14th Annual Biotechnology Symposium  "The Impact of Biotechnology  on the Future of Medicine"  At the Kellogg West Conference Center, Cal Poly Pomona January 10-12, 2002 Featured Luncheon Speaker, Friday, January 11 Dr. Louis W. Sullivan President of Morehouse School of Medicine Former Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989 - 1992) "Medicine and Healthcare Now and in 2020" [Click picture for biography] REGISTRATIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH  5:00pm, January 4, 2002 [  on registration] Poster Abstracts Deadline:  5:00pm, January 4, 2002  [  on abstracts]

ALL CSU FACULTY TRAVEL AND LODGING COVERED [Travel Reimbursement] [Room/Board]
ALL CSU STUDENT LODGING COVERED [Room/Board]
ALL CSU STUDENT POSTER PRESENTERS' TRAVEL COVERED [Travel Reimbursement]

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Registration for Symposium and Workshops:
To register for the symposium and workshops, fill out the appropriate registration form; [Faculty Form]     [Student Form].

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Symposium Information: Each January CSUPERB presents a 3-4 day  Biotechnology Symposium at the Kellogg West Center, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona (for maps and driving directions click MAP). These include workshops on current biotechnology topics, a poster session (50-100 posters) for the presentation of undergraduate, masters’ and doctoral research in the CSU, nationally and internationally known speakers, an industrial equipment/supply show and a Faculty Consensus Group meeting.  The preliminary schedule is listed below:  [Thur]  [Fri]   [Sat]

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THURSDAY, January 10 - Workshops:

10:00 AM-12:15 PM (Auditorium): •Current Applications of Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics in the Biotechnology Industry: Mining, Genomics, Proteomics,Pharmacogenomics, Structural Genomics, etc.  Note: To register for this workshop, please use the on-line Bioinformatics registration form  [ for Bioinformatics registration form]. A cluster of biotechnology company execs and scientists will individually discuss their particular bioinformatics, cheminformatics, structural informatics, or related company with regard to their platform technologies, their current and future use of bioinformatics/cheminformatics and related technologies.  Faculty will not only gain a better understanding of the current driving forces for innovation but also insights into some of the research training needs for the industry, applicability to their own research, as well as the possible development of or tweaking of curricula in appropriate directions.  The session will culminate in a panel session of all the participants.  The company participants will also be present at lunch for further discussions.  10:00-10:30:Doug Lane,Vialogy, http://www.vialogy.com 10:30-11:30: J. Michael Honeysett, Director of Market Development, Structural Bioinformatics, http://www.strubix.com 11:30-12:00: Larry Souza, President (invited), Protein Pathways, http://www.proteinpathways.com 12:00-12:15: Panel Session/Q&A

1:15 PM-4:00 PM (Auditorium): •Bioinformatics: Educational and Research Applications and Opportunities for the CSU Note: To register for this workshop, please use the on-line Bioinformatics registration form [ for Bioinformatics registration form]. 1:15-2:30: Educational and Research Uses of ProMax in the CSU An interactive demonstration of the power and ulility of Structural Bioformatics’ ProMax™ will be conducted.  SBI’s ProMax™ is a family of proteomically-directed visualization and display tools and transparently-integrated software that are linkable to databases comprised of thousands of pharmaceutically relevant protein structures in more than 450 distinct protein structural families. ProMax™ addresses the need for immediate and broad access to high quality protein structure information across many life-science applications  both qualitative and quantitative  to speed the drug design or discovery and optimization processes, enhance drug selectivity, select optimal counter screens and animal disease models, improve compound screening performance, conduct virtual screening, and in general increase experimental efficiency, reduce cost, and increase the probability of success. The applicability of these extraordinary tools to CSU research and undergraduate and graduate instruction will be discussed. Lance J. Ransom Wright, Senior Director, Product Technology and Technical Support Structural Bioinformatics, http://www.strubix.com   2:30-3:00: Break 3:00-4:00:  The CSU Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering: Opportunities for Molecular Life Scientists The mission of the Center is to foster the incorporation of high performance research tools for scientific investigation into the undergraduate curriculum.  The presentation will discuss the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI), linkages to the San Diego Supe  Computing Center and opportunities for CSU students. Jeff Sale, Staff Scientist, Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering, http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu

