Metabolic Engineering 16 is the premier conference in the field, offering a unique platform to learn about the latest methodologies and applications, connect with leading experts from industry and academia, and forge new collaborations.

The meeting will be held in the center of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.

Submit your poster abstract today!


Important Deadlines:
Abstract Submission Deadline: April 1, 2025
Submit here: https://www.aiche.org/imes/conferences/metabolic-engineering-conference/2025/me16-call-abstracts-information



Early Bird Rates Deadline: May 5, 2025
Register here: https://www.aiche.org/imes/conferences/metabolic-engineering-conference/2025



Apply for conference grants by April 1: https://aiche.formstack.com/forms/me16_registration_support_application



SESSION TOPICS:
• Metabolic Engineering for Biofuels and Biochemicals

• Metabolic Engineering for Health

• Metabolic Engineering for Food and Feed Ingredients and

Agriculture

• Metabolic Engineering for Gas Fermentation

• Metabolic Engineering for Plastic Recycling

• Genome Editing Tools and Methods

• Modeling, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence

• Metabolic Engineering of Cyanobacteria and Plant Cells

• Biomanufacturing: From Lab to Industry

• Evolutionary Protein and Strain Engineering

• Metabolic Engineering for Biochemicals and Biomaterials

• Start-up Pitch Competition



Keynote Speakers:

Nelson Barton, Genomatica
Mads Krogsgaard Thomesen, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Christopher Voigt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology



Featured Speakers:

Shota Atsumi, UC Davis
Lars Blank, RWTH Aachen University
George Guo-Qiang Chen, Tsinghua University
Matthew Chang, National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Vassily Hatzimanikatis, EPFL
Vayu Hill-Maini, Stanford University
Christopher Johnson, NREL
Nathan Lewis, University of California, San Diego
Tiangang Liu, Wuhan University
Esteban Marcellin, University of Queensland
Bastian Molitor, University of Tübingen
Tae Seok Moon, Craig Venter Institute
Bernhard Palsson, University of California, San Diego
Katja Parschat, Novonesis
Brian Pfleger, University of Wisconsin
Sang Yup Lee, KAIST
Kevin Verstrepen, KU Leuven
Allison Werner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Xiaoxia Xia, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chao Zhong, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology



Conference Chair:

Irina Borodina, Technical University of Denmark



Conference Co-Chairs:

Matthew Chang, National University of Singapore

Pablo Ivan Nikel, Technical University of Denmark

Yongjin Zhou, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS

Michael Koepke, Lanzatech

Vratislav Stovicek, Arxada

Claudia Vickers, BioBuilt Solutions; Queensland University of Technology

Markus Herrgård, BioInnovation Institute

Aleksandra Mirończuk, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Byung-Kwan Cho, KAIST

Conference Organized by the International Metabolic Engineering Society (IMES)

About the International Metabolic Engineering Society (IMES)
The International Metabolic Engineering Society (IMES) seeks to promote and advance metabolic engineering as an enabling science for bio-based production of materials, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, chemicals, and fuels.