Bioinformatics, Genomics, and the Chemical Engineer: A Perspective

Authors

  • Vassily Hatzimanikatis Cargill-Dow Polymers
  • David Collins Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Shawn Lawrence The Johns Hopkins University,
  • Samuel Browning Cornell University
  • Kelvin H. Lee Cornell University

Abstract

With financial support from Cargill and Parke-Davis, three graduate students working on problems in various aspects of bioinformatics and genomics received travel grants to attend the Bioinformatics Topical Conference held at the AIChE annual meeting (1999).  This paper is a summary of their experience and a commentary on their perspectives of how this emerging field relates to chemical engineering education.

Author Biographies

Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Cargill-Dow Polymers

Vassily Hatzimanlkatis is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northwestern and he received his Diploma in chemical engineering in 1991 from the University of Patras in Greece and his PhD in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at Northwestern he worked as a Metabolic Engineer at Cargill Dow LLC. His interests are in computational biotechnology, bioinformatics and functional genomics.

David Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Collins obtained a BS and MEng in chemical engineering from University College London and an MS in Chemical Engineering Practice from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently working towards a PhD degree in chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His interests are in bioinformatics and the management of and modeling of biological data.

Shawn Lawrence, The Johns Hopkins University,

Shawn Lawrence received a BS in chemical engineering from Auburn University in 1996 and is currently working on his PhD in chemical engineering at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include using bioinformatics techniques to identify novel genes useful for making therapeutic proteins produced in non-mammalian cell lines more compatible for human use.

Samuel Browning, Cornell University

Samuel Browning obtained a BS in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently working toward a PhD degree in chemical engineering at Cornell University. His interests are in gene networks and control of the cell cycle.

Kelvin H. Lee, Cornell University

Kelvin H. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Cornell University. He received a BSE in chemical engineering from Princeton University and a MS and PhD in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. His interests are in the use of mRNA and protein expression profiles in the engineering of protein secretion and in the diagnosis of central nervous system diseases.

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Published

2000-09-01

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 4 (2000): Fall 2000

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