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Posted 1/31/12 by SIMB. Filed under 34th SBFC.
April 30-May 3, 2012 – Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
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The SBFC program chairs have put together an impressive technical program that includes 19 sessions with one Special Topic evening session on international bioenergy center progress, as well as 2 large poster sessions. Technical topics span new biomass sources and sustainability, biomass recalcitrance and pretreatment, enzyme and microbial advances, new types of biofuels and infrastructure issues, bioprocessing, and biorefineries, and the bioenergy research center update. See session topics.
We look forward to you joining us in New Orleans! The Symposium coincides with the New Orleans Jazz Fest, an annual city-wide music festival. Make your reservations early at the Sheraton New Orleans. Visit meeting site for more info >>
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Posted 12/19/11 by SIMB. Filed under Featured News, News and Updates.
SIMB has three very exciting meetings set for 2012:
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Posted 12/15/11 by SIMB. Filed under SIMB 2012 Annual Meeting.
August 12-16, 2012 | Hilton Washington, DC
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Welcome from the Chair, Steve Van Dien
As Program Chair, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology to be held Aug. 12-16, 2012, in Washington, DC. The program committee and I are hard at work developing an exciting program for next year’s meeting. We will have a number of sessions intended to be cross-functional, bringing people together from different disciplines that use a similar technology or approach to address problems in their respective area of research.
Recent advances in hot fields such as synthetic biology, next-gen sequencing, and computational modeling will also be featured. These technology-based sessions will complement a range of sessions exploring new frontiers in the core areas of biocatalysis, metabolic engineering, fermentation, natural products, and environmental microbiology.
Posted 10/18/11 by SIMB. Filed under RAFT IX.
Dr. Robert Bud will be the Banquet Speaker at SIM’s 9th Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology. RAFT IX was held November 6-9 in Marco Island, FL. Learn more about RAFT IX.
Time and again pundits promise a revolution based on biology will succeed those based on engineering and chemistry. On each occasion, the prophesy is expressed as radical and derived from observing recent developments. Yet, for a hundred years before even the discovery of recombinant DNA fermentation, as this talk will illustrate, technology had been promising and often delivering industrial transformation. By the 1920s the word ‘biotechnology’ was in German dictionaries. Even then it was not just a word it was a concept of the future.
Posted 10/15/11 by SIMB. Filed under RAFT IX.
“From Concept to Commercialization”
The ninth Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology (RAFT IX) will take place November 6-9 at the Marco Island Marriott, Marco Island, FL. Co-sponsors: Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIM) and the American Chemical Society, Division of Biochemical Technology. Visit the meeting web site for complete meeting details.
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Held biannually, RAFT provides a forum for industrial and academic scientists to discuss the latest developments in fermentation technology. This year’s meeting will follow a theme of “From Concept to Commercialization.”
Informative Sessions & Networking Opportunities
Sessions will take us sequentially from early stage research through to production, and in each session we plan to have a range of speakers from different industry/academic sectors. Online program available.
In addition to the seven sessions, there will also be one poster session and tabletop exhibits. These activities will be enhanced by networking receptions and morning and afternoon breaks. Group breakfasts and lunches will afford additional opportunities to meet your peers.
Keynote talk will be given by Dr. David Glassner, Executive Vice President of Technology at Gevo. Read his abstract, From Concept to Commercialization – Experiences from Lactic Acid and Isobutanol.
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