Institute of Biological Engineering 2013 Annual Conference.

摘要

The 2013 Annual Meeting of Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) was successfully held at the Embassy Suite Research Triangle Hotel, Cary, North Carolina, March 7-9, 2013. The meeting had 174 registered attendees from academia, industry, and government agencies across the State and a few internationals, with 107 podium presentations and 39 poster presentations. The meeting had 4 General Sessions for broad participation of all attendees, these sessions included Frontiers in Biological Engineering, Funding Opportunities for Biological Engineering, Biobusiness Nexus for moving technology for Translation, and Bioethisc. It also held 11 scientific sessions in different areas which included Biomaterials & Structures, Bioenergy, Sensors & Biosensors, Nanomaterials & Nanosystems, Ecological and Environmental Engineering, Metabolic Pathway Engineering, Tissue and Cellular Engineering, and Synthetic Biology. The Army Research Office (ARO) supported the travel expenses for the keynote and invited speakers and partial meeting expenses for printing meeting materials. It was a successful and meaningful meeting in North Carolina that provided opportunities for national and international attendees and local attendees to share new information and to build collaborative networks.