{"id":13183,"date":"2019-10-28T08:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute?p=13183"},"modified":"2019-11-19T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:28:49","slug":"dr-laurencin-provides-the-keynote-speech-at-the-2019-afrobiotech-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/2019\/10\/28\/dr-laurencin-provides-the-keynote-speech-at-the-2019-afrobiotech-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Laurencin Provides the Keynote Speech at the 2019 AfroBiotech Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institutewp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/10\/Afrobiotech-aundrya-kenyatta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13242 size-large\" src=\"health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institutewp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/10\/Afrobiotech-aundrya-kenyatta-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Afrobiotech aundrya kenyatta\" width=\"640\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/10\/Afrobiotech-aundrya-kenyatta-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/10\/Afrobiotech-aundrya-kenyatta-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/regenerative-engineering-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2019\/10\/Afrobiotech-aundrya-kenyatta-768x1075.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #333333\">The AfroBiotech Conference, hosted by the Society for Biological Engineering in Atlanta, Georgia, will highlight the achievements of African Americans in biotechnology, inspire a new generation of diverse biotechnology professionals and identify, communicate, and explore current advancements in various aspects of Biotechnology. The October 27<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #333333\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #333333\">-29<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #333333\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #333333\">\u00a0conference aims to support AIChE\u2019s diverse engineering community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #333333\">The AfroBiotech conference will focus on discoveries, innovations, and achievements from African-American scientists\u00a0and engineers in biotechnology to feature the contributions of this underrepresented group to solving current problems and demonstrate the power of a diverse engineering community. By organizing African-American scientific talent from across the U.S. at a single event, AfroBiotech hopes to enable the biotech industry to hire diverse professionals, inspire organizers of other scientific conferences to invite diverse speakers, and inspire the next generation of diverse students and scholars to join this community.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The AfroBiotech Conference, hosted by the Society for Biological Engineering in Atlanta, Georgia, will highlight the achievements of African Americans in biotechnology, inspire a new generation of diverse biotechnology professionals and identify, communicate, and explore current advancements in various aspects of Biotechnology. The October 27th-29th\u00a0conference aims to support AIChE\u2019s diverse engineering community. 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