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March 24, 2017

Nominations Open For Annual Rosalind Franklin Award

Lauren M. Graham, Ph.D.

On March 8, 2017, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), a member of the Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG®), announced that nominations for the fourth annual Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology were being accepted.  The award, which recognizes an outstanding woman in the industrial biotechnology sector who has made significant contributions to the advancement of the biobased economy and biotechnology innovation, will be presented during the plenary session at the 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Montréal, Québec, Canada.  Past recipients of the award include Dr. Debbie Yaver, Director of Expression Technology, Genomics and Bioinformatics at Novozymes, Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, and Anna Rath, President and CEO of NexSteppe.  Nominations will be accepted until March 24, 2017