2007 Recipient

In 2007, SBE awarded the James E. Bailey Award, endowed by Cytos Biotechnology, to Professor George Georgiou, Ph.D., for his research and advancements in protein engineering and therapeutics.  Dr. George Georgiou is the Crockell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and Professor for the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.  He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  Professor Georgiou’s research has had a profound impact on protein engineering and therapeutics.  In particular, he has increased the fundamental understanding of protein biogenesis.  His contributions to biotechnology include the invention of numerous, commercially important methods for facilitating protein discovery and manufacturing.  He is co-inventor of 34 patents, 19 of which have been licensed to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.  Dr. Georgiou has invented technologies for facilitating protein manufacturing (currently being used for the commercial production of several therapeutic proteins), for high throughput screening of biological molecules and for the efficient engineering of therapeutic antibodies.  He is also co-inventor of Anthim™ (Elusys Therapeutics Inc), the lead therapeutic antibody for protection against inhalation anthrax (NDA scheduled for 2007).  The title of Professor Georgiou's talk was "Engineering the Next Generation of  Therapeutic Proteins."