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17th Annual CBB Conference

"Metabolic Engineering and Enzyme Applications"

Sheraton Hotel, Iowa City, IA

Monday, October 20, 2008 Adjourn

4:00 pm		Conference attendees arrive/registration – Ballroom Foyer, Lower Level, Sheraton
5:00		Tour of CBB – Sign up at Registration Table - Ballroom Foyer, Lower Level, Sheraton
4:00-6:00		Poster set up – Dean C, Lower Level, Sheraton
6:00		Welcome Dinner/ Buffet – Dean A&B, Lower Level, Sheraton

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

7-8:00 am		Registration – Ballroom Foyer, Lower Level, Sheraton
7:30		Continental Breakfast – Ballroom Foyer, Lower Level, Sheraton
8:30		Introduction and Welcome. Dean AB, Lower Level, Sheraton Mani Subramanian, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering "Enhancing the Biocatalysis Platform at CBB"
9:00		Professor Friedrich Srienc, Ph.D., University of Minnesota and BioTechnology Institute "Designing Efficient Cells"
9:45		Mark Burk, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Genomatica, Inc. "*Enabling Feedstock Diversification in the Chemical Industry through Biotechnology"*
10:30		Break - Ballroom Foyer, Lower Level, Sheraton
10:45		Michael Louie, Ph.D., Research Scientist, The University of Iowa *“Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for Biosynthesis of β-Cryptoxanthin”*
11:30		Jack Newman, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Amyris *“Microbial Factories for Making Isoprenoids: from Anti-Malarials to Fuel”*
12:15		Lunch - Lehman Ballroom, hotelVetro
		Afternoon session - Dean A&B, Lower Level, Sheraton
1:15 pm		David Rozzell, Ph.D., Vice President Biocatalysis Technology, Codexis, Inc. *“Biocatalysis for the Production of Key Chiral Intermediates”*
2:00-3:00		CBB/NIH/NSF Fellow Presentations Four 15 minute talks with 5 minutes for questions, by selected graduate students.
3:00-5:00		Poster Session -Wine/hors d'oeuvres-50-60 posters Dean C, Lower Level, Sheraton
5:00		Announcement of Usha Prize winner
5:05		Adjourn

Any questions or comments about the CBB conferences should be directed to Nancy Ream.