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Directing biosynthesis VIII

Name: Directing biosynthesis VIII
Start: 2026-06-29
End: 2026-07-01
Location: The Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University

This edition has ended

Directing biosynthesis VIII 2026 ran Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026 at The Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a Biotech conference. ConferenceGrid lists 39 speakers, 1 sponsor and 51 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 15, 2026 · dates verified May 5, 2026

Directing Biosynthesis VIII is a key conference for the community of researchers interested in diverse aspects of biosynthesis. Established in 2006 and now in its eighth iteration, the event brings together established researchers, early-career scientists, students, and industry members to share and discover cutting-edge research, reconnect with colleagues,…

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39Speakers

1Sponsors

51Sessions

31Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Directing, in alphabetical order.

Andrew Truman

Session Chair

Barbara Terlouw

Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Barrie Wilkinson

Session Chair

Benjamin Lichman

Session Chair

Bethan Winterson

University College London, UK

Brad Moore

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA

Chaitan Khosla

Stanford University, USA

Claudia Vickers

Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

Dmitry Ghilarov

University of Oxford, UK

Dominic Campopiano

University of Edinburgh, UK

Eric Helfrich

Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany

Helen Hailes

Session Chair

Hui-Ming Ge

Nanjing University, China

Ignacio Pérez-Victoria

CSIC, Spain

Jakob Franke

Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Jennifer Andexer

Freiburg University, Germany

Joleen Masschelein

Session Chair

Kira Weissman

Conference Chair

Lauren Turner

Isomerase, UK

Lihan Zhang

Westlake University, China

Lona Alkhalaf

University of Warwick, UK

Martin Hayes

Session Chair

Agenda

Selected from 51 sessions.

09.55
SAM-dependent enzymes in cycles and cascades
Session 3: Biocatalysis
10:05
Communication mechanisms in the peptide-bond condensation reaction in the Tomaymycin producing non-ribosomal peptide synthetases
Session 7: Genetics, enzymology and structural biology of natural product synthesis II
10:25
Enzymatic skeletal editing reaction to form 1,3,5-triazine core in the biosynthesis of 5-azacytidine,a valuable medicine discovered 60 years ago
Session 7: Genetics, enzymology and structural biology of natural product synthesis II
10.30
Refreshments
10:45
Directing RIPP Bbiosynthesis: Structural basis of nif11-like leader peptide recognition
Session 7: Genetics, enzymology and structural biology of natural product synthesis II
11.00
Natural products from interacting microorganisms and ancient microbiomes
Session 4: Genome mining, computational approaches, chemical ecology
11:05
Refreshments
11.20
Genome mining-driven discovery of bioactive fungal natural products
Session 4: Genome mining, computational approaches, chemical ecology
11:30
Registration with lunch from 12:00

Quick answers

When is Directing biosynthesis VIII 2026?: Directing biosynthesis VIII 2026 ran Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026 at The Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Where is Directing biosynthesis VIII 2026 held?: Directing biosynthesis VIII 2026 was held at The Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Who is speaking at Directing biosynthesis VIII 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 39 speakers, including Andrew Truman (Session Chair), Barbara Terlouw (Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands) and Barrie Wilkinson (Session Chair).
Who sponsors Directing biosynthesis VIII 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 1 sponsor: Partner scientist.

Company intelligence

An audience of 31 companies, parsed from the program.

31 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room

0All threespeak · spons · exh

1Sponsoringsponsor only

30Speakingspeaker only

Speakers by seniority

Other roles39100%

Of 39 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	Partner scientist	Sponsor	-
2	Aarhus University, Denmark		1
3	City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong		1
4	CSIC, Spain		1
5	Eawag, Switzerland		1
6	Freiburg University, Germany		1
7	Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany		1
8	Harvard University, USA		1
9	Hokkaido University, Japan		1
10	Imperial College London, UK		1
11	Isomerase, UK		1
12	Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Germany		1
13	Leibniz University Hannover, Germany		1
14	Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany		1

Sponsors by tier

unspecified1

100% of 1

Directing biosynthesis VIII

SAM-dependent enzymes in cycles and cascades

Communication mechanisms in the peptide-bond condensation reaction in the Tomaymycin producing non-ribosomal peptide synthetases

Enzymatic skeletal editing reaction to form 1,3,5-triazine core in the biosynthesis of 5-azacytidine,a valuable medicine discovered 60 years ago

Refreshments

Directing RIPP Bbiosynthesis: Structural basis of nif11-like leader peptide recognition

Natural products from interacting microorganisms and ancient microbiomes

Refreshments

Genome mining-driven discovery of bioactive fungal natural products

Registration with lunch from 12:00

31 companies in attendance.