CBE News Update

Faculty, researchers and students from all Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA) institutions were cordially invited to attend the first INRA-sponsored Symposium and Workshop, hosted by the Center for Biofilm Engineering. The symposium overlapped with the last day of the CBE's Technical Advisory Conference, and was followed by a one-day workshop.

INRA is a coalition of eight universities working on collaborative research and education programs. Steve Billingsley, Executive Director of INRA, is headquarted in Idaho Falls.

INRA Homepage

See Symposium Agenda (pdf)

Invited Speakers

Ron Crawford, University of Idaho, Moscow

Andrew Neal, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

Jeffrey McLean, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jim Gosset, Cornell University

Bill Apel, Idaho National Laboratory

Tim Magnuson, Idaho State University

Rajesh Sani, Washington State University

Anne Anderson, Utah State University

Terry Hazen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Andreas Nocker, Montana State University

Robin Gerlach, Montana State University

Otto Stein, Montana State University

LUNCHEON SPEAKER & MENTOR

Jim Gossett was the honored guest luncheon speaker. He is also advisor to Laura Jennings who is pursuing her PhD degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. Laura has been working with Robin Gerlach and Al Cunningham's Bioremediation Research Group..

POSTER SESSION

Attracting the attention of interested readers, the poster session appeared a success.

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS

Steve Billingsley, Executive Director, INRA, Idaho Falls

Al Cunningham, Montana State University

Robin Gerlach, Montana State University

Brent Peyton, Montana State University

Ron Simms, Utah State University

SYMPOSIUM SPONSOR

Inland Northwest Research Alliance

INRA Homepage

July, 2006

Volume 9, Issue 7

Subsurface Biotechnology and Bioremediation Symposium & Workshop

Sponsored by the Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA)

June 22–23, 2006

Invited Speakers