Skip to Content
Home /  Courses And Programs / Metabolic Engineering/Microbial Fermentation Workshop

This one week program includes two highly-interactive workshops that address core aspects of industrial biotechnology.  The two workshops will take place August 15-19, 2022.

Benefits:
  • Practical, hands-on training provided onsite at UC San Diego
  • Immediate application of tools and techniques at your organization
  • Taught by UC San Diego faculty and expert practitioners in the field

The first workshop, Metabolic Engineering for Industrial Biotechnology, will focus on metabolic engineering as applied to high volume/low cost chemical and materials and explore how systems approaches are used in this area.

Speakers:

  • Ben Griffin, Senior Director Biocatalyst Engineering, Genomatica
  • Michael Japs, VP, Process Technology & Engineering, Genomatica
  • Harish Nagarajan, Director, Systems Biology & Bioinformatics, Genomatica
  • Nicky Caiazza Ph.D, Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Cellibre
  • Adam Feist, Ph.D., Project Scientist, UC San Diego and Senior Scientist, Technical University of Denmark
  • Kirsten Benjamin, Ph.D., Vice President, R&D, Amyris
  • Ariel Schwartz, Founder, deeplearning.bio
  • Itzel Ramos-Solis, Biosciences Lead, BP
  • Tom Treynor, Co-founder and CEO, R2DIO

The second workshop, Microbial Fermentation Workshop, will provide a deep dive into bioreactor principles and bioprocess development.

Speakers:

  •     Michael Japs, VP, Process Technology & Engineering, Genomatica
  •     Tim Dodge, Senior Principal Engineer, International Flavors and Fragrances
  •     Jason Ryder, CTO, Joywell Foods & Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley
  •     Jason Crater, Head of Process Technology, Geltor
  •     Pip Reeder, Director of Bioprocess Development, Invaio Sciences
  •     Ben Griffin, Senior Director Biocatalyst Engineering, Genomatica
  •     Bo Chen, Sr. Director, Process Development and Modeling, Genomatica
  •     Jake Lenihan, Global Technology Manager, BASF
  •     Noelia Gudino, Sr. Fermentation Engineer, Genomatica
    •  


For more information, please contact unexbio@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-9353.

Course Number: PRGF-70018
Credit: 0.00 unit(s)