MBB Director talks about training bioeconomy at ASM’s Microbes After Hours
On June 3, Joy Peterson, director of the BHSI’s Master of Biomanufacturing and Bioprocessing degree program, was one of two speakers invited to participate in the American Society of Microbiology’s new Happy Hour lectures series, called “Microbes After Hours.”
Peterson, alongside National Institute of Food and Agriculture Director Sonny Ramaswamy, addressed the importance of learning how to harness the immense metabolic diversity of microbes to generate biofuels and other commodity chemicals from digestion and fermentation of renewable biomass resources.
An archived video of the talk, “The Microbiology of the Bioeconomy,” can be found on the MicrobeWorld website or can be found archived on MicrobeWorld’s YouTube Channel.
The ASM launched “Microbes After Hours” in May 2012, to gather together scientists and curious citizens at ASM headquarters in Washington, DC. .for relaxed evenings of appetizers, local brews and exciting microbiology talks by renowned experts. Since the inaugural session, the series has tackled topics such as “Microbes and Microbrews: the Microbiology of Brewing Beer,” “The Human Microbiome: My Microbes, Myself,” and “The Return of Influenza.” The series has grown beyond its local roots to bring together scientists and enthusiastic learners from all over the globe through live broadcasts on MicrobeWorld.