SIMB News News magazine of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology January/February/March 2020 V.70 N.1 • www.simbhq.org H. Boyd Woodruff: Champion of Industrial Microbiology 1 .70 2020 January/February/March . N V :ŽƵƌŶĂůŽĨ/ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂůDŝĐƌŽďŝŽůŽŐLJΘ ŝŽƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ Impact Factor 2.993 The Journal of /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂůDŝĐƌŽďŝŽůŽŐLJĂŶĚ ŝŽƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ is an international journal which publishes papers in all areas of applied microbiology, e.g., biotechnology, fermentation and cell culture, biocatalysis, environmental microbiology, natural products discovery and biosynthesis, metabolic engineering, genomics, bioinformatics, food microbiology. Editor-in-Chief Ramon Gonzalez, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA Special Issue EĂƚƵƌĂůWƌŽĚƵĐƚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌLJĂŶĚ Editors ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶƚŚĞ'ĞŶŽŵŝĐƌĂ; Mar. 2019 S. Bagley, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI, USA R. H. Baltz, CognoGen Biotech. Consult., Sarasota, FL, USA T. W. Jeffries, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA T. D. Leathers, USDA ARS, Peoria, IL, USA M. J. López López, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain C. D. Maranas, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA, USA S. Park, UNIST, Ulsan, Korea J. L. Revuelta, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain B. Shen, Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA D. K. Solaiman, USDA ARS, Wyndmoor, PA, USA Y. Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA E. J. Vandamme, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium J. Yang, Amgen Inc., Oak Park, CA, USA H. Zhao, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA 5 Most Cited Articles of JIMB in 2018: Authors Title Year Cites Katz, Leonard; Baltz, Richard H. Natural product discovery: past, present, and future 2016 63 Multiplex gene editing of the zĂƌƌŽǁŝĂůŝƉŽůLJƚŝĐĂgenome using the CRISPR-Cas9 Gao, Shuliang, ĞƚĂů͘ 2016 26 system Genetic manipulation of secondary metabolite biosynthesis for improved Baltz, Richard H. 2016 23 production in Streptomyces and other actinomycetes Baltz, Richard H. Gifted microbes for genome mining and natural product discovery 2017 20 Katz, Micah; Hover, Bradley Culture-independent discovery of natural products from soil metagenomes 2017 15 M.; Brady, Sean F. Submission information Electronic access link.springer.com/journal/10295 ڼ ww.springer.com/10295 ڼ contents SIMB News news Melanie Mormile | Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Elder | Associate Editor 6 FIT TO PRINT Stephanie Gleason | Associate Editor 8 IN MEMORIAM: DOUGLAS E. EVELEIGH Kristien Mortelmans | Associate Editor Vanessa Nepomuceno | Associate Editor 9 SCIENCE FAIR CONTRIBUTIONS DESIGN & PRODUCTION feature Katherine Devins | Production Manager 10 H. 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Eveleigh 1933–2019 Letter from the Editor-in-Chief It is on a sad note that I prepare this Letter from the Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Douglas Eveleigh, a very active and notable member of SIMB passed away on December 30, 2019. Please see the In Memoriam, prepared by Dr. Joan Bennett, in this issue. Doug is fondly remembered and will be greatly missed by many. Before he passed away, Joan and Doug had teamed up, along with Dr. King-Thom Chung to prepare a fine tribute to Dr. H. Boyd Woodruff. This article provides a wonderful look into the life and achievements of this member of the “Golden Age” of antibiotics. Sincerely, Melanie R. Mormile Editor-in-Chief, SIMB News [email protected] January • February • March 2020 SIMB NEWS 3 SIMB Strategic Plan Vision Goals To be the leading international professional society in industrial 1. Provide information to increase global knowledge, microbiology and biotechnology understanding, and application of industrial microbiology and biotechnology. Mission 2. Organize preeminent meetings in our core scientific disciplines. Empower our members and others to address current and 3. Publish the leading journal in industrial microbiology and future challenges facing humanity using industrial microbiology biotechnology. and biotechnology. 4. Promote and increase diversity in all aspects of the Society, Core values with membership open to anyone interested in our vision and Scientific excellence (innovation, rigor, multi-disciplinary science mission. and engineering, translational technology) 5. Enhance the value of membership in the Society for both Leadership (collaboration, continuity, advocacy) individual and corporate members. Diversity (promotion, inclusion, openness, internationality) 6 Offer educational/professional development opportunities for the membership and the general public. Responsibility (ethics, integrity, transparency, societal impact) 7. Communicate our activities and accomplishments in industrial Communication (education, information, outreach, microbiology and biotechnology to both the global scientific responsiveness) community and the general public. Passion for science (fun, inspiration) 8. Expand our global reach. 9. Ensure the financial and operational stability of the Society. 4 SIMB NEWS www.simbhq.org TIME TO RENEW! Individual and corporate membership renewals for 2020 are due! Visit www.simbhq.org to renew today. news Fit to Print President Nominates New NSF Director President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Dr. Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan to serve as the next director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). If confirmed, Dr. Panchanathan would be the agency’s 15th director. He would assume the office following Senate confirmation. He would replace Dr. France Cordova at the end of her term in 2020. Following the announcement, Dr. Cordova said: “For five years, Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan has been a bold, energizing presence on the National Science Board and he was a leader in every sense of the word in the research community prior to that. I was delighted to learn that the White House named him as nominee to serve as the next director of the National Science Foundation. This position requires the ability to connect with all stakeholders in the U.S. science and engineering community, walking the fine line between serving and leading. Panch has the character and knowledge that make him an ideal fit for the job. As my own term draws to a close, I am heartened at the idea of Panch as my successor.” Dr. Panchanathan has served as a member of the National Science Board - NSF’s governing body - since 2014. He currently heads the knowledge enterprise development at Arizona State University. In this capacity, he is responsible for advancing research, innovation, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship, and global and economic development. Panchanathan is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He is also the Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE). He is currently serving as the Chair-Elect in the Council on Research (CoR) within the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). Panchanathan was the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Multimedia Magazine and is also an editor or associate