The Metabolic Engineering Conference (ME17) brings together leading researchers, biotechnology innovators, and industry professionals to explore the latest advances in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology.

The conference focuses on engineering biological systems to develop more efficient, sustainable ways to produce chemicals, fuels, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, and other valuable bio-based products. Through technical presentations, research discussions, and networking opportunities, ME17 fosters collaboration between academia and industry to accelerate scientific discovery and translate innovative research into real-world applications.

Now accepting abstract submissions! Submit here: https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/me17/cfp.cgi

General Submission Deadline to Submit: Monday, January 18, 2027, 11:59 PM ET

Poster Submission Deadline to Submit: Monday, February 22, 2027, 11:59 PM ET

ME17 Topics
Computational and Systems Approaches
Enabling Integration of AI/ML in Metabolic Engineering
Metabolic Engineering for C1 Utilization
Metabolic Engineering for Scale-Up
Novel Genome Editing Approaches/Methods
Protein and Enzyme Engineering
Synthetic Biology of Metabolic Engineering
Unconventional Hosts for Metabolic Engineering
Next-Generation Feedstock for Metabolic Engineering
Metabolic Engineering for Therapeutics/Medicine
Other Metabolic Engineering Topics including Cyanobacteria, Plants, Biosensors & More


Organizing Committee/Co-Chairs

Krishna Mahadevan, University of Toronto
Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Irina Borodina, Technical University of Denmark
Kirsty Salmon, BP
Sunil Chandran, Amyris
Joe Shaw, Manus Bio
Jordan Thomson, Ontario Genomics
Mike Dorrington, Ontario Genomics
Tae Seok Moon, J. Craig Venter Institute
Birgitta Ebert, The University of Queensland
Adam Feist, University of California, San Diego

Conference organized by the International Metabolic Engineering Society (IMES)

About IMES: The society promotes and advances metabolic engineering as the enabling science and technology for bio-based production of materials, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, chemicals, and fuels. Learn more: https://www.aiche.org/imes