1:00-5:00 PM (Valley Vista Room): •Movement of the CSU into the Pharmaceutical Engineering Arena The International Society for Pharmaceutical Scientists will provide a Thursday afternoon series of lectures on introduction to the pharmaceutical sciences and engineering.  The lectures are designed to inform students and faculty about the nature of the disciplines, as well as the related career opportunities in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.  This session will be open to all investigators and students.  1-2:00:  "Intduction to the industry and impacts of pharmaceutical engineering" Fariba Ghosian, PhD Chemical Engineering/Biomedical Materials Specialist, Senior VP and Biotechnology Industry Analyst, Roth Capital Partners 2:00-3:10: "Establishment of new courses in pharmaceutical engineering at CSU Fullerton: successes and recommendations for other CSU campuses" Jesa Kreiner, PhD Chair of the Division of Engineering, CSU Fullerton Jeff Kuo, PhD, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CSU Fullerton 3:10-3:30: Break 3:30-4:15:  "Perspectives on establishing new curricula and emphases in pharmaceutical engineering in the CSU: recommendations from the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers" Manmohan Sihra, PhD, DirectorDuplex Program, B. Braun Medical Jeffrey Silverman, VP, PhD Operations, AlleCure Corporation 4:15-5:00:Panel Session: Q&A/Final Recommendations

1:00-5:00 PM  (Auditorium): •On-line Courses in Biotechnology A series of lectures will be held on creation and maintenance of courses in the molecular life sciences, biotechnology and related fields.  The movement of curriculum into the synchronous and asynchronous long-distance, remote arenas is happening at an accelerating pace.  These sessions will discuss mechanics, technologies, assessments and proven case studies.

1:00-5:00 PM (Mountain View Room): •How Can You Use Flow Cytometry in Your Laboratory Classes? Learn the basics of flow cytometry and how you might use this technology in your classes with and without a flow cytometer.  John Boothby and Ruth Kibler from San Jose State University will introduce the basics of flow cytometry and demonstrate the materials that they are developing through an NSF grant for teaching flow cytometry in a variety of undergraduate laboratory courses.  Participants in this workshop will learn and use a BD Biosciences computer program to analyze files obtained on a flow cytometer.  The workshop is limited to 16 participants for the hands-on analysis and preference will be given to CSU faculty members.  Note: To register for this workshop, please use the on-line Flow Cytometry Workshop registration form [ for Flow Cytometry Workshop registration form].

6:00-7:00 PM - Dinner (Dining Room)

7:15-8:45 PM (Auditorium):  •Biotechnology and Ethics:                    Dark Winter              A Bioterrorism War Game Note: To register for this workshop, please use the on-line Bioethics registration form [ for Bioethics  registration form]. The mock National Security Council session below follows on to the real, unpublicized, war game session very recently conducted which involved NIH, DOD, Senators, FEMA, CDC and several others.  This workshop is open to faculty as well as students and staff.  It will be an interactive role-playing session run by Dr. Greg Milman from the NIH.  Paradoxically, it will be a very enjoyable and yet disturbingly probing session. It is December 9, 2002, and you are a participant in the weekly meeting of the National Security Council (NSC). You learn that two days ago, Iraqi forces in the South of Iraq moved into offensive positions along the Kuwaiti border. The Iraqi government denies any hostile intent and maintains that these troop movements are part of routine military exercises. Yesterday, Kuwait requested deployment of U.S. forces to guard against possible attempts by Iraq to seize Kuwaiti oil fields. Russia and China oppose our deployment.  Last month Russian authorities arrested Yusuuf Abdul Aziiz, a known operative in Al-Qaida and a senior lieutenant of Usama bin Laden. Yusuuf was attempting to arrange the purchase of several biological pathogens weaponized by the former Soviet Union.  There are also reports that several scientists from the former Soviet bioweapons program began working in Iraq and Iran one year ago.  You are about to hear from the President that smallpox has broken out in Oklahoma City.   As a member of the NSC you must:  ·    Consider the impact of a biological attack on U.S. national security.   ·    Examine State and Federal reaction to a crisis that is simultaneously local and national in scope.  ·    Evaluate life and death decisions in a resource constrained environment.  ·    Address information management needs and the role of the media.  ·    Handle ethical, political, cultural, operational and legal challenges. Some of you will play the critical roles of the President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor, FBI Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director, Governor of Oklahoma, and Governor of Texas. Gregory Milman will play the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The rest of you will serve as NSC staff to help us chart our way through these difficult times.  Facilitator: Dr. Gregory Milman. Gregory Milman is Director of the Office of Innovations and Special Programs in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Milman serves on the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization Council of Biotechnology Centers, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Committee for Alternative Medicine, and the NIH Committee for Electronic Research Administration.  Dr. Milman was Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at  Berkeley from 1970-76, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University from 1976-1988, and he is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland. From 1988-1999, Dr. Milman directed NIAID's $70 million basic AIDS research program.  In 2000, Dr. Milman served in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of President Clinton.

