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Aiming to establish Synthetic Biology as a key discipline in Germany Serving as a common hub to connect an interdisciplinary and inclusive SynBio community Learn more on our website https://gasb.de/de/ German Conference on Synthetic Biology www.gcsb2026.de
Closing this session, we listen to Nicolas Krink highlighting the role of innovation in SynBio as a representative from SPRIND (@sprind-de.bsky.social) 📈.
SPRIND is pushing and supporting scientists to create true innovation that make a difference in the real world🌍.
Thank you David Lubkowicz for highlighting the work of Novonesis and sharing how protein and oligosaccharides for food can be produced sustainably🍽️!
After our break, we continue with Jan Lukas Krüsemann from Charité Berlin, introducing us to the session on Solutions for Sustainability. Despite interruptions by the German "alarm testing day" 🚨, he shared his fascinating work on creating an ATP auxotrophic cell🦠!
Thank you Larissa Sames (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) for closing todays first session🗣️. In her talk, she guided us through the engineering of liposomes for the bottom-up construction of "smell"👃.
From Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, we next listen to Michael Levy, highlighting the complex production of ribosomal proteins in a cell-free system🧪
Our first session of today is Cell-free and Bottom-up Systems⏫, wonderfully introduced by Kerstin Göpfrich (@kgoepfrich.bsky.social) from the University of Heidelberg!
Here we heard how RNA based sturctures can be designed and produced to create synthetic cells🦠!
⚡Flash talks⚡
Thanks to all presenters for highlighting your posters in rapid fire! We already had some great discussions with you and we are looking forward to chat with you at your posters📈!
The first session of #GCSB2026 closes with Konrad Herbst from the Universität Heidelberg. Thank you for sharing how DNA assembly is done at the frontier of SynBio🧬. By using split markers, complex assemblies can be scaled up and are made more accessible🤝
Leon Kraus, from Technische Universität Darmstadt, next highlights how aptameres can be engineered to bind novel molecules. He showed the exiting example of generating a caffeine specific aptamere! ☕
High throughput data are more important than ever💻. On this note, Markus Jeschek from EPFL, shows us how translation initiation can be engineered, utilizing mRNA folding or tRNA interactions to tune protein production📈!
Thanks Yolanda Schaerli for the fantastic kick-off talk, not only for the session on Synthetic Genomics and Gene Circuits, but for all of #GCSB2026!🧬
We heard of exciting approaches to build biological computers using CRISPR interference and phages.⚙️
Lena Maria Hümmler officially opened #GCSB2026🎉
Welcome everyone and enjoy Germany's prime SynBio conference! 🧬
The #GCSB2026 has opened its doors and our first attendees are flowing in 🎉
We are looking forward to spending the next three days together with you, enjoying the latest advances of SynBio🧬
Welcome to the German Conference on Synthetic Biology!
Lets welcome Wilfried Weber at GCSB!
Organisms can change dynamically depending on their environment. They do this by detecting environmental inputs, integrating them, and producing a suitable response. Wilfried Weber creates living materials that can respond to specific inputs.
Very happy to welcome Diego Orzaez as a keynote speaker at GCSB!
He is a senior researcher and lab co-leader focussed on genetic engineering and synthetic biology. We are excited for his expertise, as edited crops are of growing interest to revolutionize agriculture🌳.
Learn more about the GCSB 2026 and get your tickets right here 👇
shorturl.at/vLjyk
The GCSB 2026 is collaboratively organized by DECHEMA and GASB🤝
Let’s welcome Mattheos Koffas as a Keynote for GCSB 2026!
Microorganisms show great potential for the production of valuable natural chemicals. Mattaeos Koffas and his lab have extensive experience using various microbial hosts for the biosynthesis of valuable compounds🦠.
We are thrilled to announce that the winners of this years Europe-wide Read-Write-Grow Hackathon will be attending the SynBio Reactor Summit 2026 in Berlin next month.
Meet the winner teams:
SynBioGuard🥇
Phos-Busters 🥈
Catcheater🥉
🔗: www.synbioreactor.de
#SBR2026
The SynBioReactor is the place to be for BioTech Startups!
Show us what you’ve got during our Pitching Competition and get the chance to win a fantastic prize that will help move you and your startup forward🚀.
Learn more about SBR and apply for our Pitching Competition👇!
shorturl.at/2um8W
Cells are extremely dynamic entities that can fulfill various functions by e.g adhering to and detaching from other cells🤝. Seraphine Wegner and her lab specialize in using light to control cellular functions in living & synthetic cells💡!
Join GCSB 👇
gcsb2026.de
Many German iGEM teams have been a staple of the iGEM competition and were quite successful once again in 2025🚀!
Congratulations🎉! Seeing such exciting and creative projects from our community makes us proud and once again shows that Germany is a hotspot for SynBio research and entrepreneurship⚙️!
Last week, we were once again happy to join the 2025 iGEM Grand Jamboree! 🎉
We absolutely loved meeting you all in person and we can’t wait for next year and see how students, iGEM and SynBio organizations have evolved in the meantime🦠.
Until next year! 💚
Event alarm for our Berlin folks🚨!
We are co-organizing another exciting event with BCG X, BioCentra and FoodLabs!
📅 November 21, 2025
📍 BCG X Office, Berlin (near Ostbahnhof)
🕛 13:30-20:00+
Join by following this link, but we only have limited slots, so be quick 👇
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We are happy to welcome Yolanda Schaerli as one of our Keynote Speakers at GCSB 2026🎤 !
To better understand the formation of crucial patterns, the Schaerli Lab builds and models synthetic gene regulatory networks. This knowledge can also be used to engineer new patterns in bacterial populations🔧!
Curious About Synthetic Biology?🦠 Find Your Community with GASB!🙏
Come join our info event and see what we're all about!
What we do👀
How you fit in🧩
Meet the crew🤝
Become active💪
Register right here👇
shorturl.at/U0vKL
Once again, GASB is joining the iGEM Grand Jamboree🎉!
We are excited to see thousands of synthetic biologists from all over the world sharing their projects with us👩🔬.
Meet us at our kiosk or join our panel discussion and have a chat with us🙏!
More info is to be announced, so stay tuned!
🚨Deadline alert 🚨
You want to speak at the German Conference on Synthetic Biology 🗣️?
Submit your abstract for a talk until the❗5th of October 2025❗to make a contribution to the prime #SynBio event in Germany!
Submit your abstract or get your tickets by following this link 👇
gcsb2026.de
You are also interested in giving a talk at GCSB 2026? Abstract submissions are open until the 5th of October📣!
Submit your abstract or get your tickets right here👇
gcsb2026.de
We are proud to introduce our first Keynote Speaker for GCSB 2026, Kerstin Göpfrich 🎤 !
Kerstin Göpfrich is a full professor at the Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) of Universität Heidelberg. Her group deals with biology's age-old question: can we create cells/life from scratch🦠?
We’re excited to announce that early bird ticket sales 🐦 are now open for this year’s SynBioReactor – where synthetic biology startups meet investors, partners, and industry leaders.
Early bird tickets are only available until the 4th of October, so get your tickets right now👇
shorturl.at/vzLuR