2018 Meetings
Programming for the Division of Biochemical Technology (BIOT)
255th ACS National Meeting
New Orleans Louisiana, March 18-22, 2018
Program Chairs
Maciek Antoniewicz, University of Delaware
Nihal Tugcu, Merck
ACS 2018 Meeting Links
BIOT Call for Abstracts (Closed)
BIOT Meeting Program Book - Download the App.
BIOT Meeting Abstracts (Available Here)
Conference registration is now open.
BIOT Meeting Location: InterContinental Hotel - New Orleans
Reserve your hotel room on the ACS Website.
For Student Presenters
W.H. Peterson Award - Applications due 03/02/18 (Closed)
BIOT Student Travel Subsidy - Applications due 03/02/18 (Closed)
For Young (35 and Under) Professional
Young Professionals Award in Upstream and Downstream Processing (sponsored by 3M)
Applications due 03/09/18 (Closed)
2018 Keynote Speakers by Area
Upstream Processes: Dean Pettit (Just Biotherapeutics) and Hal Alper (UT Austin)
Downstream Processes: Hari Pujar (Moderna Therapeutics) and Charles Haynes (University of British Columbia)
Biomolecular & Biophysical Processes: Carolyn Bertozzi (Stanford) and Amy Keating (MIT)
Biomedical & Emerging Technologies: Knut Niss (Mustang Bio) and Reed Clark (Dimension Therapeutics)
End-to-End Biomanufacturing: Eliana Clark (Biogen) and Chris Love (MIT)
2018 Award Winners and Lectures
David Perlman Memorial Lectureship (sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb)
Pamela Silver (Harvard)
Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical Technology (sponsored by Pfizer, Inc.)
Huimin Zhao (UIUC)
Women's Chemists Committee Rising Star Award
Michelle O'Malley (UCSB)
Industrial Biotechnology Award
Gene Schaefer (Johnson & Johnson Centocor)
Alan Michaels Award
TBD
BIOT Young Investigator Award (sponsored by Genentech, Inc.)
Brian Pfleger (Wisconsin)
James M. Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award
Anne Kantardjieff (Alexion)
Biotechnology & Bioengineering Gaden Award Lecture
Michael Shuler (Cornell)
Biotechnology & Bioengineering D.I.C. Daniel Wang Young Investigator Award
Chase Beisel (NC State)
SBE/AIChE/ACS BIOT D.I.C. Daniel Wang Award
TBD
Peterson Best Student Oral Presentation at 2017 National Meeting
Lisa Tostanoski (UMD College Park)
W.H. Peterson Best Student Poster Presentation at 2017 National Meeting
Silvia Pirrung (TU Delft)
2018 Program Areas (Area Coordinators)
Upstream Processes: Brian Pfleger (UW Madison); Peter Russo (Merck); Rashmi Kshirsagar (Biogen)
Downstream Processes: David Wood (Ohio State); Lars Pampel (Novartis); Nooshafarin Sanaie (Gilead)
Biomolecular & Biophysical Processes: Pete Tessier (Michigan); Erinc Sahin (BMS)
Biomedical & Emerging Technologies: April Kloxin (Delaware); John Pieracci (Biogen); Aaron Noyes (Codiak BioSciences)
End-to-End Biomanufacturing: Sarah Harcum (Clemson); Venkatesh Natarajan (Biogen); Nitin Rathore (Amgen); Scott Tobler (Merck)
BIOT Tank: Mike Lynch (Duke); Varnika Roy (GSK)
Food-Water-Energy Nexus: Sharon Shoemaker (UC Davis); Maciek Antoniewicz (Delaware)
BIOT Poster Session: Mark Blenner (Clemson); Nigel Reuel (Iowa State)
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