SBE Biotechnology Courses
Biology for Chemical Engineers
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, 8:00AM-5:00PM
About the Course
This course is designed to inform you about basic biology, biotechnology and pathology - all the essential elements to understand how biotechnologists come up with product ideas. You should attend if you are interested in learning about the science of biology and how it applies to the biotechnology industry. This course provides enough background to appeal to the novice biologist while bringing new research methods to the practicing engineer. Research managers, engineers, biochemists, scientists and students interested in biotechnology should attend.
Topics include:
- Cells, Viruses and Biomolecules
Cell biology, biomolecule synthesis, organelle function - Biotechnology - Tools and Products and Biomolecular Analysis
Proteomics and genomics - Molecular analysis - Analyzing Complex Biological Systems
Systems biology and "biomolecular signatures" - The Immune System
Innate and specific, immune recognition (B, T, MHC, TLR), autoimmunity, tools - Diseases and Therapeutics
Disease mechanisms, drug development process and therapeutic strategies
About the Course Instructor:
Dr. Michael Amos is the Biosciences Advisor to the Director of the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. Dr. Amos received his B.S. degree in General Sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia and his Ph.D. in Basic Medical Sciences from the University of South Alabama, College of Medicine in Mobile, Alabama. His graduate area of emphasis was in microbiology and immunology and his thesis research was in regulation of the immune system. From there, he furthered his training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, College of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow in the Departments of Microbiology and Rheumatology, studying the molecular immunology of rheumatoid arthritis. He has held various industry research, marketing and business development positions in the fields of biopharmaceuticals, neutriceuticals, drug delivery, transgenics, immunodiagnostics, molecular biology and molecular pathology. He is also a founder of two biotechnology companies. Dr. Amos joined NIST in 2002 as a Program Manager and Biologist in the Chemistry and Life Sciences Office of the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), an extramural funding arm of NIST, established to accelerate private sector high-risk, high-reward technology development projects. At ATP, he managed projects on stem cells, nanotechnology, immunotherapeutics, cancer vaccines, neurobiology, protein therapeutics, drug discovery, gene therapy, metabolic engineering, and medical devices. Dr. Amos is a leader in the field of autoimmune immunodiagnostics and serves on the Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee of the National Institutes of Health. Mike joined CSTL in 2006, and serves as biosciences advisor to Dr. Willie May as a liaison to industry, academia and other government agencies in the bioscience and health care areas. Dr. Amos serves as the Department of Commerce representative on the HHS Secretaries Advisory Committee on Genetic, Health and Society and also participates on the NIH Autoimmune Diseases Coordinating Committee.
Note: Registration is available through the annual meeting online registration form – you DO NOT have to register for the annual meeting to register for this short course.
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