BIO’s Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology

The Biotechnology Industry Organization is holding its Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy from Sept. 10-12 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, BC. The conference will explore the latest science in biofuels, chemicals and sustainable resources. Featured speakers include David McElroy of Seattle-based Targeted Growth, Scott Baker of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Shulin Chen of Washington State University. To register online, click here.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.