Upstream Processes

Downstream Processes

Prof. Wei-Shou Hu

University of Minnesota

Bioprocess engineering: from genome, cell to reactor

Session: Cell Culture Process Development II

Prof. Nigel Titchener-Hooker

University College London

Exploiting insights to facilitate the integration of upstream and downstream

Session: Linking Downstream to Upstream - Optimizing the Interface and Beyond

Downstream Processes

Biophysical & Biomolecular

Processes

Prof. Steve Cramer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Insights into protein selectivity, ligand design and methods development for multimodal chromatography

Session: Advances in Chromatographic Separations

Prof. Bernhardt Trout
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Modeling protein degradation processes and the development of rational approaches to stabilization

Session: Formulation Challenges for Biotherapeutics: From High Concentration Solutions to Interfacial Phenomena and Beyond - Predictive Models & Novel Mechanisms

Biofuels

Stem Cells and

Regenerative Medicine

Prof. Jay Keasling

University of California, Berkeley

Sustainable production of advanced biofuels

Session:  Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering for Next Generation Biofuels II

Prof. Peter Zandstra

University of Toronto

Synthetic stem cell niche engineering in vitro       and in vivo

Session: Stem Cell Engineering

Recent Advances in Biotechnology Product Development

Emerging Topics

in Protein Engineering

Dr. John Stults

Genentech

Analytical lifecycle for marketed protein therapeutics

Session: Innovation in Product Development - New Product Stories

Prof. Jim Wells

University of California, San Francisco

Engineering cells to death

Session: Novel Therapeutics

Stem Cells and

Regenerative Medicine

Prof. Helen Blau

Stanford University

Of newts and niches: Regenerating tissues by mimicking natural processes

Session:  Novel Therapeutic Modalities