BIO's Brent Erickson Appointed to Energy Biosciences Institute Advisory Committee.WASHINGTON -- Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) Industrial and Environmental Section, has been appointed to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Energy Biosciences Institute The Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), formally announced on February 1, 2007, is an organization that will pursue research "to develop new sources of energy and reduce the impact of energy consumption on the environment. (EBI See electron beam imaging. ).The Energy Biosciences Institute (www.energybiosciencesinstitute.org), a collaboration between the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore, Calif., respectively. , the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
The Science Advisory Committee is intended to provide strategic advice to the EBI Director and the Governing Board about goals and program implementation, the definition of mission, scope of the research, operational processes and scientific culture. Brent Erickson joined BIO in 2000 as director of the Industrial and Environmental Section, where he spearheaded an effort to work with President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to include advanced biomass energy programs in the administration's National Energy Plan. He was promoted to vice president in 2001 and executive vice president in 2005. Erickson serves on the advisory board of the Northeast SunGrant Initiative and, since 2004, has been active in the Bioenergy/Agriculture Working Group of the Energy Future Coalition, an advocacy coalition funded by the United Nations Foundation. In 2005 he was named consulting editor of the journal Industrial Biotechnology. The Advanced Biofuels & Climate Change Information Center presents the latest commentary and data on the environmental, greenhouse gas and other impacts of biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi production. Drop in and add your comments, at http://biofuelsandclimate.wordpress.com/. BIO represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world's largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. Upcoming BIO Events BIO National Venture Conference March 31-April 1, 2009 Boston, MA BIO Windhover wind·hov·er n. Chiefly British A kestrel. 2009 April 13-15, 2009 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York BIO-LES Business Development Basics Course May 15-17, 2009 Atlanta, GA BIO-LES Advanced Business Development Course May 15-17, 2009 Atlanta, GA BIO Executive Presentation Workshop May 17, 2009 Atlanta, GA 2009 BIO International Convention May 18-21, 2009 Atlanta, GA BioEquity Europe June 9-10, 2009 Munich, Germany World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing July 19-22, 2009 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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