Biochemical Engineering Science is an applied science discipline comprising elements from the BioSciences as well as from the defining disciplines of Engineering Science, namely Physics and Mathematics, used to create models for Biological Systems in both small and large scale and to solve these models numerically in order to guide both experimental work and design of processes. Special topics of Biochemical Engineering Science include Analysis of Bioreactors and of Downstream Process equipment in order to optimize the yield of the desired products and of the productivity of the system. Thus, Biochemical Engineering Science can also lead to better control systems through an understanding of the systems dynamics, and through incorporation of molecular tools on a quantitative basis it may lead to the discovery and design of completely new processes or products for the Bio Industry.

The Section on Biochemical Engineering Science (ESBES), established in August 1995,  is the first and oldest section of the European Federation of Biotechnology. ESBES organises activities that encourage integration and interaction such as:

• PhD course: Measurement, modelling and control in biochemical engineering: July 2 - 4, 2012 at DECHEMA e.V. in Frankfurt, Germany.
  
  
• Bi-annual Congresses on Biochemical Engineering (ESBES Symposium):
  
  The 8th European Symposium on Biochemical Engineering Science took take place in Bologna, Italy from 6 - 8 September 2010.
  
  The next ESBES - ISPPP Symposia will be held in Istanbul, Turkey in conjunction with the ECB (European Congress on Biotechnology) from 23- 26 September 2012.

• Bi-annual ECCE/ECAB Congresses:
  
  The 9th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and the 2nd European Congress of Applied Biotechnology will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands from 21 - 24 April 2013.
  
  
• Education Courses: the next EFB Bioprocess Engineering Course will take place from 2nd to 8th September 2012.
• Exchanges of PhDs, Post-doctoral fellows and lecturers between European laboratories
• Workshops on new developments

ESBES has agreed with ACS division biotechnology (ACS-BIOT) to co-sponsor their meetings and to exchange information about events and progress in biotechnology. Members of ACS are in the programming committee of our bi-annual meeting.

All European biotechnologists with interest in Biochemical Engineering are invited to become a member of ESBES and take part in the activities of the Working Groups .

The Biotechnology Journal is the official journal of the European Section on Biochemical Engineering Science (ESBES).