2017 Meetings
Programming for the Division of Biochemical Technology (BIOT)
253rd ACS National Meeting
San Francisco California, April 02-06, 2017
Program Chairs
Michelle O'Malley, UC - Santa Barbara
Varnika Roy, MedImmune
ACS 2017 Meeting Links
BIOT Call for Abstracts (Closed)
BIOT Meeting Program Book (Download)
BIOT Meeting Abstracts (Not Yet Available)
Conference registration is now open.
BIOT Meeting Location: InterContinental Hotel.
Reserve your hotel room on the ACS Website.
For Student Presenters
W.H. Peterson Award - Applications due 03/10/17
BIOT Student Travel Subsidy - Applications due 02/28/17
For Young (35 and Under) Professional
3M Award for Young Professionals - Applications due 03/10/17
Speed Networking for Students and Professionals
Event Sign Up for Students (RSVP by April 1, 2017)
Event Sign Up for Professionals (RSVP by April 1, 2017)
2017 Keynote Speakers by Area
Upstream Processes: Bob Kiss (Genentech) and Jennifer Reed (Wisconsin)
Downstream Processes: Glen Bolton (Amgen) and Suzanne Farid (University College London)
Biomolecular & Biophysical Processes: Charles Craik (UCSF)
Bio-based Products: Greg Stephanopoulos (MIT)
Drug Product: Anand Subramony (MedImmune)
Quality by Design: Brian Kelley (Genentech)
Emerging Technologies: Elizabeth Lipke (Auburn)
Biosimilars: Marjorie Shapiro (FDA)
Startup Road - BayBio and Beyond: Jim Swartz (Stanford)
2017 Award Winners and Lectures
David Perlman Memorial Lectureship (sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb)
Christina Smolke (Stanford)
Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology (sponsored by Pfizer, Inc.)
Wilfred Chen (Delaware)
E. V. Murphree Award
E. Terry Papoutsakis (Delaware)
Alan Michaels Award
Brian Kelley (Genentech)
BIOT Young Investigator Award (sponsored by Genentech, Inc.)
Mike Jewett (Northwestern)
James M. Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award
Nitin Rathore (Amgen)
Biotechnology & Bioengineering Gaden Award Lecture
Kelvin Lee (Delaware)
Biotechnology & Bioengineering D.I.C. Daniel Wang Young Investigator Award
Lydia Contreras (Texas)
SBE/AIChE/ACS BIOT D.I.C. Daniel Wang Award
Michael Betenbaugh (Johns Hopkins University)
Peterson Best Student Oral Presentation at 2016 National Meeting
Shannon Stone (Cal Tech)
W.H. Peterson Best Student Poster Presentation at 2016 National Meeting
Shu Zhu (U. Penn)
2017 Program Areas (Area Coordinators)
Upstream Processes: Ian Wheeldon (UC Riverside), Nitin Agarwal (Medimmune), Inn Yuk (Genentech).
Downstream Processes: Nihal Tugcu (Merck), Venkatesh Natarajan (Biogen), Raquel Aires-Barros (Lisbon).
Biomolecular & Biophysical Processes: Jim Van Deventer (Tufts), Jamie Moore (Genentech).
Bio-based Products: Carrie Eckert (NREL), Ganesh Sriram (Maryland), Maciek Antoniewicz (Delaware).
Drug Product: Ted Randolph (Colorado), Erinc Sahin (BMS).
Quality by Design: Jarka Glassey (Newcastle), Ranga Godavarti (Pfizer).
Emerging Technologies: Yvonne Chen (UCLA), John Kim (Alabama), John Peracci (Biogen).
Biosimilars: Anurag Rathore (IIT), Rob Gronke (Biogen).
Startup Road - BayBio and Beyond: Todd Meyerrose (P4G Capital/Stanford), Glen Bolton (Amgen), Allan May (Life Science Angels).
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