Welcome to the 27th BEST Conference & International Symposium on Biotechnology and Bioengineering in 2022 (BEST-2022), which is the annual meeting organized by the Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Society of Taiwan (BEST). The BEST conference has developed into an international event since 2014 and has now become an important annual gathering of biotech groups in Asia. The theme BEST-2022 conference is "The future and prospect of zero-carbon biotechnology in the post-epidemic era". During the COVID-19 pandemic, our society has been facing enormous economic impacts and social disruptions. We need to move forward to re-settle our life and achieve the goal of zero carbon and a sustainable circular economy by 2050. Biotechnology and biochemical engineering appear to play a pivotal role in those aspects. In light of this, I sincerely welcome presentations related to the above-mentioned topics in BEST-2022. This meeting is also the best platform for students to display and publish their research results. The 27th BEST Conference & International Symposium on Biotechnology and Bioengineering is hosted by the School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering at Yuan Ze University on June 24-25, 2022 in Chungli, Taiwan. I cordially invite all of you to join this exciting event.

Looking forward to your participation in the coming June.

Jo-Shu Chang

President of the Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Society of Taiwan (BEST)

Vice President and Chair Professor of Tunghai University, Taiwan

University Chair Professor of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan