We are pleased to invite you to BioToP Meets Industry, an FWF-funded event organized by the BioToP doctoral program at BOKU University Vienna that aims to connect industry professionals with the next generation of protein biotechnology researchers.

Our symposium will include selected research presentations by our PhD students, a poster session covering all current projects in BioToP and interactive discussion rounds designed to encourage open exchange between participants.
We will conclude with a networking dinner, giving everyone additional time to connect in a relaxed setting.

Location: BOKU University - Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna

PROGRAM
10:00 Registration
10:30 Session 1

• Fiona Spreitzer Surface amino acid selection for well-expressible proteins
  
• Andreas Fradinger Plants-on-a-chip: microfluidics-based real-time tracking of protein body formation in plant cells
  
• Chiara Amoroso Ancestral α-amino acid ester acyltransferases with higher thermostability for dipeptide synthesis
  
• Alice Cassiani Unravelling the structural role of the [2Fe-2S] cluster in actinobacterial coproporphyrin ferrochelatase

12:00 Lunch
13:00 Poster session
14:15 Session 2

• Dominik Hörtnagel Beyond classical models: How QM/MM simulations reveal enzymatic reaction mechanisms
• Miriam Fernández-Giro Find your protein look-alike: a numeric surface shape similarity search
• Stanislav Juračka Expanding the synthetic biology toolbox of Komagataella phaffii with promoters and terminators from diverse yeast species
• Sophie Huber REM-BAC - a scalable path to precision engineered producer cell lines

15:45 Coffee break
16:00 Discussion rounds
17:30 Networking dinner

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• gain direct insights into current research in protein biotechnology,
• meet early-career scientists who will soon enter the job market, and
• engage in small-group discussions with doctoral researchers on topics related to science, career paths, and collaboration opportunities.

We warmly welcome participants from industry, start-ups, applied research organizations, regulatory bodies, patent law, and related fields who are interested in learning about emerging research and connecting with potential future collaborators or employees.