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Cell Culture Engineering Award

2027 Award Guidelines

NOMINATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2027

Purpose

The Cell Culture Engineering (CCE) Award recognizes an outstanding contributor to the field of Cell Culture Technology & Engineering. Past recipients include Wei-Shou Hu, Terry Papoutsakis, Rob Arathoon, Martin Fussenegger, Michael Betenbaugh, James Piret, Jeffrey Chalmers, Konstantin Konstantinov, William Miller, Manuel Carrondo, and Weichang Zhou. The award nominations will be judged according to the criteria set forth in this document. 

Award

For each conference, an award of cash and a commemorative plaque will be presented to the recipient at the conference.   Engineering Conferences International (ECI) sponsors this award.

Eligibility

This Award is open to all researchers in the cell culture field. The award recipient is expected to register for and attend the conference. 

Evaluation 

A committee established by ECI will evaluate the nominations and make the final decision. 

Criteria

The committee will judge the nominations on the originality and overall quality of work, significance to the advancement of the Cell Culture Engineering field, and other supporting information in the nomination package. 

Nomination Package

(all documents should have 1-inch margins and font no smaller than Arial 10 or Times 12 point) 

The nomination package must consist of the following:

  1. A nomination cover sheet;
  2. A nomination letter of no more than 3 pages including a description of the nominee’s contributions; 
  3. A resume including publications by the nominee; and, 
  4. A maximum of three supporting letters from individuals in the field 

The nomination cover sheet should contain the following information if not already included in resume: 

  1. Name of nominee 
  2. Present position (exact title) 
  3. Mailing address (including telephone and email) 
  4. Education 
    • Institution
    • Degree received and year of each degree, major or field 
  5. Positions held
    • Company or institution
    • Position or title
    • Time period 
  6. Academic and professional honors and awards 
  7. Technical and professional society memberships and offices held
  8. Nominator’s name and address (including telephone and email)
  9. Nominator’s signature and date 

Please submit the complete nomination package (including scanned, signed letters of support) in an electronic form as a single pdf file with the name of the nominee, 

Emailed single pdf file nomination packages are due February 1, 2027 to: 

Prof. James Piret, Chair of the CCE Award Committee
Michael Smith Laboratories - 2185 East Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4

james.piret@ubc.ca

1-604-822-5835

Cell Culture Engineering Award Previous Recipients

2002
Wei-Shou Hu

2004
Terry Papoutsakis

2006
W. Robert Arathoon

2008
Martin Fussenegger

2010
Michael Betenbaugh

2012
James Piret

2014
Jeffrey Chalmers

2016
Konstantin Konstantinov

2018
William Miller

2023
Manuel J.T. Carrondo

2025
Weichang Zhou

Martin Sinacore Outstanding Young Investigator Award

Call for Nominations

Engineering Conferences International and Biogen are pleased to announce that nominations for the Martin Sinacore Outstanding Young Investigator Award are now open.  The award recipient will be a promising young scientist whose work shows exceptional promise in the field of Bioprocessing.  The award encompasses a financial award to cover the conference registration fee for the 2027 Cell Culture Engineering Conference and the opportunity to present their research at the conference.  

Marty’s career in the biotechnology industry spanned over 25 years and included time at Karyon Technology, Genetics Institute, Wyeth BioPharma and Biogen.   Over the years, Marty established himself as a thought leader in the industry and a champion of constantly innovating and adopting new technologies to facilitate the delivery of life changing medicines to patients.   Marty’s influence can also be seen in the numerous junior scientists who have trained and grown under his guidance.

This award was first presented at the Cell Culture Engineering Conference at Quebec City in May 2014.  Previous winners are Colin Clarke (Dublin City University), Corrine Hoesli (McGill University), Huong Le (Amgen), Amanda Lewis (Bristol-Myers Squibb), Pooja Jambunathan (Merck), Madhuresh Sumit (Sanofi), and Yu Luo (GSK).

Eligibility:  Any graduate student or post-doc is eligible as is any researcher with fewer than 5 years of industrial or academic experience.  Individuals who meet these criteria are invited to submit an abstract to be considered for presentation at the 2027 Cell Culture Engineering Conference, curriculum vitae and two supporting letters of recommendation.

Submission of Nominations: Nominations will be accepted from November 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027.  The abstract should be submitted through the normal ECI procedure but a copy of it should accompany the curriculum vita and letters of recommendation.  

Please email to: 

barbara@engconfintl.org – subject line should read: Martin Sinacore Award Nomination for (name of nominee)

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