Travel Grant for US Scientists to Attend the 14th Biannual International Symposium for Biopolymers (ISBP2014)in Santos, Brazil, Sep. 28 - Oct. 1, 2014

1442041 Brumbley，Stevens M.该奖项支持美国调查人员和研究生参加2014年9月28日至10月1日在巴西桑托斯举行的ISBP 2014。会议的主要焦点是生物聚合物和可生物降解塑料。这次会议的价值在于从微生物学、代谢工程、聚合物工程和材料科学的交界处，从角度讨论生物聚合物领域的最新成果。生物塑料有可能占据石化塑料市场的很大一部分，抵消绿色气体排放。此外，许多都是可生物降解的。因此，它们将有助于减少不可生物降解塑料产生的迅速增长的废物问题。这些聚合物可以在生物精炼厂或工程植物或藻类中制造，将为经济发展和新的就业机会创造机会。NSF的支持将通过为美国学术科学家和工程师提供旅费和会议费用来帮助确保会议的成功，重点是代表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受益于与国际社会在生物多聚领域的互动。CBET部门生物技术、生化和生物工程项目的奖项由材料研究部生物材料项目共同主办。

1442041 Brumbley, Stevens M. This award supports the participation of US investigators and graduate students in the ISBP2014 to be held in Santos, Brazil, from Sep. 28 - Oct. 1, 2014. The meeting has a primary focus on biopolymers and biodegradable plastics. The value of this meeting is the discussion of the latest results in the field of biopolymers from a perspective at the interface of microbiology, metabolic engineering, polymer engineering and materials science. Bioplastics have the potential to capture a significant segment of the petrochemical plastics market offsetting green gas emissions. In addition, many are biodegradable. As such they will help reduce the burgeoning waste problems from nonbiodegradable plastics. These polymers can be made in biorefineries or in engineered plants or algae and will create opportunties for economic development and new jobs.NSF support will help ensure the success of the meeting by providing travel and conference costs for 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 in the field of biopolymers.The award from the Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Bioengineering Program of the CBET Division is co-sponsored by the Biomaterials Program of the Division of Materials Research.