Biochemical and
Molecular Engineering
XVIII:
Student/Young
Investigator Poster
Awards
Overview
• Total of 9 Awards
–6 Poster Awards ($500 Value)
–3rd place overall award (500 € + book
credit)
–2nd place overall award ($750)
–Top overall award ($1000)
• 65 Eligible Posters
• 27 Judges
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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