{"id":49439,"date":"2021-11-04T15:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-uw-engineering.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=49439"},"modified":"2024-08-27T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:44:29","slug":"bioengineering-and-biotechnology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/departments\/chemical-biological-engineering\/research\/bioengineering-and-biotechnology\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioengineering and Biotechnology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"acf-hero block_f5ce8bd47aaad76e9096b1928c2cc657 position-relative alignfull track-hero alignfull mb-5   sticky-top\" >\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"hero-container d-flex bg-pattern-secondary hero-spacing-medium has-navigation\" >\r\n        <div class=\"container-xxl  d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row justify-content-center justify-content-lg-between align-items-start align-items-lg-center\">\r\n                            <div class=\"hero-heading text-white text-left\">\r\n                    <h1 class=\"text-white fw-bold m-0 h1\"><span class=\"micro-title text-uppercase d-block\">Chemical &amp; 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We are developing new technologies for disease prevention and treatment, producing materials and processes for tissue and organ regeneration, advancing an integrated understanding of living systems, and designing multi-scale processes to produce fuels and materials from biological sources. Accomplishing these goals involves collaboration with researchers in the biological, biochemical, and medical sciences.<\/p>\n<p><em>Representative Topics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Synthetic biology, protein and pathway engineering, drug design and delivery, controlled release, biointerfaces, anti-viral strategies, systems biology, blood flow.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                \r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Core faculty: <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Dudley_Quentin\/\">Dudley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Graham_Michael\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Lynn_David\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lynn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Ngo_Mai\/\">Ngo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Palecek_Sean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palecek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Pfleger_Brian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pfleger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Shusta_Eric\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shusta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Van-lehn_Reid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Van Lehn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Yin_John\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affiliate faculty: <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/che\/Faculty\/Raman_Vatsan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Raman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Centers, Consortia and Institutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major research centers that collaborate with or include CBE faculty:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cabbi.bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cellmanufacturingusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Cell Manufacturing Technology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glbrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stemcells.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UW Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cancer.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UW Carbone Cancer Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wid.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin Institute for Discovery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CBE-led centers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cellmanufacturingusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies<\/a> &#8211; CMaT (Palecek)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cuwp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chemical Upcycling of Waste Products<\/a> &#8211; CUWP (Huber)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CBE graduate students also benefit from numerous NIH training programs that promote interdisciplinary training in the biological aspects of biotechnology and provide valuable experience through an industrial internship. Current training programs include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/biophysics.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biophysics Training Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/btp.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biotechnology Training Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmp.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cellular and Molecular Pathology Training Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cbitp.chem.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qbi.wisc.edu\/education\/training-programs\/cntp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clinical Neuroengineering Training Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cibm.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gstp.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genomic Sciences Training Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ntp.neuroscience.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neuroscience Training Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Core faculty: Dudley, Graham, Lynn, Ngo, Palecek, Pfleger, Shusta, Van Lehn, Yin Affiliate faculty: Raman Centers, Consortia and Institutes Major research centers that collaborate with or include CBE faculty:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"parent":49297,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49439","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100199,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49439\/revisions\/100199"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}