Third Conference on Metabolic Engineering (ME III)

本提案请求支持第三届代谢工程会议。第一次和第二次会议在马萨诸塞州的丹佛举行。分别于1996年和1998年在德国埃尔茂。计划的主要会议包括：实验和计算工具；ME在医学上的应用；药品;精细化工和生物复杂性；组织委员会、指导委员会的许多成员和一些演讲者都是积极从事生物工程部门研究资助的学术研究人员。会议将由惠特克基金会和工业界共同出资。这笔资金将用于支持美国学术参与者的旅行。

This proposal requests support for the third conference on Metabolic Engineering. Meetings I and II were held in Danvers, Mass. in 1996 and Elmau, Germany, in 1998, respectively. Among the key sessions planned are:Experimental and computational tools; Applications of ME to medicine; pharmaceuticals; and fine chemicalsME and biocomplexity; New directions, etc.Many members of the organizing committee, steering committee, and a number of the speakers are academic researchers actively working on Bioengineering Division research grants. The meeting will be cofunded by the Whitaker Foundation and industrial contributions. The funds will be used to support travel by U.S. academic participants.