Five MML members attended 15th International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS) and Exhibition, which was held from September 16 to 21, 2012 in Daegu. They were invited to give academic lectures as follows. Zixin Deng  - Keynote
Harnessing the metabolic power for novel and improved antibiotics

Linquan Bai
Functional genomics of validamycin overproduction in Streptomyces hygroscopicus 5008

Shuangjun Lin
Biosynthesis of anti-mycobacterial antibiotics pyridomycin from Streptomyces pyridomyceticus NRRL B-2517

Hong-Yu Ou
An integrated web-based resource for integrative and conjugative elements in bacteria