March 11, 2004

The Merck Award for Cell Culture Engineering was established in 2002 to recognize an individual’s outstanding contribution to cell culture engineering. The award is presented at the Cell Culture Engineering Conference held biannually. We are pleased to announce that Professor E. Terry Papoutsakis received this award at Cell Culture Engineering IX conference in Cancun, Mexico on March 11, 2004. This award recognizes his scientific contributions and leadership in cell culture technology and in stem cell engineering. Dr. Papoutsakis’s work has greatly impacted our fundamental understanding of the effects of physical forces on cell physiology. His research and educational efforts have helped to lay the groundwork to for the transformation of cell culture into a burgeoning technology. He is among the engineering pioneers who introduced bioengineering into stem cells and hematopoiesis research. His other research interests encompass the metabolic engineering of anaerobic bacteria, the construction of recombinant cells with altered cellular programs and pathways, and the molecular biology of T-cell differentiation in the context of cellular immunotherapy. His research employs extensively novel genomic approaches including DNA-microarray analysis and bioinformatic tools. Terry served for several years as Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor of Biotechnology and Bioengineering and is a member of several other journal advisory boards. A Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), he has received several national wards including the Alpha Chi Sigma Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the AIChE Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award, the Marvin Johnson Award from the American Chemical Society.