MELIS-UPF Biomedical Research Symposium

The International SynBYSS Conference is focused on bringing together the synthetic biology community with the explicit goal of developing young scientists worldwide. As early-career synthetic biology researchers begin their own research, there are few conferences that provide an opportunity for them to express their ideas, network effectively, or collaborate widely. Moreover, these young practitioners are an increasingly diverse group without obvious representation.

The 2nd International SynBYSS Conference will be held June 8–11, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain at Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

This page is dedicated for abstract submission only.

Abstract for talk submission: closed

Abstract for poster submission: closed

Registration deadline: closed

Registration website:

If you are registering on behalf of a non-European institution and you do not know the institutional Tax ID, VAT number, at the time of registration, you may temporarily enter “XXX” in the Tax ID field in order to complete the payment process. Please note that our team will contact you at a later stage to request the official Tax ID for invoicing purposes.

Attendees: book your hotel ASAP.

Pope Leo's visit to Barcelona and Architect Gaudi's 100-year celebration will take place during the same week as the conference.

Instructions on how to submit an abstract

Press in the "Abstract Submission" tab to open the submission form.
Create an account in the platform (eventum.upf.edu) to be able to see the form.
Fill the required information and click submit.

Speakers & Schedule

For keynote sessions, there is a 5 min buffer time. Each talk is 35 min followed by 5 min Q&A, stopping at either 9:40 or 10:20 am. The session concludes with a group Q&A at 10:30 am (one exception: Thursday morning session). For speaker panels, each talk runs without Q&A; the Q&A occurs at the end of the session for 20 min (one exception: Tuesday afternoon session). All talks make a hard stop at the assigned end time.

Meet the legend session: 8 keynote speakers will meet 9 trainees on their presentation date who sign up for it. Assistant professors may sign up, but priority is given to trainees.

Download programme (PDF)

Monday, June 8

Day 1
8:30-9am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Luis Serrano, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain (opening talk, 5 min) Marc Guell, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain Tae Seok Moon, J. Craig Venter Institute, USA
9-10:30am	Keynote Session Víctor de Lorenzo, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Spain Ian Paulsen, Macquarie University, Australia Keynote conversation (group Q&A)
10:30-11am	Break
11-12:30pm	Speaker Panel Pablo Nikel, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Guillermo Nevot, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain Selected speakers from abstract submissions: Jinjin Diao, Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, China Simone Giaveri, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain Rosa Santomartino, Cornell University, USA Michael Cory, Harvard Medical School, USA Q&A: panel discussion
12:30-2pm	Industry session: 10 min talk by Hui Ling Lee, Agency for Science Technology and Research (and SINERGY), Singapore Lunch: meet the legend session (first sign up, first claim the spot, up to 9)
2-3:30pm	Funder Panel Session chaired by Marc Guell and Tae Seok Moon Barbara Gerratana, European Innovation Council, Europe Alessandra Ferrari, European Research Council, Europe Tammy Collins, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, USA Clem Fortman, BioMADE, USA Guillermo Nevot, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain
3:30-4pm	Break
4-5:30pm	Speaker Panel Irina Borodina, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Jorge Marchand, University of Washington, USA Selected speakers from abstract submissions: Jorge Barriuso, Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), Spain Jun Park, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Antonio Del Rio Flores, University of Colorado Boulder, USA Louisa Lehmann, University of Groningen, Netherlands Q&A: panel discussion
5:30-7pm	Rapid fire followed by Poster Session Hosted reception

Tuesday, June 9

Day 2
7:15am	Optional Fitness Activity: 5k Morning Run A scenic route starting from the PRBB, heading to the W Hotel and back. There will be free access to showers, lockers, and bonus spa access for this activity. See details below.
9-10:30am	Keynote Session Wilfried Weber, INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany Chase Beisel, Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Switzerland Keynote conversation (group Q&A)
10:30-11am	Break
11-12:30pm	Speaker Panel Cheemeng Tan, UC Davis, USA Emil Jensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Selected speakers from abstract submissions: Alfonso Jaramillo, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Spain Xiaojun Tian, Arizona State University, USA Louise Funke, National University of Singapore, Singapore Rosa-Maria Maattala, KU Leuven, Belgium Q&A: panel discussion
12:30-2pm	Group photo Lunch: meet the legend session (first sign up, first claim the spot, up to 9)
2-3:30pm	Editor Panel Session chaired by Tae Seok Moon Alexandra Munro-Clark, Trends in Biotechnology, Cell Press, UK (editor) Ross Cloney, Nature Communications, UK (chief editor) Mattheos Koffas, RPI, Metabolic Engineering Communications, USA (editor-in-chief) Tae Seok Moon, JCVI, New Biotechnology, USA (editor-in-chief) Pablo Nikel, Technical University of Denmark, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Denmark (editor-in-chief)
3:30-4pm	Break
4-5:30pm	Keynote Session followed by Speaker Panel Keynote (35 min): Radhakrishnan Mahadevan, University of Toronto, Canada Karen Polizzi, Imperial College London, UK Lin Su, Queen Mary University of London, UK Q&A: panel discussion
5:30-7pm	Rapid fire followed by Poster Session Hosted reception

