Randall J. Platt is an Associate Professor of Biological Engineering at the ETH Zurich; Associate Professor at the University of Basel; Botnar Research Center for Child Health Investigator; and NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering Investigator. He aims to develop genetic perturbation and cellular programming technologies for diagnostics and therapeutics primarily in the areas of brain science and gut microbiome. Randy’s major research interests include biological engineering, synthetic biology, functional genomics, and molecular medicine. His core research themes include engineering...Read more
Christoph Keysberg is a Scientist in the RNA Process Development Unit at BioNTech SE in Mainz, Germany. Christoph holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in molecular biotechnology from Bielefeld University, Germany. After his master studies he worked at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto, Canada, before pursuing his PhD in molecular medicine at the Universities of Biberach and Ulm in Germany. His works revolved around bioprocess development for different therapeutic formats including viral vectors...Read more
Michael Garton is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is also the Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology. His research is focused on using generative AI to guide biological sequence design in the context of gene and cell therapy development. Toward this, he is developing generative models that can be used to design nonimmunogenic viral vectors for gene therapy delivery, and a synthetic biology toolkit for human stem cell engineering.Read more
AICHE - Earthbound Beer Tour Thursday, May 16 th , 5:00 pm - 9:00pm 2724 Cherokee Street Saint Louis MO 63118 There is ample street parking and most of the side streets don't have meters. The meters only run until 7PM but they are also sporadically enforced so you never know when the street will...Read more
Prof. Lamprecht is studying cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie memory formation, storage, and retrieval. To affect intracellular signaling at high spatiotemporal resolution he is using optogenetic approaches to control photoactivable signaling proteins activity by light. These photoactivatable proteins can be activated in selected cell populations and specific subcellular compartments in the brain. He studies how specific signaling molecules (e.g. tyrosine kinase receptors and small GTPases) affect long-term memories and the...Read more
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the UK-based Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) — two professional societies dedicated to advancing the application of chemical engineering expertise internationally — are creating a...
