The AFOB Regional Symposium (ARS) is an annual event of the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB). The 11th ARS 2019 will be organized by Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR and the Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology in coordination with AFOB. The 11th ARS 2019 will be held on 23rd to 25th January 2019 in Matrix Level 4, Biopolis, Singapore. The theme for ARS 2019 is “Biotechnology for the Asian Century” and the focus is how Asia can drive biotechnological advancements in the 21st Century.

Focus Areas

The Symposium topics include (but not limited to) the following:

• Discovery, research and manufacturing of Biologics

• Food Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology

• Biopharmaceutical and Medical Biotechnology

• Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering

• Nanobiotechnology and Biomaterials

• Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology

Abstract Submission

Abstract submission is now open and will close on 30th November 2018. Submissions can be done here.

Registration

Admission to the symposium is free. Please register here to ensure that you have access to all sessions of the symposium.

For more information on the workshop, please visit http://bioinfo.bti.a-star.edu.sg/ARS2019/index.html