BIO has officially opened One-on-One Partnering™, BIO’s proprietary software system, today for the 2016 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The 2016 World Congress has become the preeminent conference for connecting venture capital with promising industrial biotech companies. BIO One-on…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently expanded its flagship “9003” loan guarantee program to include projects that primarily manufacture chemicals -- not just fuels -- from renewable biomass. Years of advocacy and leadership from BIO, Senator Debbie Stabenow, and others have effected this…

"From 2012 to 2020 renewable chemicals markets are expected to double in size to account for 11 to 13 % of the total chemical industry," stated BIO's Brent Erickson. On Thursday, February 17, 2016, BIO's Executive Vice President of the Industrial and Environmental Section spoke at the 2016 Advanced…

That partnering has taken off at World Congress is the understatement of the year. Last year there were 1,400 one-on-one meetings at World Congress, which is more than twice as many as 2013. So why the uptick? The name of the game in industrial biotech is increasingly partnering. Most innovation…

Born into slavery, today George Washington Carver is an icon of American ingenuity. He worked to achieve a better life not only for himself but for all African Americans. A botanist and inventor, Carver's research and promotion of alternative crops, such as peanuts, showed poor farmers how to…

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016, BIO officially opened registration for the 2016 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. This year's conference will be held April 17-20, 2016 in sunny Southern California at the San Diego Convention Center. The 2016 World Congress is the largest international…

Rosalind Franklin’s use of X-ray diffraction images led to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953. Her work was published alongside, but not recognized as a contributing factor to, Francis Crick’s and James Watson’s model of the structure of DNA. BIO’s 2015 Rosalind Franklin…

The Monday morning BIO World Congress session, commanded an overcrowded and enthusiastic attendance, and one of the few times where presentations involved the importance of synthetic biology technology for the production of consumer products, which drew more attention than ever before. The session…

Yesterday afternoon, the 12th annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology came to a close at the Palais des congrès de Montréal (Montreal Convention Center). This event is the world’s largest international industrial biotech event, and this year more than 1,200 industry leaders…

At this Wednesday morning BIO World Congress session, Thomas Ishoey, VP at Synthetic Genomics gave an overview of applying synthetic biology towards the development of proprietary synthetic routes, and key genes/pathways for strain development of enzymes and renewable chemicals. The benefits…