October 6 - October 11,
2002
Il Ciocco, Castelvecchio
Pascoli (Tuscany), Italy
CONFERENCE SYNOPSIS
This continuing conference series on the interdisciplinary
field of metabolic engineering provides a new window into quantitative
analysis and synthesis of metabolic networks. The increasing
awareness of metabolic engineering in both the academic and industrial
scene has been caused by some critical problems of modern molecular
biology and recombinant DNA technology. The two most important
elements of metabolic engineering, quantitative physiology (analysis)
and metabolic design (synthesis), are aimed to address these problems.
Concepts and methodologies of metabolic engineering have potential
value in direct application of metabolic design of cellular systems
for the degradation of recalcitrant pollutants, production processes,
and cell-based and gene therapies, which could provide critical
insight in many areas of medicine.
Themes to be discussed at this upcoming conference include:
The subjects will form the titles of
8-10 sessions (oral sessions and workshops). An effort will
be made to include keynote lectures by well-recognized experts
to strengthen the interdisciplinary discussion. Also, emphasis
will be given to a balanced contribution between industry and
academia.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Chair:
Professor Jens Nielsen
Center for Process Biotechnology,
Technical University of Denmark
Telephone: +45-4525-2696; Fax: +45-4588-4148
E-mail:
jens.nielsen@biocentrum.dtu.dk
Co-Chairs:
| Professor James Liao
University of California Los Angeles Chemical Engineering Department Telephone: 310 825 1642 Fax: 310 206 4107 E-mail: liaoj@seas.ucla.edu |
Dr. Kristala Jones Prather
Bioprocess Research & Development Merck & Company, Inc. Telephone: 732 594 6021 Fax: 732 594 4400 E-mail: kristala_jones@merck.com |
Dr. Sheri Nidositko
Bioprocess Research & Development Merck & Company, Inc. Telephone: 732 594 1851 Fax: 732 594 7698 E-mail: sheri_nidositko@merck.com |
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