MaxSynBio Project Leader Meeting

Program

10:00

Introduction by the Coordinator Kai Sundmacher:

Requirements MPG/BMBF
Roadmap/Dates
Budget, personnel
Summary status talks

Common vision
Construction plans
Terminology
International competitors

10:30

Presentations project leaders (5min + 5min)

10:30 A1: Azam Gholami
10:40 A2: Reinhard Lipowsky
10:50 A3: Katharina Landfester
11:00 B1: Petra Schwille
11:10 B2: Tanja Vidakovic-Koch
11:20 B3: Jean-Christophe Baret  

11:30 C1: Tony Hyman
11:40 C2: Philippe Bastiaens
11:50 C3: Joachim Spatz
12:00 C4: Victor Sourjik
12:10 C5: Michael Mangold
12:20 X: Stephan Herminghaus
12:30 D1: Peter Dabrock

12:45

Lunch

13:15

Presentations of facilities (5min + 5min)

13:15 Dortmund Protein Facility: Astrid Krämer
13:25 Martinsried Protein Facility: Lei Kai
13:35 Göttingen Microfluidics Facility: Albert Bae

13:45

Presentations of junior group leaders (2min + 5min discussion)

Seraphine Wegner
Tom Robinson

Hannes Mutschler
Dora Tang

14:15

General discussion: MaxSynBio Grant proposal 2.0 (2017-2020)

Common vision, wording
Work plan:
- Tasks to kill/ New tasks
- Reallocation of/ new work packages
- New collaborations
Budget:
- Reallocation of already distributed budget  
- Distribution of retention fund
  (5% of MPG budget)

Longterm perspectives
- International Collaborations (BrisSynBio)
- New MPI for Synthetic Biology
- Max Planck School for Synthetic Biology
Emphasis of potential applications
Responsibilities of rewriting parts of proposal

15:30

Status report 2015 (due August 2016)

- Content
- Structure
- Responsibilities

16:30

Progress report 2015 (due 30 April 2016): Revision of current version

17:00

Finish