1. Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XVIII: Student/Young Investigator Poster Awards

2. Overview Total of 9 Awards –6 Poster Awards ($500 Value) –3 rd place overall award (500 € + book credit) –2 nd place overall award ($750) –Top overall award ($1000) 65 Eligible Posters 27 Judges

3. Student/Young Investigator Poster Award ($500) Sponsored by: Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Hyemi Kim KAIST #17, Microbial production of polylactic acid containing polymers using evolved biosynthetic enzymes

4. Student/Young Investigator Poster Award ($500) Sponsored by: Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Solvej Siedler Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability #5, Increasing the NADPH supply for whole cell biotransformation in Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum

5. Student/Young Investigator Poster Award ($500) Sponsored by: Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Dezhi Ni Chinese Academy of Sciences #95, Biomimetic Vaccine Formulation for Effective Antigen Presentation and Immune Activation

6. Student/Young Investigator Poster Award ($500) Sponsored by: Biotechnology Journal Tong Si University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign #109, Eukaryotic reprogramming by directed genome evolution

7. Student/Young Investigator Poster Award ($500) Sponsored by: Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Lijing Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences #48, Konjac glucomannan microspheres as anchor-dependent cell culture microcarriers

8. The BTPR Award for Promise in Innovation or Discovery in Biological Engineering($500) Sponsored by: Biotechnology Progress Sung Sun Yin KAIST #35, Development of Synthetic Promoters for High-level Expression of Recombinant Genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum

9. Third Place Overall Poster Award (€ 500 & € 600 book credit) Sponsored by: Springer DE Anirikh Chakrabarti Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) #36, Data, parameters & nonlinearities: Development and applications of large scale dynamic models of metabolism

10. Second Place Overall Poster Award ($750) Sponsored by: Elsevier Bouke Wim de Jong Chalmers University of Technology #25, Advanced Biodiesel Production in a Yeast Cell-Factory

11. Top Overall Poster Award ($1000) Sponsored by: ACS Synthetic Biology Eduardo Catchon Lau University College London #122, Ultra Scale-Down Discovery Of Low Shear Stress Processing For Selective Recovery Of Next Generation Fusion Proteins