Wednesday, June 10

Day 3
7:15am	Optional Fitness Activity: Pilates Session A core-strengthening session held at the Claror Marítim (Sala Mar) or the PRBB courtyard (TBD). There will be free access to showers, lockers, and bonus spa access for this activity. See details below.
9-10:30am	Keynote Session Sarah O'Connor, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany Mustafa Khammash, ETH, Switzerland Keynote conversation (group Q&A)
10:30-11am	Break
11-12:30pm	Speaker Panel Juliane Nguyen, UNC Chapel Hill, USA Maryam Raeeszadeh Sarmazdeh, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Selected speakers from abstract submissions: Dongsoo Yang, Korea University, Korea Jaya Joshi, University of British Columbia, Canada Spencer Diamond, Innovative Genomics Institute, UC Berkeley, USA David Carreno Yugueros, Imperial College London, UK Q&A: panel discussion
12:30-2pm	Industry session: 10 min talk by Marten Moore, Plant SynBio Australia – ANU, Australia Lunch: meet the legend session (first sign up, first claim the spot, up to 9)
2-3:30pm	Roadmap Panel Session chaired by Juliane Nguyen, UNC Chapel Hill, USA Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Northwestern University, USA Marjan De Mey, Ghent University, Belgium Blake Simmons, LBNL, USA Mustafa Khammash, ETH, Switzerland Dongsoo Yang, Korea University, Korea
3:30-4pm	Break
4-5:30pm	Speaker Panel Dirk Tischler, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany George Chao, Harvard University, USA Selected speakers from abstract submissions: Jeong Wook Lee, Postech, Korea Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Christopher Weingarten, University of Groningen, Netherlands Michael Truong-Giang Nguyen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Biotechnology Research Institute for the Green Transition, Denmark Q&A: panel discussion
5:30-7pm	Award ceremony, followed by dinner (location: TBA)

Thursday, June 11

Day 4
9-10:30am	Keynote Session, followed by Speaker Panel Mark Isalan, Imperial College London, UK Joon Young Park, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea Julius Fredens, National University of Singapore, Singapore Daniel Plaza, University of Oxford, UK Ahmad Husein Alkaff, Korea University, Korea Briardo Llorente, Macquarie University, Australia Conversation (group Q&A)
10:30-11am	Break
11-12:30pm	Speaker Panel Francesca Ceroni, Imperial College London, UK Javier Santos, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain Selected speakers from abstract submissions: Yong Lai, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Yaojun Tong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Hyungyu Lim, Inha University, Korea Alaksh Choudhury, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, France Q&A: panel discussion
12:30-2pm	Lunch: meet the legend session (first sign up, first claim the spot, up to 9)
2-3:30pm	Panel Session: Shaping the future of engineering biology Chaired by Sonia Mecacci, Wageningen University, Netherlands Group discussions by the entire attendees, and then reporting to all
3:30-4pm	Break
4-5:30pm	Speaker Panel Baojun Wang, Zhejiang University, China Kaitlin Dailey, University of Rhode Island, USA Selected speakers from abstract submissions: Sebastian Wenk, University of Groningen, Netherlands Justin Panich, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Birgitta Ebert, University of Queensland, Australia Sara Baldanta, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Spain Q&A: panel discussion
5:30-5:45pm	Closing remarks by Marc Guell and Tae Seok Moon

Travel

⚠️ Scam alert

Be aware that scammers are attempting to pose as travel agents to assist with booking to the SynBYSS Conference. We do not have a booking service. If you get an email like this, verify with your university or organization that it is from an official channel before engaging.

