Conference: International Conference on Biochemical and Molecular Engineering, Seattle, WA, June 26-29, 2011

由生物技术，生物化学和生物质工程计划的NSF奖支持美国研究人员和研究生参加第17届生物化学和分子工程国际会议（BME XVII）将于2011年6月26日至29日在华盛顿州西雅图举行。该会议是在国际工程会议（联合工程基金会会议计划的继承计划）的主持下组织的。主席是Costas Maranas（宾夕法尼亚州立大学）、Francois Baneyx（华盛顿大学）和Beth Junker（默克公司）。生物化学工程会议是由工程基金会（现ECI）主办的与生物技术相关的几个会议系列中的第一个。生物化学工程始于1978年，仍然是讨论这个多样化和迅速扩大的领域前沿研究的杰出场所。2011年会议通过了新的标题？生物化学与分子工程强调分子水平的思维和技术在生物化学工程界的研究中发挥着越来越重要的作用。会议将汇集成熟的研究人员，年轻的研究人员，私营部门的科学家和工程师以及研究生，以评估目前和图表的生化和分子工程不断变化的领域的未来。在一系列的全体演讲，口头会议和海报会议，BME XVII将探讨一些新兴和既定的主题，小型会议的气氛，使高层次的讨论和参与。会议的重点将是生物技术的前沿研究，包括生物分子设计，纳米生物界面，生物燃料和生物修复，疫苗工程，纳米技术，代谢工程，生物分子网络和干细胞分化，结合生物化学工程的核心领域（蛋白质工程，工艺开发和规模扩大）。更广泛的影响生化和分子工程XVII将提供目前的挑战和生化和分子工程的未来方向的全面覆盖。会议涵盖了生物技术领域的广泛主题，包括分子设计和显示，细胞材料界面，生物燃料和生物能源，疫苗，纳米技术，代谢工程，生化网络和干细胞生物工程，结合生化工程的核心领域（蛋白质稳定性和工程，疫苗设计，工艺开发和规模扩大）。组织者预计，会议将对生物技术的未来发展方向产生深远影响。来自许多国家的与会者近在咫尺，促进了思想的相互交流，这将丰富和加强整个学科。美国国家科学基金会的支持将有助于确保会议的成功，部分支付会议费用，为选定的美国学术科学家和工程师，重点是代表性不足的群体和研究生。如果没有NSF的支持，许多美国学术科学家和研究生将无法参加并从与国际生物技术研究人员的互动中受益。这些研究人员和研究生中的许多人目前由国家科学基金会资助。参加会议将加强和帮助宣传他们的NSF支持的工作。

This NSF award by the Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biomass Engineering program supports the participation of US investigators and graduate students in the 17th International Conference on Biochemical and Molecular Engineering (BME XVII) to be held in Seattle, WA from June 26-29, 2011. The conference is organized under the aegis of Engineering Conferences International (the successor program to United Engineering Foundation Conferences program). The chairpersons are Costas Maranas (Penn State), Francois Baneyx (University of Washington), and and Beth Junker (Merck). Intellectual Merit The Biochemical Engineering Conference is one of first among several conference series related to biotechnology sponsored by the Engineering Foundation (now ECI). Biochemical Engineering, which started in 1978, continues to be the preeminent venue for discussing research at the cutting edge of this diverse and rapidly expanding field. The 2011 meeting adopts the new title of ?Biochemical and Molecular Engineering? to emphasize the increasingly important role that molecular-level thinking and techniques play in the research of the biochemical engineering community. The conference will bring together established researchers, young investigators, private sector scientists and engineers as well as graduate students to assess the present and chart the future of the ever-changing field of biochemical and molecular engineering. In a series of plenary presentations, oral sessions, and poster sessions, BME XVII will explore a number of emerging and established subjects with a small conference atmosphere that enables high-level discussion and participation. The focus of the conference will be on research at the cutting-edge of biotechnology including biomolecular design, the nano-bio interface, biofuels, and bioremediation, vaccine engineering, nanotechnology, metabolic engineering, biomolecular networks, and stem cell differentiation in combination with core areas of biochemical engineering (protein engineering, process development, and scale up). Broader Impact Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XVII will provide comprehensive coverage of present challenges and future directions in biochemical and molecular engineering. Sessions span a broad range of topics across the biotechnology field including molecular design and display, the cell-materials interface, biofuels and bioenergy, vaccines, nanotechnology, metabolic engineering, biochemical networks, and stem cell bioengineering in combination with core areas of biochemical engineering (protein stability and engineering, vaccine design, process development, and scale up). Organizers anticipate that the conference will have a profound impact on the future direction of biotechnology. The resulting cross-fertilization of ideas facilitated by the close proximity of participants from many countries will enrich and strengthen the discipline as a whole. NSF support will help ensure the success of the meeting by partially defraying conference costs for select US academic scientists and engineers with an emphasis on underrepresented groups and graduate students. In the absence of NSF support, many US academic scientists and graduate students would not be able to attend and benefit from interactions with the international community of biotechnology researchers. Many of these researchers and graduate students are currently funded by the National Science Foundation. Participation in the meeting will enhance and help advertise their NSF supported work.