Events | GWG 2022 Conference
Genetic Engineering Today:
Genome Writers Guild Conference July 27-28-29, 2022
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Will food be provided?
Lunch will be provided on both July 27 and July 28. Dinner will be provided on Thursday, July 28 in the Campus Club dining room also located in Coffman Memorial Union. Coffee and beverages will be available throughout each day.
Where should I park? Where should I go?
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to
Adam Sychla at sychla@genomewritersguild.org
Erin Nolan at nolan@genomewritersguild.org
Min Lee at webmaster@genomewritersguild.org
Join us in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 27, 28, and 29 for the 2022 Genome Writers Guild (GWG) annual conference. We are planning a hybrid event — in-person (pandemic permitting) and virtual-streaming of the program.
We’re inviting a diverse representation of speakers from industry, academia, students, postdocs, professors, and more. Would you like to know when you can submit an abstract and register for the conference? Sign up for our email newsletter to receive dates and program details.
Keynote Speakers
Sebastian Cocioba
New York Botanics
David Baltimore
California Institute of Technology
John Wagner
University of Minnesota
Confirmed Speakers
Ryoden Saah, GBIRd
Dan Voytas, University of Minnesota
Tad Sonstegard, Recombinetics
Ben Novak, Revive & Restore
Riley Titingfong, University of California San Diego
Heather Lombardi, FDA
Eric Hendrickson, University of Minnesota
Alexis Komor, University of California San Diego
Henry Chan, Octant Bio
Andrew Ellington, University of Texas, Austin
Shondra Pruett-Miller, St. Jude
Aaron Levine, Georgia Tech
Dalton George, North Carolina State University
Branden Moriarity, University of Minnesota
Matthew Porteus, CRISPR Therapeutics
Rosalind Franklin Medal
The Genome Writers Guild (GWG) and Rosalind Franklin Society have joined forces again to recognize amazing scientists by awarding the Rosalind Franklin Medal.
Rosalind Franklin Medal 2022 Awardee
Leslie Mitchell
A co-founder of Neochromosome, Inc., a biotechnology company enabling biological engineering at genome-scale. Prior to Neo, Leslie was a post-doc at New York University Langone Health and worked extensively on chromosome and genome engineering in both yeast and mammalian systems and helped lead the international Synthetic Yeast Genome Project, Sc2.0, aiming to build a designer yeast genome from scratch. Leslie completed her PhD in systems biology at the University of Ottawa in Canada.
Rosalind Franklin Medal 2022 Runner-Up
Dr. Betül Kaçar
An assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Bacteriology. She received her Ph.D. in Biomolecular Chemistry from Emory University, and completed her postdoctoral studies at NASA Astrobiology Institute and Harvard University on Origins of Life and Evolutionary Biology. Her research group investigates the coevolution of cellular life and environment in lifeforms extinct and extant, using experimental systems. Dr. Kaçar received the Stanley Miller Early Career Award and the NASA Early Career Award. In 2022, she was selected to direct a new NASA-funded multimillion-dollar astrobiology research center focusing on life’s early evolution with emphasis on the natural selection elements over geologic time and to co-lead NASA’s new research coordination network on early cellular life. She has partnered with the UN Women Generation Equality Campaign to support education of girls and women globally. Asteroid 284919 Kaçar, discovered by astronomers using the NASA WISE space telescope, was named in her honor.