报告摘要/Abstract：

Synthetic biology aims to design novel or improved biological systems using engineering principles, which has broad applications in medical, chemical food, and agricultural industries, Thanks to the rapid advances in DNA sequencing and synthesis, genome editing, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and laboratory automation in the past two decades, synthetic biology has entered a new phase of exponential growth. In this talk, I will highlight our recent work on the development of a self-driving biofoundry and AI/ML tools for synthetic biology applications. Examples include but are not limited to: (1) BioAutomata: a self-driving biofoundry for pathway engineering and protein engineering, (2) ECNet: an Al tool for enzyme engineering, (3) CLEAN: an Al tool for enzyme function prediction, and (4) FAST-RiPP &FAST-NPS: an automated and scalable platform for rapid discovery of bioactive natural products.

个人简介/Brief Bio：

赵惠民教授是伊利诺伊大学香槟分校（UIUC）化学和生物分子工程的Steven L. Miller讲席教授，美国国家科学基金人工智能分子合成研究所主任，ACS Synthetic Biology主编。赵教授于1992年获得中国科学技术大学生物学学士学位，1998年在诺贝尔奖获得者Frances Arnold教授的指导下获得加州理工学院化学博士学位，2008年晋升为UIUC正教授。他的主要研究兴趣是合成生物学、机器学习和实验室自动化工具的开发和应用，以应对社会健康、能源和可持续性方面最艰巨的挑战。赵教授目前已发表420余篇研究文章，30余项已发布和正在申请的专利申请。此外，还受邀进行了470多次会议主题演讲或特邀演讲，他曾荣获AIChE FP&B Division奖，ECI酶工程奖，ACS Marvin Johnson奖和SIMB Charles Thom奖等多种奖励。