Media Advisory: Dr. Jennifer Holmgren to Receive BIO Award Honoring an Outstanding Woman in Industrial Biotechnology
The Rosalind Franklin Award Will Be Presented at the 12th Annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology; Winner to Provide Remarks
| What: | Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer of the innovative carbon recycling company LanzaTech, will deliver remarks and will be presented the inaugural Rosalind Franklin Award by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) at the 2015 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Montréal on Wednesday July 22. The Rosalind Franklin Award is presented annually to honor an outstanding woman in the field of industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing. |
| Date: | Wednesday, July 22 |
| Time: |
12:00pm EST - 2:15pm EST |
| Who: | Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Industrial and Environmental at BIO |
| Location: |
517 BCD |
Background: A special selection committee, of eminent scientists and leaders in the field, chose Dr. Jennifer Holmgren for her commitment to the advancement of the field of industrial biotechnology. Today, under Dr. Holmgren’s guidance, LanzaTech is developing the world’s first alternative jet fuel from industrial waste gases using intermediates derived through industrial biotechnology. LanzaTech’s process using steel mill waste gases at LanzaTech’s facility in China, with Shougang has been certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). LanzaTech’s technology for producing fuel ethanol from steel mill off gases is ready for commercial deployment today
The Rosalind Franklin Society is the sponsor of the 2015 BIO Rosalind Franklin Award.
All programs at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology are open to attendance by members of the media. Complimentary media registration is available to editors and reporters working full time for print, broadcast or web publications with valid press credentials.
For more information on the conference, please visit www.bio.org/worldcongress. For assistance, please contact worldcongress@bio.org.
Industrial Biotechnology (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers) Journal is the official publication for the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology.
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