SBE's 2nd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering
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January 18-21, 2009 |
Conference Chairs:
- Ryan Gill, University of Colorado
- Sachdev Sidhu, University of Toronto
This conference brings together researchers using quantitative approaches to advance the understanding and application of biology at the molecular level. These approaches are contributing to the development of analytical, diagnostic, and therapeutic strategies that are directly relevant to public health. The meeting will also stimulate efforts to integrate these approaches across the molecular, cellular, and higher scales of biological complexity in a single-track Gordon-style conference format that includes hotel accomodations and most meals.
Keynote Speakers:
- Jay Keasling, Chief Executive, Joint BioEnergy Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- Peter Schultz, Scripps Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Institute, and Institute Director of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
- James Wells, Harry William and Diana V. Hind Distinguished Professorship in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
Conference topics include:
- Engineering therapeutic proteins
- Improving efficacy, folding, delivery, and stability
- Enzyme engineering and industrial process applications of engineered proteins
- Design and synthesis of RNA and small molecules as diagnostic and therapeutic reagents
- Reagents for detection and quantification of biomolecules
- Molecular nanobiotechnology
- Evolutionary and combinatorial approaches to metabolic pathway and strain improvement
- Live-cell imaging and single-molecule imaging
- Intracellular and intercellular signaling pathways and networks
- MEMS, microfluidics, and microscale analyses of molecular and cellular function
- Computational approaches to engineering cell function and therapeutic interventions
- Genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic profiling of cell function
- Novel high-throughput methodologies for whole-cell profiling
- Design of synthetic biological circuits and pathways
- Advances in bioinformatics
- Multi-scale modeling and computational methods for systems biology
If you were not able to attend the first conference, in 2007, you can buy a CD of the proceedings. Simply fax this PDF to us at 646-495-1507 or mail it to SBE, 3 Park Ave, 19th floor, New York, NY 10016.
We have approached several funding agencies for a grant to support student registration. If you need funding, and in the event that we receive these monies, please fill out the attached form and email it to us at bio@aiche.org. You will need to submit an abstract as well. The deadline is December 1, 2008.