The International Symposium on Biosystems and Biodesign Engineering 2015: Microbial Cell Signaling and Cell Factories (ISBBE 2015) will be held in East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) on November 1-3rd, 2015, Shanghai, China. ISBBE is a bi-annual conference organized by the State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (SKLBE) since 2003, and ISBBE 2015 is the 7th event. Information about previous series including ISBBE 2003 to 2013 can be found on our website