8:30-8:50

Opening Session

Welcome Address:

Mrs. Jianying Cai, Deputy Director of International Office, JU

Prof. Zhenghong Xu, Dean of School of   Biotechnology, JU

Prof. Ilkeun Kong, Director of Division of   Applied Life Science, GNU

Prof. Yao Nie, JU

8:50-9:20

Prof. Seon-Won Kim, Division of Applied Life   Science, GNU

Title: Production of platform chemicals from an   engineered E. coli

Dr. Jinjing Wang, JU

9:20-9:50

Prof. Yu-Sin Jang, Division of Applied Life Science, GNU

Title: Recent advances in biobutanol production

9:50-10:20

Prof. Yijian Rao, School of Biotechnology, JU

Title: Discovery and characterization of the   biosynthetic pathway of polycyclic beticolin 1 by light-mediated comparative   transcriptomics

10:20-10:50

Prof. Yang Wang, School of Biotechnology, JU

Title: Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium   glutamicum for synthesis of hyaluronan

10:50-11:10

Hobin   Kang, Division of Applied Life Science, GNU

Title: Functional characterization of bacterial effector   HopA1 in RPS6-mediated immune responses

11:10-11:30

Chen Deng, School of Biotechnology, JU

Title: Synergistic improvement of N-acetylglucosamine production by engineering   transcription factors and balancing redox cofactors

11:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-13:50

Alimzhan Aliya, Division of Applied Life Science,   GNU

Title: Molecular Mechanism of Dark-induced Starch   Degradation by GIGANTEA in Arabidopsis

Chen Deng, JU

13:50-14:10

Jie Gu, School of Biotechnology, JU

Title: Evolutionary coupling-inspired engineering   of alcohol dehydrogenase reveals the influence of distant sites on its   catalytic efficiency for stereospecific synthesis of chiral alcohols

14:10-14:30

Jihae   Kim, Division of Applied Life Science, GNU

Title: Root-to-shoot conversion for in planta transformation

14:30-14:50

Xuerong Jin, School of Biotechnology, JU

Title: Biosynthesis of chondroitin sulfate by   engineered Pichia pastoris

14:50-15:00

Break

15:00-15:20

Yujin   Ahn, Division of Applied Life Science, GNU

Title: APT-1-triggered Flotillin-1 palmitoylation turnover   impedes IGF-1 receptor desensitization and proteostasis in cervical cancer

Hobin   Kang, GNU

15:20-15:40

Shengyong Zhu, School of Biotechnology, JU

Title: A new polysaccharide selenylation system based on solubilization and

synergistic catalytic effects

15:40-16:00

Bogyeong   Seo, Division of Applied Life Science, GNU

Title: Endothelial senescence drives senescence of   epithelial cells via IL1α of senescence-associated secretory phenotype in   lungs

16:00-16:20

Jinyuan Hu, School of Biotechnology, JU

Title:   Design Strategies to Tune the Structural and Mechanical Properties
  of Synthetic Collagen Hydrogels

16:20-16:30

Closing

Prof. Yao Nie, JU