• Date: April 4, 2025
• Venue: iNANO auditorium (Online participation is possible)

Program:

9.30-10.00 Opening

• 9.30-9.40 Poul Nissen: General introduction
• 9.40-9.50 Ebbe Sloth Andersen: Introduction to artificial biology 
• 9.50-10.00 Julian Valero Moreno: Introduction to network and activities

10.00-10.15 Coffee and bread

10.15-11 Distinguished iNANO lecture

• Birthe Kragelund: Binding in the mirror - from protein noodles to the origins of life

11.00-11.15 Coffee refill

11.15-12 Session 1

• 11.15-11.30 Kristian Hvidtfelt Nielsen: Historical perspectives on engineering of life 
• 11.30-11.45 Brigitte Maria Städler: Modern bioengineering and biomimicry 
• 11.45-12.00 Christian Pascal Hirsch: Stochastic models for learning in networks

12-13.30 Lunch & Poster session

13.30-14.30 Session 2

• 13.30-13.45 Liv Hornekær: Catalyzing the formation of the Molecular Building Blocks of Life in Space
• 13.45-14.00 Alex Zelikin: Signal transduction in artificial cells
• 14.00-14.15 Technical perspective on engineering of life
• 14.15-14.30 Mette Ebbesen: The Ethics of Applying Artificial Life

14.30-15.00 Panel debate on engineering of life and interdisciplinary synergies

15-16 Poster session & pizzas