Following the 2006 edition of the RSC's Directing Biosynthesis meeting, the second edition will be held at Durham University, UK from 15 - 17 September 2010. 

The subject area has broadened and matured during recent years, and the area of understanding and directing biosynthesis has become highly topical. The meeting will concentrate on the following themes:

• Discovery of new natural products and biosynthetic pathways
• Biosynthesis and enzymology
• Structural biology/directed evolution
• Pathway engineering, semi-synthetic products and synthetic biology     

It is envisaged that Directing Biosynthesis 2010 will feature the best of the worlds of terpene, alkaloid, non-ribosomal peptide and polyketide biosynthesis, with a focus on understanding and redirecting pathways in a variety of organisms.

Keynote speakers include Jon Clardy (Harvard, USA), Sheryl Tsai (California, USA) and Wilfred van der Donk (Illinois, USA) amongst others. There are also several members of the Natural Product Reports editorial board who will deliver invited lectures at the conference. For a full list of keynote and invited speakers, click on the link on this page.

The Directing Biosynthesis 2010 call for papers is now open. To submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation, please click on the link on this page. The oral abstract deadline is 12 February 2010 and poster abstracts should be submitted by 16 July 2010. Registration will open in spring 2010. 

For further information, please contact RSC Conferences.