21st Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium
CSUPERB is pleased to announce that the 21st Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium will be held January 16-17, 2009 at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport.
2009 Symposium Program Schedule At-A-Glance (.pdf)
Confirmed speakers:
- Hubert C. Chen, MD (Senior Director of Clinical Development, Amylin & Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco)
- Merry Edwards (Meredith Vineyard Estate, Inc.)
- Toby Beth Freedman (Author, Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug Development)
- Robert Full (Department of Integrative Biology UC Berkeley)
- Patrick A. Grogan (Senior Director, Strategic Planning, BD Biosciences)
- Kenneth Hitchner (Vice President, Pharmaceutical Collaborations, Monogram Biosciences)
- Bruce Kimball (Principle Consultant, McDermott & Bull)
- James Liao (Chemical & Biological Engineering, UCLA)
- Theresa Kane Musser (Vice President, Development Operations, Rigel Pharmaceuticals)
- Mark Pratt (Principal Engineer, Systems, Illumina)
- Marc Rigas (Scientific Review Officer, Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies Group Center, National Institutes of Health)
- Heberto M. Sanchez (CEO & Founder, Latino Diabetes Association)
- Barb Schreiner (Sr. Clinical Education Specialist / Medical Affairs, Amylin)
- Greg Talavera (Graduate School of Public Health, SDSU)
- Confirmed Participants at Career Networking Session from: Abbott Vascular, Allergan, CRB Consulting Engineers, DLA Piper, Fisher Scientific, Hyde Engineering + Consulting, Illumina, Lab Support, LaunchPoint BioMEMS, Mannkind Corporation, McDermott & Bull, Neurocrine Biosciences, Obagi Medical Products, O'Banion & Ritchey LLP, Osmetech Medical Diagnostics, Promedica International, Synapsis Search, UCLA, Xencor, Zero Boundary
- Confirmed Participants at Graduate School Recruiting Session: Cal Poly Pomona, CSU San Marcos, CSU Stanislaus, Dominican University of California, Duke University, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, Los Angeles Area PABS (PSM) Program, Montana State University, San Francisco State University, San Diego State University, San Jose State University, Touro University - California, University of California Davis, University of California Irvine, University of California Los Angeles, University of California Merced, University of California Riverside, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Southern California, Washington State University, Washington University (St. Louis)
Special Thanks to All of our Supporting Organizations and Sponsors for the 21st Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium:
Diamond Sponsor:
Gold Sponsors:
BIOCOM
SoCalBio
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences
Bronze Sponsors:
Los Angeles/Orange
County Biotechnology Region, Pasadena City College
Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Symposium Sponsorships still available (.pdf)
We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Los Angeles next week! We have over 450 students, faculty and staff from 21 of the 23 CSU universities registered for the event. Over 80 industry representatives are participating at the symposium as speakers, panelists and/or mentors at the career networking event.
Questions?
Contact Susan Baxter if you are interested in participating or have questions about the upcoming 2009 CSU Biotechnology Symposium.
Electronic version of the 21st Annual Poster available here » (.pdf)