Executive Chair

Xiaodan Mei, Ph.D., President, BIT Life Sciences. Inc.

Supporting Organization

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade China Chamber of International Commerce Dalian Branch

Program Committee

Arnold L. Demain, Member of the National Academy of Sciences in The United States, Founder of Dep. of Fermentation Microbiology at Merck & Co., Inc., Professor, Drew University, USA

Marco A. Baez-Vasquez, Head, Biotechnology Center of Excellence Corporation, BioAmericas Program, Bioeconomy, Bienergy and Biorefineries Program, USA

Alexander Rapoport, Professor,Corresponding Member of Latvian Academy of Sciences, Latvian Delegate in FEMS, Member of International Commission on Yeasts (IUMS), Head of Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Latvia, Latvia

Tadayuki Imanaka, Professor, Member, Science Council of Japan, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Artur Cavaco-Paulo, Professor, Minho University, Portugal

Erzheng Su, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, China

Badal C. Saha, Lead Scientist, Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL, USA

Scientific Advisor Board

Dongzhi Wei, Professor, Director, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, China; Deputy Director, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, China

Nicholas J Turner, Professor of Chemical Biology and Director of the Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis (CoEBio3), Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, UK

Vladimir Kren, Head,Center of Excelence Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Yijun Chen, Endowed Professor and Director, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, China Pharmaceutical University, China

Eric Metzen, Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Jianhe Xu, Professor, East China University of Science and Technology, China

Guy Derdelinckx, KULeuven, Belgium

Xuebing Xu, Professor in Agro-Biotechnology Science, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus , Denmark

Francisc Peter, Professor, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry and Engineering of Organic and Natural Compounds, Biocatalysis Group, Politehnica University of Timisoara ; Member of ESAB Scientific Committee, Romania

Hamed M. El-Shora, Professor of Enzymology, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt

Jose M Palomo, Catalysis Institute in Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain

Rita Bernhardt, Professor, University of Saarlandes, Germany

Simon Daff,Academic Staff, University of Edinburgh, UK

Harish C. Pant, Senior Investigator, Neuronal Cytoskeletal Protein Regulation Section, Laboratory of Neurochemistry, NINDS, USA

Sheraz Gul, Vice President & Head, European Screening Port Ltd., Germany

Hak-Sung Kim, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Joseph Jez, Assistant Professor, Washington University, USA

Prasad T. Reddy, Associate Professor, Chemical science and Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

Sudhir Paul, Professor, Director Chemical Immunology Research Center Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, USA

Marco van den Berg, Principal Scientist, DSM, The Netherlands

Oleg V. Belov, Staff, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia

Ian Fotheringham, President, Project Lead and President, Ingenza, UK

Igor Plazl, Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Martin Hofrichter, Professor, International Graduate School of Zittau, Germany

Martin G. Peter, Professor, State University of Campinas, Germany

Hans Iding, Senior Scientist, Chemical Synthesis Basel - Biocatalysis, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Switzerland

Juergen Seibel, Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Wurzburg, Germany

Veronique Larreta-Garde, Professor; Head of Errmece Lab, University of Cergy Pontoise, France

Sunghoon Park, Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Editor-in-Chief, BBE; Dean, Office of International Affairs, Pusan National University, Korea

Yuguang Shi (Roger),Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

Dongzhou J. Liu, Principle Investigator/Core Project Leader, GlaxoSmithKline, UK

Lucienne Juillerat, Research Unit leader, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland

Bruce Torbett, Associate Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, USA

José I. Reyes De Corcuera, Assistant Professor, University of Florida, USA

Stephen B. Shears, Senior Investigator and Group Leader, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA

Richard M. Eglen, President, Bio-discovery PerkinElmer Incorporation, USA

Michael O'Donnell, Professor, Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

Solomon Leung, Professor, Idaho State University, USA

Juan B. Ochoa, Professor, Surgery and Critical Care, USA

Denys Wheatley, Chief Scientific Officer; Bio-Cancer International; Chairman and Director of BioMedES; President of the International Federation for Cell Biology, the University of Aberdeen, UK

Theo Kofidis, Professor, National University Hospital / National University of Singapore, Singapore

Anthony J. Killard, Principal Investigator, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Ireland

Wei Huang, Lecturer, Kroto Research Institute, The University of Sheffield, UK

Mingruo Guo, Professor, University of Vermont, USA

Marco vd Berg, Principal Scientist, DSM, The Netherlands

Jun Yang, Research Scientist, Frito-Lay North America, USA

Vesna Katavic, Research Associate, University of British Columbia, Canada

Ho-Yong Park, Lab Head/Principal Researcher, Industrial Bio-materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Korea

Singh-Nee Nigam Poonam, Program Director, Faculty of Life & Health Sciences, University of Ulster, UK

Praveen Vadlani, Assistant Professor, Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, USA

Yanming Han, Senior Researcher, Nutreco Holding NV, the Netherlands

Hubert Cabana, Assistant Professor, The University of Sherbrooke, Canada

Gregory Yablonsky, Professor, the Washington University, USA

Stephen W Ragsdale, Professor, University of Michigan Medical School, USA

Erzheng Su, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, China

Dr. Wenying Li, Principal Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, USA

We are calling for SAB Members, if you are interested in joining us, please contact Mr. Daniel Lee at: daniel@bit-ibio.com