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Dr. Jianfeng Xu receives prestigious
British Petroleum Young Scientist award
Oct. 29, 2008 --
Dr. Jianfeng Xu,
assistant professor of Biochemical Engineering at the Arkansas
Biosciences Institute (ABI) and the Arkansas State University College of
Agriculture, was presented with the 2008 British Petroleum (BP) Young
Scientist and Student Award at the 13th International
Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition Oct.12-17, 2008, in Dalian,
Northeast China. The International Biotechnology Symposium and
Exhibition is held only once every four years and is recognized as the
premier international conference in the field of biotechnology.
Xu was selected from more than two hundred applicants to receive this
global award. At the conference, 10 experts in the field judged Xu on
his poster, “High-yield Expression of Therapeutic Proteins with Extended
Serum Half-life in Tobacco Cells,” and his oral presentation, “Develop a
Platform for High-Yield Secretion of Therapeutic Proteins in Plant Cell
Culture.” Xu was also judged on a question-and-answer discussion
session.
Xu was presented his award by Professor Werner Arber, 1978 Nobel
Laureate in Medicine of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He was
also presented with an award of $1,500 by John Morgan, Senior Vice
President of British Petroleum (BP), Group Research & Technology.
The overall theme of the Symposium for 2008 was “Biotechnology for the
Sustainability of Human Society.” The symposium examined the milestone
achievements and successes in biotechnology and discussed how
biotechnology can contribute to global sustainability in the 21st
century.
Xu is supported by ABI and the Arkansas
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Plant Powered Production (P3) Center. The EPSCoR P3
Center is a research partnership between ASU, the University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, and the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, and
is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Research
Infrastructure Improvement program (RII): Arkansas ASSET Initiative
(Advancing and Supporting Science, Engineering and Technology), and the
Arkansas Science and Technology Authority (ASTA).
The EPSCoR
Center offers cross-disciplinary opportunities to engage with
cutting-edge advances in plant-based bioproduction technology. The
EPSCoR P3 Center focuses on enhancing research infrastructure and
cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration, linking research
competitiveness with outreach and entrepreneurship to ensure
knowledge-based economic development.
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