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About IMES

The International Metabolic Engineering Society (IMES) seeks to promote and advance metabolic engineering as an enabling science for bio-based production of materials, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, chemicals and fuels.

IMES Background

The Metabolic Engineering Conferences have been running since 1998; the first was held in Danvers and was chaired by Prof. Gregory Stephanopoulos. As you have witnessed in Biarritz, this conference has grown into a leading event that every second year attracts, all the leaders, industry, new members and students in the field of metabolic engineering.

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IMES Mission

To promote and advance metabolic engineering as the enabling science and technology for bio-based production of materials, pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, chemicals, and fuels.

IMES Objectives

  • To raise interest, understanding, and recognition of engineers’ and scientists’ roles in metabolic engineering.
  • Promote metabolic engineering as an enabling science for development of sustainable and environmentally friendly bio-based production of chemicals, liquid fuels, energy and materials.
  • Organize international conferences in the field of metabolic engineering and industrial biotechnology, hereunder the bi-annual Metabolic Engineering conference.
  • Coordinate activities in the field of industrial biotechnology with other organizations (such as the World Council on Industrial Biotechnology, BIO and EUROPA-BIO).
  • Infuse awareness to the public and civil society at large on metabolic engineering with both opportunities and risks.
  • To drive for scientific excellence in the field of metabolic engineering through establishment and maintenance of prestigious awards for both young and senior researchers.
  • To foster and promote peer-review of research on metabolic engineering through publications, journals and and/or conferences.