@article{a2371d9ba8e7427ba571fa6e6a13fc92,
title = "The importance and future of biochemical engineering",
abstract = "Today's Biochemical Engineer may contribute to advances in a wide range of technical areas. The recent Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XXI conference focused on “The Next Generation of Biochemical and Molecular Engineering: The role of emerging technologies in tomorrow's products and processes”. On the basis of topical discussions at this conference, this perspective synthesizes one vision on where investment in research areas is needed for biotechnology to continue contributing to some of the world's grand challenges.",
keywords = "Biochemical synthesis, biomolecular engineering, bioprocess development, individualized medicine, non-traditional organisms, synthetic biology",
author = "Whitehead, {Timothy A.} and Scott Banta and Bentley, {William E.} and Betenbaugh, {Michael J.} and Christina Chan and Clark, {Douglas S.} and Hoesli, {Corinne A.} and Jewett, {Michael C.} and Beth Junker and Mattheos Koffas and Rashmi Kshirsagar and Amanda Lewis and Li, {Chien Ting} and Costas Maranas and {Terry Papoutsakis}, E. and Prather, {Kristala L.J.} and Steffen Schaffer and Laura Segatori and Ian Wheeldon",
note = "Funding Information: The authors wish to acknowledge NSF CBET Award #1929518 to C. C. used to support the conference, academic speakers, and students. The authors also thank Steven Peretti and Amine Kamen for helpful discussions. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AI141452 to T. A. W.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Research Office MURI Award #W911NF1410263 to S. B. and I. W.; NSF CBET Award # 1802992 to C. C. C. H. was supported by a Canada Research Chair in Cellular Therapy Bioprocess Engineering and is a member of Th{\'e}Cell (The Quebec Network for Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapy), the Quebec Center for Advanced Materials, PROTEO (The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function), the McGill Regenerative Medicine network, the Montreal Diabetes Research Center and the Bioencapsulation Research Group; and DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation Award # DE‐AC05‐000R22725 to C. M. M. C. J. was supported by ARO Award #W911NF‐16‐1‐0372 and W911NF‐19‐1‐0298, DOE Grant Award #DE‐SC0018249, NSF Award #MCB‐1716766. M. C. J. also gratefully acknowledges the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher‐Scholar Program. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Funding Information: The authors wish to acknowledge NSF CBET Award #1929518 to C. C. used to support the conference, academic speakers, and students. The authors also thank Steven Peretti and Amine Kamen for helpful discussions. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AI141452 to T. A. W.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Research Office MURI Award #W911NF1410263 to S. B. and I. W.; NSF CBET Award # 1802992 to C. C. C. H. was supported by a Canada Research Chair in Cellular Therapy Bioprocess Engineering and is a member of Th{\'e}Cell (The Quebec Network for Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapy), the Quebec Center for Advanced Materials, PROTEO (The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function), the McGill Regenerative Medicine network, the Montreal Diabetes Research Center and the Bioencapsulation Research Group; and DOE Center for Bioenergy Innovation Award # DE-AC05-000R22725 to C. M. M. C. J. was supported by ARO Award #W911NF-16-1-0372 and W911NF-19-1-0298, DOE Grant Award #DE-SC0018249, NSF Award #MCB-1716766. M. C. J. also gratefully acknowledges the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Program. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/bit.27364",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "117",
pages = "2305--2318",
journal = "Biotechnology and Bioengineering",
issn = "0006-3592",
publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag",
number = "8",
}