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From Biochemical Engineering to Synthetic Biology: A Short History of Engineering Impacts on Biotechnology

SBE Webinar

Sep 27, 2012

Harvey Blanch

This webinar will focus on how biochemical engineering developed in response to the need for large-scale production of antibiotics in the 1940s and 50s, even though fermentation provided a route to many industrial organic chemicals prior to their production from petroleum.

Society for Biological Engineering (SBE)

SBE is a global technological community that promotes the integration of engineering with biology and realize its benefits through bioprocessing, biomedical, and biomolecular applications. SBE provides opportunities for interaction of engineers and scientists, develops products and services bring value to the broad biological engineering community, and infuses awareness of biological engineering among all functions and activities of AIChE.

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (FP & BE)

The FP&BE division coordinates AIChE's activities in the fields of food, pharmaceuticals, and bioengineering.

Forest Bioproducts Division (FBP)

The Forest Bioproducts Division promotes knowledge sharing and networking on topics dealing with products obtained from forest resources and other lignocellulosic materials.

Inventing the Biofuel Future – We Can Have Biomass for Fuel and Eat it Too

SBE Webinar

Oct 22, 2009

Bruce Dale

Surrounded by a world filled with the fruits of innovation and invention, pessimists generally forget or ignore the role these forces are likely to play in the developing biofuel industry.

Industrial Systems Biology

SBE Webinar

Aug 25, 2009

Jens Nielsen

Cell factories are used extensively to produce many specific molecules used as pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, fuels, materials and food ingredients.

Modern Biotechnology : Connecting Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering Fundamentals

July, 2009

A unique resource for the next generation of biotech innovators Enabling everything from the deciphering of the human genome to environmentally friendly biofuels to lifesaving new pharmaceuticals, biotechnology has blossomed as an area of discovery and opportunity. Modern Biotechnology provides a...

Designing Efficient Metabolic Networks for Biofuels Production

SBE Webinar

Jun 25, 2009

Friedrich Srienc

Biotechnological processes depend to a large extent on the productivity of the organisms used.

Biomass Thermal Conversion

Apr 29, 2009

A. R. Ardiyanti, Nicholas Means, Sae Hoon Lee

Papers are on topics related sustatinable supply of a wide variety of biomass feedstocks to meet the needs of evolving liquid fuel demand (transportation and heating) and alternative enrgy sources. Please Note : Biomass Thermal Conversion -- Spring Meeting 2009 includes the following recorded...

Advances in Biofuel Technologies

Apr 29, 2009

Daniela Mainardi, Mark Poggi, Swati Rao

Papers on biodiesel production advances. Please Note : Advances in Biofuel Technologies -- Spring Meeting 2009 includes the following recorded presentations: · Enzyme-Catalyzed Methanol Production from Atmospheric Methane Oxidation · Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Sludge to Glucose ·...

Advances in Bioprocessing

Apr 29, 2009

Ayoun Cho, Haruhiko Teramoto, Seunghyun Ryu

Please Note : Advances in Bioprocessing -- Spring Meeting 2009 includes the following recorded presentations: · Biofuel and Biochemical Productions from Mixed Sugars Derived from Lignocellulosic Biomass by the RITE Bioprocess · One Step Cellulosic Ethanol Production · A Framework to Suggest Enzyme...

Establishing and Ensuring Sustainable Biofuels Development: A Department of Energy/Industry Perspective

Apr 28, 2009

Cynthia Bryant, Daniel Inman, Erin Searcy

This session highlights the broad range of U.S. Department of Energy research focused on the environmental sustainability of biofuel production including land use and soil health, water use, biodiversity, and impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. Projects profiled with focus on large cross-cutting...

Government Role in Alternative Energy: Strategy and Perspective

Apr 27, 2009

Dzung Nguyen, Robert L. Fireovid, World Nieh

Speakers from the federal and local government present their perspectives on goals, strategies and funding opportunities as it relates to alternative energy. Answers to questions related to the government new incentives, funding opportunities and much more. Please Note : Government Role in...

Grand Challenges in Sustainable Biofuels Production

SBE Webinar

Apr 22, 2009

Gregory Stephanopoulos

It is now clear that, for many reasons, corn has serious limitations as feedstock for biofuel production.

Body-on-a-Chip -- A Tool for Predictive Pharmacology/Toxicology

SBE Webinar

Mar 31, 2009

Michael L. Shuler

In this presentation, Professor Mike Shuler details his work to understand the response of the human body to various pharmaceutical and environmental chemicals using a combination of whole body modules and micro models Professor Shuler’s researc

Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology

March, 2009

The genomic revolution has opened up systematic investigations and engineering designs for various life forms. Systems biology and synthetic biology are emerging as two complementary approaches, which embody the breakthrough in biology and invite application of engineering principles. Systems...

Systems Biology: Open Challenges and Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

AIChE Webinar

Jan 20, 2009

Francis Doyle

Systems biology involves the analysis of multiple scales of 'control' in biological networks, from the regulation of gene transcription to the homeostatic regulation of metabolism in the whole body.

Development of Current and Next-Generation Biomedical Materials

Nov 17, 2008

Sujata K Bhatia

Biomaterials science is a multidisciplinary endeavor incorporating chemical engineering, medicine, biology, chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, and biomechanics. The past few years have witnessed an explosion in the field of biomedical materials, with an expansion of both the compositions...

All Biomass Is Local: Thinking Creatively about Biofuel Feedstocks

Nov 17, 2008

Bruce E. Dale

The Catalytic Conversion of Bioproducts to Fuels

Nov 17, 2008

James A. Dumesic

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