Share ICBE brings together researchers who are using quantitative approaches to advance the understanding and application of molecular biology. These scientists, engineers, and professionals are contributing to the development of analytical, molecular, high-throughput, and therapeutic strategies that are directly relevant to public health and energy related issues. The conference will stimulate efforts to integrate these approaches across the scales of biological complexity in a single-track Gordon-style conference format. See Preliminary Technical Program Here Chairs: Pete Tessier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Katy Kao, Texas A&M University Keynote Speakers: Sangeeta N. Bhatia, MIT Angela Belcher, MIT Dennis Burton, The Scripps Research Institute Bernhard Palsson, University of California, San Diego Invited Speakers: Ming Hammond, University of California, Berkeley Mikhail Shapiro, Caltech Scott Manalis, MIT Kris Prather, MIT Mattheos Koffas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Sharon Gerecht, Johns Hopkins University Jennifer Maynard, University of Texas at Austin Timothy Lu, MIT Joel Collier, Duke University Fuzhong Zhang, Washington University Michelle O’Malley, University of California, Santa Barbara Carol Hall, North Carolina State University Douglas Fowler, University of Washington Brendan Harley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adam Engler, University of California, San Diego Sessions and Session Chairs: Novel Synthetic Biology Tools and Applications Tae Seok Moon, Washington University Wenjun Zhang, University of California, Berkeley Metabolic Engineering for Fuels, Chemicals, and Pharmaceuticals Kevin Solomon, Purdue University Nanette Boyle, Colorado School of Mines Experimental and Computational Tools for Designing and Engineering Biomolecules and Biosystems Srivatsan Raman, University of Wisconsin-Madison Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Northwestern University Biomolecular Engineering Applications: Therapeutics, Diagnostics and Imaging Agents Sai Reddy, ETH Yvonne Chen, UCLA Cellular and Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Samira Azarin, University of Minnesota Ethan Lippmann, Vanderbilt University Biophysical and Microscale Analyses of Molecular and Cellular Function Lydia Contreras, University of Texas, Austin Benjamin Hackel, University of Minnesota Biosensors, Bionanotechnology and Bioelectronics Pamela Peralta-Yahya, Georgia Tech Charles Schroeder, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Featured Speakers Angela Belcher Prof. Belcher attended the University of California – Santa Barbara for her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She obtained her B.S. in Creative Studies in 1991 and her PhD in Chemistry in 1997, unraveling the ways in which proteins can direct the material properties of minerals. Belcher joined the MIT faculty in 2001 as Professor in the Departments of Biological Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering. The Belcher lab seeks to understand and harness nature’s own processes in order to design technologically important materials and devices for energy, the environment,...Read more Sangeeta Bhatia Sangeeta Bhatia is a cancer researcher, MIT professor, and biotech entrepreneur who works to adapt technologies developed in the computer industry for medical innovation. Trained as both a physician and engineer at Harvard, MIT, and Brown University, Bhatia’s laboratory leverages ‘tiny technologies’ of miniaturization to yield inventions with new applications in tissue regeneration, stem cell differentiation, medical diagnostics, predictive toxicology, and drug delivery. She and her trainees have launched more than 10 biotechnology companies to improve human health. Bhatia has received...Read more Dennis Burton Dennis Burton is the Chairman, and Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA. He was recently awarded the James and Jessie Minor Chair in Immunology. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Oxford University and his Ph.D from Lund University, Sweden in physical biochemistry. He is the Scientific Director of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Neutralizing Antibody Consortium and Neutralizing Antibody Center, Director of The Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID) at Scripps,...Read more Bernhard Palsson Bernhard Palsson is the Galletti Professor of Bioengineering, the Principal Investigator of the Systems Biology Research Group in the Department of Bioengineering, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego. He is also the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability in Denmark, working in this capacity since 2011. His research includes the development of methods to analyze metabolic dynamics (flux-balance analysis, and modal analysis), and the formulation of complete models of selected cells (the red blood cell, E. coli, CHO cells, and several human pathogens).Read more
Angela Belcher Prof. Belcher attended the University of California – Santa Barbara for her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She obtained her B.S. in Creative Studies in 1991 and her PhD in Chemistry in 1997, unraveling the ways in which proteins can direct the material properties of minerals. Belcher joined the MIT faculty in 2001 as Professor in the Departments of Biological Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering. The Belcher lab seeks to understand and harness nature’s own processes in order to design technologically important materials and devices for energy, the environment,...Read more
Sangeeta Bhatia Sangeeta Bhatia is a cancer researcher, MIT professor, and biotech entrepreneur who works to adapt technologies developed in the computer industry for medical innovation. Trained as both a physician and engineer at Harvard, MIT, and Brown University, Bhatia’s laboratory leverages ‘tiny technologies’ of miniaturization to yield inventions with new applications in tissue regeneration, stem cell differentiation, medical diagnostics, predictive toxicology, and drug delivery. She and her trainees have launched more than 10 biotechnology companies to improve human health. Bhatia has received...Read more
Dennis Burton Dennis Burton is the Chairman, and Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA. He was recently awarded the James and Jessie Minor Chair in Immunology. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Oxford University and his Ph.D from Lund University, Sweden in physical biochemistry. He is the Scientific Director of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Neutralizing Antibody Consortium and Neutralizing Antibody Center, Director of The Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID) at Scripps,...Read more
Bernhard Palsson Bernhard Palsson is the Galletti Professor of Bioengineering, the Principal Investigator of the Systems Biology Research Group in the Department of Bioengineering, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego. He is also the CEO of the Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability in Denmark, working in this capacity since 2011. His research includes the development of methods to analyze metabolic dynamics (flux-balance analysis, and modal analysis), and the formulation of complete models of selected cells (the red blood cell, E. coli, CHO cells, and several human pathogens).Read more