2015 Meetings
Programming for the Division of Biochemical Technology (BIOT)
249th ACS National Meeting
Denver Colorado, March 22-26, 2015
Program Chairs
Matthew Lazzara, University of Pennsylvania
Anne Kantardjieff, Alexion Pharmaceuticals
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BIOT Meeting Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel, Denver
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For Student Presenters
W.H. Peterson Award for best oral presentation and best poster presentation - applications due February 28
BIOT Student Travel Subsidy - applications due February 28
2015 Program Areas (Area Coordinators)
Upstream Processes (Trent Munro, Brian Pfleger)
Downstream Processes (Scott Tobler, Alois Jungbauer, Richard Willson)
Biomolecular & Biophysical Processes (Bryan Berger, Casim Sarkar, Parag Kohle)
Biofuels and Sustainable Energy (Danielle Tullman-Ercek, David Hogsett)
Quality by Design for Biopharmaceuticals (Sanjeev Ahuja, Anurag Rathore)
Emerging Technologies (April Kloxin, Basar Bilgicer)
Biosimilars and Follow-on Biologics (Lisa Connell-Crowley, Suresh Vunnum)
Colorado Biotechnology (Nanette Boyle, Carrie Eckert)
Poster Session (Claire Komives, Jacob Latone)
2015 Keynote Speakers by Area
Biofuels and Sustainable Energy - Ryan Gill, University of Colorado Boulder
Biomolecular and Biophysical Processes - K. Dane Wittrup, MIT
Biosimilars and Follow-on Biologics - Marjorie Shapiro, United States Food and Drug
Administration & Anurag Rathore, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Downstream Processes - Jorg Thommes, Biogen Idec
Emerging Technologies - Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado Boulder
Quality by Design for Biopharmaceuticals - Mathieu Streefland, Wageningen University
Upstream Processes - Kelvin Lee, University of Delaware
2015 Award Winners and Lectures
The David Perlman Memorial Lectureship
Anne Robinson, Tulane University
“Overcoming Obstacles to Expression and Characterization of Difficult Proteins”
Alan S. Michaels Award in the Recovery of Biological Products
Milton Hearn, Monash University
“Transforming Basic Science into Innovations in Bioproduct Recovery”
The Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology
Mike Betenbaugh, Johns Hopkins University
“Mammalian Cell Factories: Taking Small Steps Forward To Keep From Drowning in Big Data”
Gaden Award Lecture
Frances H. Arnold, California Institute of Technology
"Sex and the Better Biocatalyst"
BIOT Young Investigator Award
Pete Tessier, RPI
“Toward Antibodies by Design”
D.I.C. Daniel Wang Young Investigator Award
Maciek R. Antoniewicz, University of Delaware
"Towards a Holistic Understanding of Cellular Metabolism"
The James M. Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award
David Roush, Merck W.H.
Peterson Best Student Oral Presentation at 2014 National Meeting
Nick Marchand, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“Synthetic Communication and Density-Dependent Gene Regulation in Bacillus Megaterium”
W.H. Peterson Best Student Poster Presentation at 2014 National Meeting
Krunal Mehta, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“Enzyme-Based Target Decontamination of Bacillus Cells and Spores”
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