The Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) was established to encourage inquiry and interest in biological engineering.

The 21st century presents global challenges in the environment, resources, energy, health, and sustainability. The Institute of Biological Engineering supports the community of scientists and engineers that are addressing these problems through biological systems analysis and design. We do this through enhancing and promoting biological engineering in the broadest manner through research, education, and professional development.

The emerging discipline of biological engineering lies at the interfaces of biological sciences, engineering sciences, mathematics and computational sciences. It applies biological systems to enhance of the quality and diversity of life.

March 1-3, 2012
The Westin Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

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IBE is pleased to announce the results of the 2012 Council Elections:

President-Elect
Czarena Crofcheck, University of Kentucky

Treasurer
Melanie Correll, University of Florida

Councilors-at-Large
Karmella Haynes, Arizona State University
J. Christopher Anderson, UC Berkeley
Liju Yang, North Carolina Central University
Alyssa Henning, Ginko BioWorks

Undergraduate Councilor
Max Song, Brown University

Graduate councilor
Jessica Calkins, University of Georgia

These newly elected officers and councilors will join those currently serving terms:

President
Ron Sims, Utah State University

Immediate Past President
Bill Batchelor, Auburn University

Secretary
Sabrina Jedlicka, Lehigh University

Councilors-at-Large
Eric McLamore, University of Florida
Mark Haidekker, University of Georgia
Lisa Wilken, Texas A&M University
Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University
Soonjo Kwon, Utah State University

The term of the 2012 IBE Council is January 1 – December 31, 2012.

By Arthur T. Johnson, PhD, PE, Fellow, IEEE

An interesting convergence is taking shape these days. On one side, we have the successful biotechnological efforts to insert a completely synthetic genome into a living cell to produce a living, respiring, and reproducing new life form, an organism that has never existed before and did not evolve in the natural way. By anyone’s definition of life, these scientists have created new life. The reason, the scientists give, is to transform common bacterial cells, such as E. coli, into efficient biofuel factories capable of producing in a bioreactor all the fuel we could want or use.

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IBE is pleased to announce a partnership with the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition to host the 2011 iGEM Americas Jamboree October 8-10 in Indianapolis, Indiana. This year, iGEM is hosting regional jamborees. Winners of the regional jamborees will advance to the iGEM World Championship Jamboree at MIT. We are expecting over 50 undergraduate teams from North and South America for the Americas Regional Jamboree. Teams will compete for prizes and medals, and the top 20 teams will be invited to compete in the iGEM World Championship Jamboree later that fall. IBE will also be helping iGEM establish an iGEM Regional Council and Regional Judging Team – volunteers with expertise in synthetic biology should send an email expressing their interest to Tom Richard, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We hope every IBE chapter and school will compete in iGEM this year – it is a fantastic summer educational experience for all who participate.

Additional details about iGEM 2011 are available at: http://2011.igem.org/Main_Page