Optional Fitness Activities

It’s time to pack your sneakers along with your lanyard! We want you to stay energized throughout the event, so we’ve organized some morning wellness activities to get your blood pumping before the sessions begin. Check the corresponding tab on this webpage for more details.

Organizers

Chairs

Tae Seok Moon, JCVI, USA
Marc Güell, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Guillermo Nevot, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Sara Molinari, University of Maryland, USA
Dirk Tischler, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Kaitlin Dailey, University of Rhode Island, USA
Jorge Marchand, University of Washington, USA
Clement T. Y. Chan, University of North Texas, USA

Committee

Maryam Raeeszadeh Sarmazdeh, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Emil Jensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Lin Su, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Ilenne Del Valle Kessra, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Leopold Noel Green, Purdue University, USA
Archana Anand, San Francisco State University, USA
Daniel Plaza, University of Cambridge, UK
Bilal Ahmed, Purdue University, USA
Vikas Trivedi, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
Alexander Fedorec, University College London, UK
Jaya Joshi, University British Columbia, Canada
Cheemeng Tan, UC Davis, USA

Conference support

Laura Fort, University Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Lucy Stewart, JCVI, USA
Matthew LaPointe, JCVI, USA

Previous conference information

Previous conference link: 1st International SynBYSS Conference

The interdisciplinary future of ART is now! 6th Symposium Càtedra Eugin Group

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona

As the trend of delayed parenthood continues to rise globally, the demand for assisted reproduction is set to increase. More recently, we are witnessing the rise of artificial intelligence, which can be applied in multiple aspects related to reproduction, from basic research to embryo assessment. For assisted reproduction, the future is now.

Join us at the Càtedra Eugin-UPF Symposium, where a panel of leading experts will delve into the future of assisted reproduction. Explore groundbreaking innovations, discuss the clinical implications, and engage in thought-provoking conversations about the ethical dilemmas that lie ahead.

The interdisciplinary future of ART is now!, 6th Càtedra Eugin-UPF Symposium will be held in person in the PRBB Auditorium, Barcelona, at Dr. Aiguader 88 on December 12th, 2025.

European Bioconductor Conference 2025 (EuroBioC2025)

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0200

Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Carrer del Doctor Aiguader, Barcelona, España

The European Bioconductor Conference (EuroBioC2025) will take place on September 17-19, 2025, at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), in Barcelona, Spain. EuroBioC2025 will bring together the Bioconductor community to showcase the latest cutting-edge developments on Bioconductor software packages, as well as on broader emerging technologies impacting computational biology.

This site hosts only the registration platform. Please consult the conference website at https://eurobioc2025.bioconductor.org for full details on the conference schedule, keynote speakers and so on.

MELIS-UPF Biomedical Research Symposium

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0200

C/ del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, España

The MELIS-UPF Biomedical Research Symposium will take place on June 5 and 6 in the PRBB Auditorium.

List of invited speakers:

— Anna Alemany, Leiden University Medical Center

— Marta Barniol, MELIS-UPF

— Anna Bigas, Hospital del Mar Research Institute Barcelona

— Juan Pedro Bolaños, Universidad de Salamanca

— Geoff Faulkner, Queensland Brain Institute

— David C. Gershlick, University of Cambridge

— Claire Wyart, Paris Brain Institute

Attendance is free, and registration is required. If you have not registered in time, please email Regina López (regina.lopez@upf.edu).

We hope to see you there!

Eventum UPF|Universitat Pompeu Fabra

MELIS-UPF Biomedical Research Symposium

The MELIS-UPF 2026 Biomedical Research Symposium will take place on June 4 and 5 in the PRBB Auditorium.

List of invited speakers:

International Synthetic Biolology Young Speaker Series (SynBYSS) Conference

Instructions on how to submit an abstract

Speakers & Schedule

Monday, June 8

Tuesday, June 9

Wednesday, June 10

Thursday, June 11

Travel

Optional Fitness Activities

Organizers

Chairs

Committee

Conference support

Previous conference information

The interdisciplinary future of ART is now! 6th Symposium Càtedra Eugin Group

European Bioconductor Conference 2025 (EuroBioC2025)

MELIS-UPF Biomedical Research Symposium

The MELIS-UPF Biomedical Research Symposium will take place on June 5 and 6 in the PRBB Auditorium.

List of invited speakers: