in bacteria at genome scale.

Talks and dialogue will be followed by an afternoon tea reception

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