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SUMMARY:2026 Automation Symposium
DESCRIPTION:2026 Automation Symposium\nWednesday\, May 13\, 2026 • 2:30–5:00 PM\nFred Hutch • Pelton Auditorium\n1100 Fairview Ave N\, Seattle\, WA 98109 \n2:15–2:30 PM — Coffee/Tea\n2:30–2:40 PM — Welcome & Opening Remarks\n●Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong and James Carothers\n2:40–3:40 PM — Keynote #1: Huimin Zhao (UIUC)\n●An AI-powered Self-driving Biofoundry for Synthetic Biology \n3:40-4:10 PM — Contributed Talks: Automation Across Institutions \nShort talks (10 minutes each)\n●Allison Li (UW\, Biology Department)\n○In silico modeling guides the design of combinatorial antigen recognition in CART cell therapies\n●Jingyi Jessica Li (Fred Hutch PHS Biostatistics)\n○Transparent AI for Differential Expression: Marrying Statistical Rigor with NaturalLanguage Interfaces\n●Sebastian Castillo-Hair (UW Electrical and Computer Engineering Department)\n○Programming human cell type-specific gene expression via AI-designedregulatory DNA \n4:10–4:20 PM — Contributed talks Q&A\n4:20–4:50 PM —Keynote #2: Eric Klavins (UW)\n●Programming the Lab \n4:50–5:00 PM — Closing Remarks & Networking Invitation\n●Maitreya Dunham\n5:00– 6:00PM — Happy Hour: Sponsored in part by Opentrons
URL:https://www.syntheticbiology.uw.edu/event/2026-automation-symposium/
LOCATION:Fred Hutch\, Pelton Auditorium\, 1100 Fairview Ave N\,\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98109
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