Biochemical
Engineering & Biotechnology (BEB)
Program
Directors
Lenore Clesceri,
Michael Domach, Fred
Heineken and William
Weigand
For
Detailed Information
The
Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology programs deal with problems involved
in economic processing and manufacturing of products of economic importance
by effectively utilizing renewable resources of biological origin and bioinformatics
originating from genomic and proteomic information. The BEB programs support
research projects involving single investigators as well as interdisciplinary
projects involving multiple investigators consisting of closely collaborating
engineers and biological scientists. The BEB programs emphasize basic engineering
research that advances the fundamental engineering knowledge base that contributes
to better understanding of biomolecular processes (in vivo, in vitro,
and/or ex vivo) and eventually to the development of generic enabling
technology and practical application. Quantitative assessments of bioprocesses
and their rates at the levels of gene regulation and expression, signal transduction
pathways, posttranslational protein processing, enzymes in reaction systems,
metabolic pathways, cells and tissues in cultivation, biological systems
including animal, plant, microbial and insect cells, etc. are considered
vital to the successful research projects in the BEB program areas. Research
projects supported through the BEB programs include, but are not limited
to, fermentation technology, enzyme technology, recombinant DNA technology,
cell culture technology, ex vivo and therapeutic stem cell culture
technology, metabolic pathway engineering, biosensor development, bioreactor
design and bioprocess optimization, bioseparation and purification processes,
bioprocess optimization and integration, monitoring and control of bioprocesses,
food processing with special focus on the safety of the nation's food supply,
tissue engineering, information technology relevant to biotechnology including
bioinformatics, nanobiotechnology and biomimetics, and quantitative systems
biotechnology.
The Program Directors include Fred
Heineken and William
Weigand.
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