14:00

Metagenomics coming of age: Of biosensors, environmental stressors, and ecophysiology
Prof. Dr. Alexander Probst, Research Center One Health Ruhr of the Research Alliance Ruhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, & Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

14:30

In vivo hypermutation systems for metabolic engineering
Prof. Dr. Verena Siewers, Division of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden, & Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

15:00

Insights into thermophilic breakdown of feather keratin by Fervidobacterium
Prof. Dr. Nils-Kåre Birkeland, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

15:30

Marine symbionts as a source for chemical diversification
Prof. Dr. Amy Fraley, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETHZ, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

16:00

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