Metabolic Engineering for Industrial Biotechnology

Metabolic Engineering for Industrial Biotechnology

This two-day course will focus on metabolic engineering as applied to high volume/low cost chemicals and materials and the unique choices and approaches that attend work in this area. A world class group of instructors from academia and industry will cover the agenda in an interactive format with case studies throughout. 

Program Objectives:

• Gain an appreciation of the distinctive features of applying biotechnology and metabolic engineering in large scale, industrial projects.
• Survey the tools used in industrial biotechnology, and learn how systems approaches – in both biology and engineering – interact to define and provide direction for experimentation.
• Develop an historical perspective on the field, and a practical perspective gleaned from exposure to both successful and unsuccessful endeavors.
• Through case studies, understand the interplay between biology, engineering, and economic requirements, and how both theoretical and empirical approaches are used to move projects forward.

Who should attend? 

• At-the-bench metabolic engineers and individuals considering entering this area
• Fermentation scientists, engineers, biochemists, bioinformaticians, and others who interact and work with metabolic engineering teams
• Management personnel seeking to understand the unique context of industrial biotechnological projects

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

Workshop Details:

UC San Diego
Park & Market Building
1100 Market St
San Diego, CA 92101

A continental breakfast, lunch and coffee service is provided each day.

This workshop is offered in conjuction with Microbial Fermentation during Industrial Biotechnology Workshop week.