International Conference on Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XVIII - Beijing, China, June 10-16, 2013

1340534赵慧敏该奖项支持将于2013年6月16-20日在中国北京举行的第18届国际生物化学与分子工程会议（BME XVIII）。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，以评估生物化学和分子工程领域的现状和规划未来。2013年会议的重点将放在生物设计、合成生物学和加工的前沿。具体主题包括合成生物学的基础技术；生物处理技术进展；燃料和化学品合成微生物工厂的设计和工程；生物纳米和生物微界面工程；干细胞工程和细胞疗法；以及下一代生物疗法的工程。此外，还有四个研讨会，包括国际研究合作的机会、中国的生物技术发展、生物仿制药的发展以及工程科学在设计质量方面的实际应用。美国国家科学基金会的支持将帮助确保会议的成功，为选定的美国学术科学家和工程师支付部分会议费用，重点放在代表性不足的群体和研究生身上。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。该奖项来自CBET部门的生物技术、生化和生物工程项目，由分子和细胞生物学部门的合成和系统生物学项目以及材料研究部门的生物材料项目共同赞助。

1340534Zhao, Huimin This award supports the 18th International Conference on Biochemical and Molecular Engineering (BME XVIII) to be held in Beijing, China from June 16-20, 2013. 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 field of biochemical and molecular engineering. The focus of the 2013 conference will be on frontiers in biological design, synthetic biology, and processing. Specific topics include foundational technologies for synthetic biology; advances in biological processing; design and engineering of microbial factories for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals; engineering at the bio-nano and bio-micro interfaces; stem-cell engineering and cell-based therapies; and engineering of next-generation biotherapeutics. In addition, there are four workshops including opportunities for international research collaborations, biotechnology development in China, the development of biosimilars, and practical applications of advances in engineering sciences in Quality-by-Design.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 to benefit from interactions with the international community of biotechnology researchers. The award from the Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Bioengineering Program of the CBET Division is co-sponsored by the Synthetic and Systems Biology Program of the Molecular and Cell Biology Division and by the Biomaterials Program of the Division of Materials Research.