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
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