Speaker Details

Biography

François Képès is a cell, systems and synthetic biologist. He is currently modelling and engineering genome architecture in microorganisms. In 1986 as a postdoc he started the first cell-free assay in the group of Randy Schekman, the 2013 Nobel awardee of Medicine. François Képès was a research Director at CNRS and a Professor at the top French engineering School, École Polytechnique. He founded in 2002 and directed the Epigenomics Project (Genopole), an institute of complex studies dedicated to the emerging disciplines of systems and synthetic biology. He also founded in 2008 and directed the institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology (iSSB). He was an invited Professor at the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. He is a member of the National Academy of Technologies in France. He is the author of over 110 scientific publications and the editor or writer of 20 books. He has organized or chaired each year 3-7 international scientific events. Since 2005, he has been an invited speaker or an organizer for 40 conferences dedicated to synthetic biology. Dr. Képès is the editor of four international journals including "Synthetic Biology" (OUP), referee for 19 others, and is an expert advisor for European and North-American funding agencies.

Abstract

Synthetic Biology for the environment

Synthetic Biology offers new perspectives to reduce the environmental impact of human activities. During this talk, Synthetic Biology will be defined, and these perspectives will be reviewed and illustrated with specific examples covering a wide ground.