23rd Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium
Friday and Saturday, January 7-8, 2011
Hyatt Regency Orange County
The two-day symposium program aimed to make connections between innovative life science research and the impacts it has on society, to highlight cutting-edge biotechnologies, and to inspire students for success in the global economy. The program theme was innovation - especially as it might impact global health and new product development. The symposium provided a terrific opportunity for CSU students to network with biotech professionals working in academia, government and industry. Faculty shared research progress, discussed educational best practices, and met potential collaborators from other campuses and industry. Read the Annual Symposium report here!
2011 Symposium Award Winners
Andreoli Award: Howard Xu, CSU Los Angeles
Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Award: Pete Arnold, Sonoma State University
Faculty Research Award: Sep Eskandari, Cal Poly Pomona
Glenn Nagel Undergraduate Student Research Award: Florante Ricarte, CSU Long Beach
Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award: Jason Schott, CSU Fullerton
Program and Poster Sessions
The electronic version of the symposium program is available; the Career Networking Session addendum is also here. The poster sessions featured 236 projects from 21 CSU universities Poster abstracts can be viewed and searched online here.
Speakers and Sessions
Jolene Koester, President, CSU Northridge
Michael Onuscheck, President and Sr. VP, Neuromodulation Division, Boston Scientific
Brian Pollok, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Global Research and Development, Life Technologies
Charles Reed, Chancellor, California State University
James Rosser, President, CSU Los Angeles & CSUPERB Presidents' Commission
Stephen Weber, President, San Diego State University & Chair, CSUPERB Presidents' Commission
Healthcare Solutions for the Developing World
- Jose Gomez-Marquez (Program Director, Innovations in International Health and D-Lab:Health Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Ingileif Jonsdottir (Professor, Department of Immunology, Landspitali University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland and deCODE Genetics, Inc.)
- Clifford Samuel (Vice President, International Access Operations, Gilead Sciences, Inc.)
Turning Life Science Innovation into Products - Panel Discussion (see this and this)
- Jill Adler-Moore (Professor, Biological Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona)
- Bruce Blomstrom (President, Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative; Director Emeritus, Pasadena Angels)
- Eduardo Ekmekgian (Airborne Instrumentation Division, US Navy & member of 2009 SHPE National Design Competition winning team from CSU Northridge)
- Matthew Giacalone (Director, Business Development, Vaxiion Therapeutics
CSUPERB Principal Investigator Showcase
- David Keller (Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, CSU Chico)
- Hope Johnson (Assistant Professor, Biology, CSU Fullerton)
- Rahul Singh (Associate Professor, Computer Science, San Francisco State University)
Science Communications Panel on Human DNA Testing
- Tom Abate, San Francisco Chronicle
- Michael Goldman (Professor and Chair, Biology, San Francisco State University)
- Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times
- Camille Nebeker (Director, Division of Research Affairs, San Diego State University)
- James Prince (Professor, Biology, CSU Fresno)
Online Curriculum Development Workshop (for faculty)
- Kara Andrew (Instructional Designer, Distance Education, CSU Fullerton)
- Dennis Robinson (Director, Distance Education/IT, CSU Fullerton)
- Kim Walker, MS, RAC (US & EU), Global Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance Consultant
- Sean Walker (Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Biological Sciences, CSU Fullerton)
Other Sessions:
- Career Networking Session (for students) - Mentors attended from Abbott Vascular, Alere, Beckman Coulter, Boston Scientific (Neuromodulation Division), Edwards Lifesciences, Eli Lilly & Company, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Lab Support, Maxwell Sensors, MPEX Pharmaceuticals, Peptisynthia, Inc., Phage Pharmaceuticals, Prometheus Laboratories, O'Banion & Ritchey LLC, ScienceMedia, Inc., US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), US Labs, Verenium Corporation, ZBGlobal, Inc.
- Graduate School Information Roundtable Session (for students)
- CSUPERB Proposal Writing Workshop (for faculty)
To get a flavor of the event, see the 2010 Symposium Report.
