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…

Sara Wyant, Editor/Publisher at Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. attended the 2015 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and wrote a great piece highlighting the conference: * * * Algae and leaf-based oils for food and fuel, meat without slaughter, and healthy sugar are all part of the not…

“What is possible, is far more than what people think.” - Wolfson On Monday at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Jonathan S. Wolfson, Chief Executive Officer of Solazyme, received BIO’s George Washington Carver Award. The Award was given during the Lunch Plenary Session titled…

On Monday, July 20, the GreenTech Investor Sessions took place at the at the BIO World Congress. Eleven companies made formal, 15-minute presentations on their technology development and business models to an audience of elite investors, analysts, and conference attendees. These companies were…

Tuesday's Breakfast Plenary Session at BIO World Congress was introduced by Rina Singh, Senior Director at BIO, who highlighted that BIO can help startups cut their cost of doing business through the BIO Business Solutions offered free to BIO members. This program offers discounted services such as…

Monday's General Plenary Session at BIO World Congress was sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the Government of Canada's premier research and technology organization. Working with clients and partners, it provides innovation support, strategic research, scientific and…

Renewable chemistry venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners and bioeconomy communications agency Sustainability Consult partnered on the Sofinnova Renewable Chemistry Start-Up Award, awarded to Glucan Biorenewables at the BIO World Congress on July 20. Following a public vote with almost 8,000…