1. DAVID PERLMAN LECTURE " The Trials and Tribulations of a Medical Breakthrough: The Discovery and Development of Carvedilol (Coreg) for the Treatment of Heart Failure" President of Research & Development for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Senior Vice President of Wyeth (Corporation) For his achievements in leading discovery and development of a number of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:00 PM Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Grand Blrm Salon I/J Sponsored by GENZYME Corporation Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr., Ph.D.

2. MARVIN J. JOHNSON AWARD “Lowering Cholesterol and Raising Antibodies” Barry C. Buckland, Ph.D., Research Vice President of BioProcess R&D, Merck &Co., Inc. This award recognizes many of Dr. Buckland’s contributions to the field ranging from enzymatic catalysis in solvents and microbial fermentations to pioneering work in cell culture, metabolic engineering, and vaccine process development. Tuesday, August 18 2008 5:00 pm Philadelphia Marriott, Grand Blrm,Salon H, 5:00 pm Sponsored by Pfizer, Inc.

3. JAMES M. VAN LANEN AWARD Jonathan Coffman, Ph.D The award recognizes Jon's dedication and leadership on many fronts, but especially as the 2003 division program co-chair, the division secretary between 2004 and 2006, and the Web Seminar Program Coordinator since 2005. Sponsored by the Division of Biochemical Technology

4. THE INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AWARD Wyeth BioPharma Development For outstanding accomplishments in developing a high titer, high capacity platform process for clinical and commercial biopharmaceutical manufacturing that embodies concepts of simplicity in design and execution. Dr. Jeffrey S. Deetz, Assistant Vice President, Technology and Innovation, Biotech Process Development will accept the award and present the award lecture Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:30 PM Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Grand Blrm Salon H, Sponsored by the Division of Biochemical Technology "Realizing the Vision of Biology over Steel: Wyeth BioPharma's Strategy for Platform Process Development ”

5. THE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD Huimin Zhao, PhD Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) This year’s award recognizes Professor Zhao’s outstanding contributions in the area of directed evolution for industrial and medical biotechnology applications Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:00 PM Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Grand Blrm Salon H Sponsored by Genentech

6. ELMER GADEN AWARD "Humanization of anti-human insulin receptor antibody for drug targeting across the human blood- brain barrier". William M. Pardridge, M.D The Gaden Award is presented each year for a high-impact paper published in Biotechnology & Bioengineering that reflects exceptional innovation, creativity and originality. Monday, August 18, 2008 5:00pm Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Grand Blrm Salon H Sponsored by John Wiley and Sons

7. The W.H. Peterson Award Rohan Fernandez Graduate Student from Professor William E. Bentley’s lab at University Maryland-College Park "Investigation of chemically sensitive displacers using robotic High Throughput Screening, SPR, NMR and MD simulations ". The winner of the 2007 Peterson Award for best poster. Chris Morrison Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute The W.H. Peterson Award is granted each year by the Division of Biochemical Technology to student members who present outstanding research work in sessions sponsored by the division at ACS national meetings in the previous year. Sponsored by Gibco Cell Culture, Invitrogen The winner of the 2007 Peterson Award for the best oral presentation. "Nanofactories for synthesis and delivery of signaling molecules: A tool for engineering metabolism“

8. B&B D.I.C. Wang Award Matthew DeLisa Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University The award, which honors a distinguished young researcher who has shown a sustained commitment to B&B, was initiated in 2008. Monday, August 18, 2008 5:00pm Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Grand Blrm Salon H

9. The E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry The award recognizes outstanding theoretical or experimental research in industrial or chemical engineering. It recognizes Professor Belfort’s seminal contributions in liquid-phase pressure-driven membrane- based processes, bioseparations engineering, interfacial science, and affinity separations. Monday, August 18, 2008 12:30 PM Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Grand Blrm Salon H Georges Belfort, Russell Sage Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute