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Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold confirmed as ECB2020 keynote speaker

ECB2020 – 28 June - 1 July 2020, Maastricht, The Netherlands


We are pleased to announce that 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Frances Arnold, will deliver the Opening Plenary lecture at ECB2020 in Maastricht.

Website is now live. Keep an eye on further exciting programme announcements.

ECB2020
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Abstract submission deadline

29 June 2019

Registration deadline

10 July 2019

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Open Call for ACTIP Fellowships Applications 2019-2020

ACTIP is an informal science-based forum of European companies employing animal cell technology in the development and production of biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and other preventative or therapeutic approaches.
Twice a year the ACTIP member company representatives, invited speakers and observer companies meet to discuss scientific research, development, technology and regulatory topics of mutual interest.
ACTIP opens up these informal industrial meetings to young scientists working on a project in biomanufacturing or related activity of industrial interest, i.e. development of new expression systems, new mammalian cell lines, cell culture processes, test development.
The ACTIP Fellowship consists of all costs paid to attend a two-day ACTIP meeting.

Deadline: 9 August 2019
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EFB Journal New Biotechnology

Modification of bacterial nanocellulose properties through mutation of motility related genes in Komagataeibacter hansenii ATCC 53582

The phenotype analysis of the disruption mutants showed a reduction in motility, which resulted in higher compaction of nanocellulose fibers and improvement in their mechanical properties. The data strongly suggest that these genes play an important role in the formation of BNC membrane by Komagataeibacter species.
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Providing a great opportunity for people in the arbovirus research community to meet and exchange ideas. Key topics at The Third International Meeting on Arboviruses and their Vectors include Pathogenesis, immunology and vaccines, Virus–host interactions, Virus replication and Vector biology.
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20th SCI/RSC Medicinal Chemistry Symposium

The 20th SCI / RSC Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Europe’s premier biennial Medicinal Chemistry event, will focus on first disclosures and new strategies in Medicinal Chemistry. It aims to showcase first disclosures of significant new therapeutic agents across all disease areas and provide a forum for discussion of current topics and thinking at the forefront of medicinal chemistry.
This conference will be of interest to both academic and industrial scientists engaged in all aspects of the drug discovery and development process.
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Industry Skills Certificate

The Industry Skills Certificate is a new initiative by the Royal Society of Biology, designed to support the employability of scientists into industry, either for the first time or from academia. The certificate will recognise a set of skills and knowledge gained through the participation in online and in-person training courses, which in addition to existing qualifications, will support a career in industry.
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EFB Events

Designer Biology 2019
organised by EFB Polymer Biotechnology & EFB Bioengineering and Bioprocessing Section
31 July - 2 August 2019
Newcastle - UK

10 European Symposium on Biopolymers
Sponsored by EFB Polymer Biotechnology
25 - 27 September 2019
Straubing - Germany

ECB2020:
European Congress on Biotechnology

organised by EFB
28 June 1 - July 2020
Maastricht - The Netherlands


































EFB Member Events

14th Asian Congress on Biotechnology − ACB
co-organised by AFOB
1 − 4 July 2019
Taipei − Taiwan

Translation UK 2019
organised by Biochemical Society
3 − 5 July 2019
Glasgow − UK

Functional Surfaces: How Surfaces Control Our World
organised by SCI
12 July 2019
London − UK

7th EUROBIOTECH Congress
co-organised by Polish Academy of Sciences
23 − 25 September 2019
Krakow − Poland

What can Big Data do for Chemistry II
organised by SCI
16 October 2019
London − UK

Microbes in Medicine: A Century of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin
organised by Microbiology Society
24 – 25 October 2019
Dublin− Ireland

Antimicrobial Drug Discovery from Traditional and Historical Medicine
organised by Microbiology Society
29 October 2019
Oxford − UK


Synthetic Biology 2019
organised by Biochemical Society
9 − 10 December 2019
Warwick − UK
European Federation of Biotechnology
Parc Cientific Barcelona
Baldiri Reixac 4-8
08028 Barcelona, Spain