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September 2012
 
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• Scientists develop a new method providing researchers the ability to attach chemical probes onto proteins and subsequently remove them in a repeatable cycle, allowing to better understand the biochemistry of naturally formed proteins to develop better antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs, biofuels, food crops and other natural products.
UCSD
• Researchers lead by Jackie Ying at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology developed a new catalyst for fuel cells, using a mixture of gold, copper and platinum nanoparticles instead of pure platinum nanoparticles, making it of 5 times higher activity and much greater stability than the commercial platinum catalyst, as well as less costly.
IBN
• Engineers led by Bernhard Palsson brought together many years of work on the behavior of individual enzymes to produce a genome-scale model of E. coli metabolism, and report that at least 37% of its enzymes catalyze multiple chemical reactions in living cells. In short the study shows that "many enzymes are still pretty sloppy and promiscuous."
UCSD
• In a new study, researchers demonstrate a new tool for visually tracking in real-time the transformation of a living population of stem cells into cells of a specific tissue. These "molecular beacons," light up when certain genes are expressed and don't interfere with the development or operation of the cells and can become powerful tools to discover what it may take to make stem cells transform into desired tissue cells more often and more quickly.
Brown University
• Joule and Audi announced a partnership, in which Audi will test and validate Joule's fuels for the auto industry. The deal with Audi helps validate Joule's technology and gives Audi a potentially important relationship as it seeks to be a leader in carbon-neutral driving.
Forbes
 
Biotechnology Progress
 
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SBE's introduces a new short course on advanced cellular bioprocessing instructed by leading expert Wei-Shou Hu. The course will take place in Pittsburgh on Sunday, October 28th. Register today!

Save the date for SBE’s inaugural D.I.C. Wang Award Lecture presented by Jim Swartz (Stanford) on October 29th at 3:15 pm at the  AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Invited speakers include Beth Junker (Merck) and Wei-Shou Hu (University of Minnesota).
 
Don't miss the 2012 James E. Bailey Award Lecture presented by Terry Papoutsakis (University of Delaware) on October 30th at 6:00 pm at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. Terry's talk will be on "Generating Complex Biological Traits through Combinatorial and Multigenome Expansion of the Sampling Space."
 
We hope you can join us at the SBE Hospitality Suite on October 30th at 9:00 pm in Pittsburgh sponsored by Pfizer.
 
Sustainability in (Bio)Pharmaceuticals. November 11-14, 2012. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sheraton Old San Juan. Register Today
 
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Register today for SBE's Sustainability in (Bio)Pharmaceuticals conference to be held November 11-14, 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico and co-chaired by Conchita Jimenez-Gonzalez (GSK) and Gene Schaefer (J&J). The conference will address multi-use vs. single use bioprocess decisions. Keynote speakers include SBE Advisory Board Member- Paul McKenzie (J&J), among others. The Call for Posters is still open.
 
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Submit your abstract today for SBE's Fourth International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering (ICBE) and will be held January 13-16, 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, FL and co-chaired by Ali Khademhosseini (Harvard) and Kristala Prather (MIT). Keynote lectures will be given by George Church (Harvard Medical School), Jim Collins (Boston University), Virginia Cornish (Columbia University) and Nicholas Peppas (University of Texas-Austin).
 
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Call for Posters is now open for SBE's 3rd International Conference on Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development (AccBio 2013) and will be held in February 24-26, 2013 in Coronado Island. Co-located with AccBio is Quality by Design in Biologics. Both meetings will review strategies, technical fundamentals, and industrial case studies, and will bring together industry, academia and regulators to address challenges and opportunities for biopharmaceutical development.
 
 
Save the Date. International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering. Jan. 13-16, 2013. Hyatt Pier Sisty Six. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
 
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Register today for SBE's 3rd Student Conference which will be held in January 12-13th in Fort Lauderdale, FL. This is a two-day event with career information, poster competition, and social events. The conference provides an opportunity for students to present their work and interact with other student leaders and prominent researchers.
 
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SBE would like to welcome its two latest student chapters: Chalmers University and the University of Houston. Welcome to the SBE Family!
 
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Not a current SBE member? It's never too late to join or renew. Costs are $75 for regular members, $25 for graduate students, $15 for AIChE, ACS and IBE members, or free for undergraduates. Join now at http://www.aiche.org/sbe/community/membership.

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