Over 300 people from 45 institutions in 11 countries attended the Synthetic Biology 2023 conference in Bristol on 6-7 November, organised by the Biochemical Society and the Bristol BioDesign Institute.
We would like to thank all the invited speakers (Prof Patrick Cai, Prof Tanja Kortemme, Prof Petra Schwille, Prof Andreas Plückthun, Prof Susan Rosser, Prof Seraphine Wegner, Prof Julius Lucks, Dr David Riglar, Dr Nicole Wheeler and Dr Gitta Neufang), the oral and poster presenters, the session chairs, the team from the Biochemical Society, and everyone else who attended for their help in making the event a great success.
Themes covered at the conference included biomolecular design and engineering; cell and system-level design; synthetic and minimal cells; data-centric bioengineering, and applications across industry.
Congratulations to Prof Stephen Wallace, who was awarded the prestigious Colworth Medal and gave a talk on the development of ‘plastic-eating E. coli that can efficiently turn polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into adipic acid, which is used to make nylon materials, drugs and fragrances’.
Further congratulations to the oral and poster prize recipients:
- Best oral communication: Sarah Guiziou (Earlham Institute)
- Best poster winners: Davide Salzano and Xiyue Leng (University of Bristol)
- Best poster runners-up: Andrey Romanyuk and Jazz Ghataora (University of Bristol)