Annual Biotechnology Symposium
Protein Engineering 2008
CSUPERB hosted the 20th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium January 11-13, 2008, at the Oakland Marriott City Center. We would like to thank all symposium attendees and sponsors for their participation!
Invited Speakers
John Desjarlais, Vice President of Research, Xencor, Inc. "Antibody Engineering for Enhanced Immune Effector Function"
Michael Kay, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Utah. "D-peptide Inhibitors of HIV Entry"
Joel Schneider, Associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware. "Peptide-based Materials as Therapeutics
Michela Taufer, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, "Computational Multi-scale Modeling in Protein-ligand Docking"
David Weiner, Associate Director, Enzyme Technology Verenium Corporation. "Looking to Nature to Make Nature better: Enzyme Discovery and Evolution for the Development of Green Processes"
Jeannette Wing, Assistant Director, Assistant Director, Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE/OAD), National Science Foundation, "Computational Thinking and Thinking about Computing"
We would especially like to acknowledge this year’s CSU Biotechnology Symposium Award winners:
2008 CSUPERB Legislator of the Year
Senator Ellen M. Corbett (District 10)
Andreoli Biotechnology Faculty Service Award
Alejandro Calderon-Urrea (CSU Fresno)
Biotechnology Faculty Research Award
Nancy McQueen (CSU Los Angeles)
Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award
Gloeta Massie (Mentor: Michael Black), Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Glen Nagel Undergraduate Student Research Award
Jacob Gonzalez (Mentor: Chris Meyer) CSU Fullerton
Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award
Molly Klein-McDowell (Mentor: Kimberly Tanner), San Francisco State University
The annual CSU Biotechnology symposium provides a wonderful opportunity to showcase student-faculty biotechnology projects and to network with industry employers and graduate school recruiters. The symposium recognizes our students and faculty, and acknowledges the leading role that the California State University plays in educating well prepared students for careers in biotechnology.
Who Attended
490 CSU undergraduate and masters students, faculty, and administrators attended the 20th Annual Symposium in Oakland; over 200 posters featuring student-faculty research projects were featured. In addition about 60 industry representatives, speakers, award winners and guests attended this year. We will continue to invite industry and graduate program representatives interested in recruiting for or publicizing their company or programs. Biotechnology service providers interested in advertising services to CSU faculty involved in biotechnology curriculum development and research are invited to exhibit.