Preliminary Program subject to change
15C14 Advances in Biochemical Engineering: Honoring Harvey Blanch II
OverviewInvited speakers will cover a range of topics in biochemical engineering.
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)

Chair

Frances H. Arnold
Professor
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Phone Number: 626-395-4162
Email: frances@cheme.caltech.edu

CoChair

Susan Sharfstein
Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone Number: 518-276-6929
Email: sharfs@rpi.edu
Introductory Remarks
Bioprocess-on-a-Chip
Michael L. Shuler1, Jinpian Diao1, Lincoln Young2 and Peng Zhou2, (1)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-5201, (2)Microfluidics Division, Kionix Inc., 36 Thornwood Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850
A Gene-Ontology Driven Analysis of Complex Phenotypes
Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis1, Carlos J. Paredes1, Keith V. Alsaker2, Chi Chen1, Peter G. Fuhrken1 and William M. Miller1, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 N. Sheridan Rd., Tech E136, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Microbia, Inc., 320 Bent Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
Nicotinamide (Vitamin B3) Increases the Ploidy and Proplatelet Production of Human Megakaryocytes
Lisa M. Giammona, Peter G. Fuhrken, Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis and William M. Miller, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 N. Sheridan Rd., Tech E136, Evanston, IL 60208
Microscale Tissue Engineering for Drug Discovery and Development
Linda Griffith1, Karel Domansky2, Walker Inman3, Ajit Dash2, Steve Tannenbaum2, Donna B. Stolz4 and Alan Wells5, (1)Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 16-429, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 16-429, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 16-429, Cambridge, MA 02139, (4)University of Pittsburgh, Center for Biological Imaging, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, (5)Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, S713 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Ustar - the Universal Sequence-Tag Array Technology for Absolute Quantification of Per Cell Transcript Profiles
Charles Haynes, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Engineered Strategies to Overcome Multidrug Resistance in Solid Tumors
Neil S. Forbes, University of Massachusetts, 159 Goessmann Hall, Department of Chemical Engineering, Amherst, MA 01003
Understanding the Role of Culture Conditions on Specific Productivity in Cultured Mammalian Cells
Susan Sharfstein1, Duan Shen2, Thomas R. Kiehl3, Rui Zhou2 and Zhe Sun2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Biotech 2nd Floor, Troy, NY 12180, (2)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Biotech 2nd floor, Troy, NY 12180, (3)Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Biotech 2nd floor, Troy, NY 12180
Concluding Remarks

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division