Division of Biochemical Technology: Call for Abstracts

Submission Deadline: Monday, September 28 2026

Program Chair(s): Catherine Fromen, Kelsey McKenna

Note: Submission deadlines are at 11:59 EST on the day posted. Symposia, organizers and deadlines are subject to change. Last updated August 11, 2026.

Title Type Submission Type Organizer Cosponsor Description
100 Years Forward: Creating the Future of Biotechnology Together (Invited) Oral Invited As the ACS Women Chemists Committee celebrates its 100th anniversary, this joint BIOT-WCC symposium ...
Advanced Biomanufacturing of Viral Vectors and Gene Therapies Oral Contributed As gene therapies transition from clinical promise to commercial reality, robust, scalable, and cost...
Advanced Biomanufacturing: Digital Transformation and AI-Native Biomanufacturing: From Data to Decision Intelligence Oral Contributed Biopharmaceutical manufacturing is undergoing a fundamental transition from digitalization to intell...
Advanced Biomanufacturing: Innovation at Scale: Transforming Biomanufacturing Through New Technologies Oral Contributed As pipelines shift toward more complex modalities and face growing pressure on cost of goods and sus...
Advanced Biomanufacturing: Novel Approaches in Process Analytical Technologies, Intensified Manufacturing, and Regulatory Strategies Oral Contributed Advanced biomanufacturing continues to transform the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutica...
Art of the BioX Pitch (Invited) Oral Invited Great ideas only make an impact if they can be effectively communicated. This joint BIOT-SCHB sympos...
Biomedical Technologies: Advances in Biosensing & Bioimaging Oral Contributed Effective understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases depend on the technologies available t...
Biomedical Technologies: Delivery & Targeting of Therapeutics Oral Contributed Novel technologies enabling tissue/cell specific delivery of payloads are necessary to unlock the po...
Biomedical Technologies: Emerging Technologies in Cellular and Tissue Engineering Oral Contributed This session will focus on new and emerging technologies used to engineer cell or tissue behavior, a...
Biomolecular Engineering and Biophysical Processes: Dynamic Biomolecules, Allostery, and Conformational Landscapes Oral Contributed This session will examine how biomolecular dynamics govern function, specificity, regulation, and fa...
Biomolecular Engineering and Biophysical Processes: Emerging Biophysical and Analytical Methods for Complex Biomolecular Modalities Oral Contributed This session will highlight emerging biophysical and analytical characterization strategies for incr...
Biomolecular Engineering and Biophysical Processes: Emerging Technologies in Biomolecular Engineering Oral Contributed This session invites abstracts on emerging advances in biomolecular condensates, compartmentalized b...
Biomolecular Engineering and Biophysical Processes: Engineering Biomolecules for Therapeutic, Diagnostic, and Sensor Applications Oral Contributed The rich chemistry and precise sequence programmability of biomolecules like proteins and nucleic ac...
Biomolecular Engineering and Biophysical Processes: Sustainable Enzyme Engineering and Continuous Biocatalytic Manufacturing Oral Contributed This session will highlight emerging advances in enzyme engineering, biocatalysis, and bioprocess de...
BIOT Poster Session Poster Contributed
Cell Therapy Manufacturing, Engineering, and Product Design Oral Contributed Cell therapies are evolving from bespoke, patient-specific interventions to increasingly standardize...
Chemical Conversations in Microbiomes: Metabolites, Signals, and Molecular Exchange Oral Contributed Microbiomes and their functions are shaped by chemical exchanges among microbes, hosts, and their su...
Chemistry of Geonome Editing Oral Contributed This joint BIOT-BIOL symposium highlights cutting-edge advances in the chemistry of genome editing, ...
Downstream Processing: Applications of Membrane and Filtration Based Separations Oral Contributed Downstream bioprocesses are rapidly evolving to handle next-generation modalities, requiring high-pe...
Downstream Processing: Chromatographic Separations Oral Contributed The development of novel therapeutic modalities, intensified processing, and continuous biomanufactu...
Downstream Processing: Enabling Efficiency via Modeling, High-Throughput, AI, and Digitization Oral Contributed As biotherapeutic modalities diversify and development timelines continue to compress, downstream pr...
Downstream Processing: Fundamentals of Membrane and Filtration Based Separations Oral Contributed Membrane and filtration operations are critical to bioprocessing, enabling clarification, sterile fi...
Downstream Processing: Holistic Approaches to Process Development and Technology Implementation Oral Contributed While individual process steps are often evaluated broadly during early development stages to maximi...
Downstream Processing: Novel Molecules and Bioconjugates Oral Contributed Novel molecular formats, bioconjugates, and unique hybrid therapies present diverse and exciting cha...
Downstream Processing: Novel Separation Technologies Oral Contributed The downstream processing landscape is evolving as the biopharmaceutical industry seeks new approach...
Harnessing Microbiome Chemistry for Health, Agriculture, and Biotechnology Oral Contributed This session will focus on how chemical and molecular understanding of microbiomes can be used to pr...
Microbial Engineering and Fermentation: Environmental Applications Oral Contributed This session welcomes contributions focused on the engineering of microorganisms for environmental a...
Microbial Engineering and Fermentation: Fuels and Chemicals Oral Contributed This session welcomes contributions focused on the engineering of microorganisms for the production ...
Microbial Engineering and Fermentation: Natural Products and Human Health Oral Contributed This session welcomes contributions focused on the engineering of microorganisms for the discovery, ...
Next-Generation Biomedical Platforms: Bridging Sensing, Delivery, and Engineered Biology Oral Contributed This session will highlight state-of-the-art biomedical platforms that integrate sensing, therapeuti...
Next-Generation Vector Engineering, Delivery Platforms, and Emerging Modalities Oral Contributed The landscape of gene delivery is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by advances in vector engi...
Preparing the Next Generation of Biotechnology Leaders (Invited) Oral Invited Biotechnology is evolving rapidly through advances in artificial intelligence, automation, data scie...
Product Quality, Analytics, and Regulatory Innovation in Cell & Gene Therapy Oral Contributed The success of cell and gene therapies depends on a deep understanding of product quality, critical ...
Systems and Synthetic Biology Tool Development for Microbial Engineering Oral Contributed This session focuses on the development and application of enabling technologies for microbial engin...
Transforming Bioimaging Through Chemical Biology and Biotechnology Innovations (Invited) Oral Invited This joint BIOL/BIOT symposium will bring together innovators at the interface of chemical biology, ...
Upstream Processing: Advances and Innovations in Process Intensification Oral Contributed This session will explore the latest advances in upstream process intensification and continuous bio...
Upstream Processing: Advances in Complex and Emerging Modalities Oral Contributed This session will highlight emerging trends and innovative upstream strategies enabling the developm...
Upstream Processing: Case Studies in Scale Up, Technology Transfer, and Large-Scale Manufacturing Oral Contributed This session will highlight cutting-edge case studies and practical innovations that are advancing u...
Upstream Processing: High-Process Development, Automation, Digitalization, and Modeling Oral Contributed This session will highlight advances in high-throughput process development, automation, and digital...
Upstream Processing: Mammalian Cell Line, Media, and Metabolism Oral Contributed This session will highlight advances in mammalian cell culture development that enable improved prod...