Metabolic Engineering Summit 2026

13:30-15:35 (UTC+8) | Parallel Session 2: The cutting-edge technologies for Metabolic Engineering

Session Chair：

Chair：

NO.	Beijing Time (UTC+8)	Type	Presentation Topic	Speaker	Affiliation / Organization
1	13:30-13:45	Keynote	Discovery and engineering of plant chemistry for plant and human health	Xiaoguang Lei	Peking University
2	13:45-14:00	Keynote	Spatiotemporal Control of Metabolism via Engineered Membraneless Organelles	Xiaoxia Xia	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
3	14:00-14:10	Invited	Writing Genomes and Metagenomes, and the Advent of Synthetic Evolution	Marc Güell	Universitat Pompeu Fabra
4	14:10-14:20	Invited	Synthetic genetic control systems for smart living therapeutics	Ningzi Guan	East China Normal University
5	14:20-14:30	Invited	RNA splicing regulators for gene network and metabolic programming	Yuanli Gao	Zhejiang University
6	14:30-14:40	Invited	Engineering SOS-Responsive DNA Damage Circuits for High-Precision CRISPR Genome Editing	Rongming Liu	Dalian University of Technology
7	14:40-14:50	Invited	Engineering Tailoring Reactions for Efficient Natural Product Biosynthesis	Xiaolin Shen	Beijing University of Chemical Technology
8	14:50-15:00	Invited	Synthetic yeast communities and cell factories for biosustainability	Huadong Peng	The University of Queensland
9	15:00-15:07	Oral	Open Fermentation Enabled by Enhanced Cellular Robustness: Mining and Design of Stress-Resistance Parts	Haitao Yue	Xinjiang University
10	15:07-15:15	Oral	Accelerating the DBTL Cycle: Echo MS+ Enables Million-Scale Screening in Synthetic Biology	Jingjing Fang	Shanghai AB Sciex Analytical Instrument Trading Co., Ltd.
11	15:15-15:35	Discussion	Q & A

15:40-16:00 (UTC+8) | Coffee Break

15:55-17:40 (UTC+8) | Parallel Session 2: The cutting-edge technologies for Metabolic Engineering

Session Chair：

Chair：

NO.	Beijing Time (UTC+8)	Type	Presentation Topic	Speaker	Affiliation / Organization
1	15:55-16:10	Keynote	Deciphering the Pyrethrins Biosynthetic Pathway and Heterologous Reconstitution in Nicotiana benthamiana	Tiangang Liu	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2	16:10-16:20	Invited	Mapping the Sequence-Function Landscape of Proteins and Biological Systems	Shuyi Zhang	Tsinghua University
3	16:20-16:30	Invited	Synthetic biology strategies for enhanced production of aromatic polyketides in E. coli	Dongsoo Yang	Korea University
4	16:30-16:40	Invited	Semi-artificial photosynthesis enables light-driven biomanufacturing in non-photosynthetic bacteria	Xing Zhang	Nanjing Normal University
5	16:40-16:50	Invited	Production of etoposide and teniposide in yeast to protect endangered plant	Yating Hu	Capital Medical University
6	16:50-17:00	Invited	Engineer enzymes and cellular metabolism for the synthesis of specialty/unusual fatty acids	Zhiwei Zhu	Dalian University of Technology
7	17:00-17:07	Oral	Harnessing photoenzymatic reactions for unnatural biosynthesis in microorganisms	Yujie Yuan	Nankai University
8	17:07-17:14	Oral	Carbon- and Cost-Efficient Upcycling of Agrifood Waste into Fatty Acid Esters by Systematically Engineered Clostridium tyrobutyricum	Zhengming Zhu	Nanjing Tech University
9	17:14-17:21	Oral	De novo production of polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols in engineered microbes	Benye Liu	Technische Universität Braunschweig
10	17:21-17:40	Discussion	Q & A

18:00-20:00 (UTC+8) | Dinner

2026-10-19 (Monday)