2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition (August 12-16, 2012)

2012 Annual Meeting and Exhibition (August 12-16, 2012)

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

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7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Workshop 1-Fermentation Basics: Organizer, Mark Berge, Medimmune (separate registration fee)

Workshop 2-Advanced, parallel upstream screening and process development: Maximizing culture consistency to get the most out of lab-scale Design of Experiment (DoE) efforts(Separate registration fee required)
Convener(s): David Laidlaw | Co-Convener(s): Wouter Duetz

8:00 AM-3:00 PM

SIMB Board of Directors

9:30 AM-7:00 PM

Registration

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Opening remarks and Keynote Address Sponsored by Amgen Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jay Keasling, University of California Berkeley, Joint Bioenergy Institute "Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Fuels"

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Exhibits Open

Session PS 1: Poster Session 1
Convener(s): Robert Donofrio | Co-Convener(s): Laura R. Jarboe

Monday, August 13, 2012

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7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 1: Metabolic Engineering - Metabolic Engineering for Advanced Biofuels l
Convener(s): Brian F. Pfleger

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Job Fair

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 2: Biocatalysis - Halogenases and dehalogenases
Convener(s): Alfred Spormann

Session 3: Fermentation and Cell Culture - CHO to stem cells
Convener(s): Tiffany D. Rau

Session 4: Natural Products: Microbes in Agriculture: Biopesticides, Natural Products and Transgenes
Convener(s): Don Hahn

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Lunch (all registered attendees: ticket required); Exhibits open

Quarter Century Club Luncheon

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Exhibitor Showcases: DNA2.0 11:45 am-12:05 pm; TAP Biosystems 12:05-12:15 pm; Trovib 12:15-12:25 pm; Intelligent Laboratory Solutions 12:25-12:35 pm; Pall Life Sciences 12:35-12:45 pm

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Session 5: Biocatalysis - Chemo-enzymatic approaches for product synthesis
Convener(s): Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

Session 6: Metabolic Engineering - Metabolic engineering for advanced biofuels II
Convener(s): Katy C. Kao

Session 7: Natural Products - Natural product biosynthesis, structure, and function
Convener(s): Douglas A. Mitchell

Session 8: Environmental Microbiology - Environmental Metagenomics
Convener(s): Terry Hazen

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Industry Award Lecture - Medimmune, Gaithersburg, MD

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

Session PS 2: Poster Session 2
Convener(s): Robert Donofrio | Co-Convener(s): Laura R. Jarboe

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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6:15 AM-7:15 AM

SIMB 5K Fun Run Sponsored by Alberta Innovates Hold Harmless Form required Meet at registration desk Run coordinators: Elisabeth Elder, Bob Schwartz

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 9: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Fermentation media design: Composition and feeding strategies
Convener(s): Noel Fong

Session 10: Environmental Microbiology - Bioremediation and biodegradation
Convener(s): Melanie R. Mormile

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 11: Special Topics - Next generation DNA sequencing technologies and applications
Convener(s): Jon Armstrong

Session 12: Metabolic Engineering - Bulk commodity biochemicals from renewable resources
Convener(s): Janice Pero

Session 13: Natural Products - Bioengineering in drug discovery
Convener(s): Huimin Zhao

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Lunch (all registered attendees: ticket required); Exhibits open

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Exhibitor Showcases

Exhibitor Showcases: Applikon 11:50 am-12:10 pm; Angel Yeast 12:10-12:30 pm, M2P Labs, 12:30-12:40 pm Grab your lunch in the exhibit hall and visit the showcases in Meeting Room 1

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Session 14: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Fermentation of unrefined feedstocks
Convener(s): David A. Hogsett

Session 15: Natural Products - Novel enzyme mechanisms in biosynthesis and secondary metabolism
Convener(s): Satish K. Nair

Session 16: Metabolic Engineering - Specialty chemicals/materials from renewable resources
Convener(s): Kristala L. Jones Prather

2:30 PM-5:30 PM

Session 17: Student Oral Presentation Session
Convener(s): Robert Donofrio and Laura Jarboe

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Session 18: Special Topics - Women in industrial microbiology Chair: Joan W. Bennett, Rutgers University Panelists: Carol Baker, Pfizer; Susan Bagley, Michigan Technological University; Debra Chadick, Altria (ret). Linda Lasure, Lasure & Associates
Convener(s): Joan Bennett

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

Alma Dietz Actinomycete Mixer, Sponsored by Pfizer Separate registration fee required and tickets are limited. Visit the registration desk to sign up.

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Pre-banquet reception/Exhibits Open

7:00 PM-9:30 PM

SIMB Annual Banquet, Award Presentations and Banquet Speech Guest Speaker Geoff Duyk, MD, PhD TPG Biotech, "Challenges in Industrial Innovation"

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

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7:30 AM-12:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 19: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Evolution, adaptation, and selection in fermentation
Convener(s): Helia Radianingtyas

Session 23: Environmental Microbiology - Zero waste technologies for biofuels production
Convener(s): Rajesh K. Sani

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 20: Special Topics - Synthetic biology tools and applications
Convener(s): Chris Voigt

Session 21: Biocatalysis - Enzymes for biomass treatment Sponsored by Novozymes
Convener(s): Debbie S. Yaver

Session 22: Metabolic Engineering - Metabolic engineering of extremophiles or organisms with less developed genetic systems
Convener(s): Janet Westpheling | Co-Convener(s): Richard H. Baltz

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

SIMB Annual Business Meeting - MEMBERS-Please plan to attend

12:45 PM-2:00 PM

Student Mentoring Luncheon

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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7:30 AM-12:00 PM

SIMB New Board of Directors

7:30 AM-3:30 PM

Registration

8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Session 24: Biocatalysis - Whole cell biocatalysis
Convener(s): Patrick Cirino

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Session 25: Special Topics - Regulation of microbial gene expression by RNA and its potential for practical applications
Convener(s): Shelley Copley

Session 26: Fermentation and Cell Culture - Challenges in solid-state fermentation
Convener(s): Yahya Kargalioglu

Session 27: Environmental Microbiology - Biohydrogen production
Convener(s): Melanie R. Mormile

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Charles Thom Award Lecture 2012 Charles Thom Awardee Prof. Sang Yup Lee, KAIST "Microbial production of natural and non-natural chemicals through inherent, noninherent, and created pathways"

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Session 28: Special Topics - Computational, omics, and systems biology approaches to fermentation
Convener(s): Anthony Burgard

Session 29: Biocatalysis - Enzyme engineering and directed evolution
Convener(s): Nobuhiko Tokuriki

Session 30: Environmental Microbiology - Advances in microbial fuel cells
Convener(s): Enrico Marsili

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

Session 31: Natural Products - Natural products from unusual sources
Convener(s): David Newman