Conference on Biochemical Engineering (Biochemical Engineering X) to be held May 18-23, 1997 in Kananaskis, Canada

本次会议的目的是汇集学术，政府和工业研究人员代表的全面的研究领域，包括生物化学工程的艺术状态。这次会议将强调努力扩大生物技术的知识和工业范围，并扩大生物化学工程师对这种发展的贡献。三场开幕讲座将涵盖该领域的重要方面。这些包括:(a)过去半个世纪的生物技术产业以及生物化学工程师为推动这一产业所做的贡献，(b)美国的学术实验研究，包括食品技术、生物质和生物燃料、细胞培养、蛋白质折叠和生物分析仪器，以及(c)生物化学工程中的数学建模，包括非结构模型、分离模型、控制论模型、代谢通量分析和模式识别。技术会议将包括：(1)生物能源、化学和可再生资源；(2)环境问题和废物减少；(3)代谢工程和定量生理学；(4)医疗行业的生化工程；(5)生物材料、小型化和自动化；(6)生物工艺开发和制造；(7)单元操作和规模扩大；(8)生物工艺前沿。本次会议将为该领域的研究界提供重要的服务，并为未来的研究方向提供潜在的重大影响。在本次会议上产生的信息将有助于规划目的的生物技术和生物化学工程项目在BES部门。＊＊＊

9632996 Hu The objective of this conference is to bring together academic, government, and industrial researchers representative of the comprehensive spectrum of research areas that comprise the state of the art in Biochemical Engineering. This conference will emphasize efforts to expand the intellectual and industrial scope of biotechnology and to expand the contributions which biochemical engineers can make to such growth. Three opening lectures will cover important aspects in this field. These include: (a) the biotechnology industry in the past half century and what biochemicals engineers have contributed to advance this industry, (b) the academic experimental research in the United States, including food technology, biomass and biofuels, cell culture, protein folding and bioanalytical instrumentation, and (c) mathematical modeling in biochemical engineering, including unstructured models, segregated models, cybernetic models, metabolic flux analysis, and pattern recognition. Technical sessions will include: (1) bioenergy, chemical and renewable resources (2) environmental issues and waste reduction (3) metabolic engineering and quantitative physiology (4) biochemical engineering in the medical industry, (5) biomaterials, miniaturization and automation (6) bioprocess development and manufacturing, (7) unit operations and scale up, and (8) frontiers in bioprocessing. This conference will provide and important service to the research community in this area and provide the opportunity to potentially impact future research directions in a significant manner. Information generated at this conference will be useful for planning purposes for the Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Programs in the BES Division. ***