8:45-11:00 PM (Hillside Conference Rooms): •Poster Session: CSUPERB Faculty Grant Awardees of Spring 2000 Faculty who received grants in the first round of CSUPERB grants in the Spring of 2000 will present posters on the nature of the research and projects.

8:45-11:00 PM - Wine and Cheese Reception (Lower Level)

FRIDAY, January 11:

7:30-8:00 AM (Hillside Conference Rooms): •Early Poster Set-up - for all authors.  Note: Due to limited space in the poster rooms, authors of odd numbered posters must be present 4:00-5:00 PM and of even numbered from 5:00-6:00 PM during the evening poster session. Please see the "Listing of Posters" in the Program Booklet to determine your poster number.

8:00 AM - Welcome: Dr. Bob Suzuki, President, Cal Poly Pomona (Auditorium)

8:15 AM-11:55 PM - Plenary Session: “Biotechnology and the Future of Medicine” (Auditorium)                    Introduction:  A. Stephen Dahms                    Facilitator: Dr. Gregory Milman                            Director, Office for Innovation and Special Programs                            National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 8:15-9:05: George H. Kidd, Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP "The Changing Face of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Financing Innovation" 9:05-9:55: Charles Cantor, Chief Scientific Officer, Sequenom. "Disease Detection and Selective Treatment: Scientific, Ethical and Industry Impacts" 9:55-10:15: BREAK 10:15-11:05: Larry Goldstein, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCSD. "The Stem Cell Debate: Science, Politics or Ethics and Who Will Set the Pace for the Future?" 11:05-11:55: Sean Washburn, Lyle V. Jones Professor, University of North Carolina. "Nantechnology, Medicine, and How it Feels to Roll a Molecule"   12:00-1:45 PM - Lunch and Featured Speaker (Dining Room)  •Introductions - Jill Adler-Moore, PhD, CalPoly Pomoma •Crellin Pauling Student Teaching Assistant Award •Featured Speaker - Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.    President of Morehouse School of Medicine     Former Secretary of Health and Human Services (1989 - 1992)        "Medicine and Healthcare Now and in 2020"                   Introduction: James Rosser, President, California State University, Los Angeles 1:45-2:00 PM (Hillside Conference Rooms): •Late Poster Set-up - for all authors.   Note: Due to limited space in the poster rooms, authors of odd numbered posters must be present 4:00-5:00 PM and of even numbered from 5:00-6:00 PM during the evening poster session. Please see the "Listing of Posters" in the Program Booklet to determine your poster number.

2:00-2:55 PM - 2001-2002 CSU Biotechnology Faculty Research Award Lecture (Auditorium) Marcelo Tomalsky, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, CSU Fullerton.    "Resistance to Antibiotics: Mechanism, Dissemination, and Possible Solutions"               Presenter: Robert Koch, PhD, CSU Fullerton. 3:00-3:55 PM - The CSUPERB Careers in the Bioscience Industry Lecture Series (Auditorium) •So I Have a Cutting-edge Science Degree…Now What?    David Jensen, Founder and Principal Consultant, SearchMasters International &       Career Column Editor for BioPharm     Karen Hortung, AAAS 3:00-5:00 PM - NSF Programs and Grants: Updates and Highlights (Valley Vista Room) During the first hour of the session, there will be short presentations on several topics of interest, including an overview of new funding priorities and some cross-disciplinary programs, undergraduate education programs, and issues relating to proposal preparation and grant management.  V. Celeste Carter, NSF Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education will present updates on the programs in her division.  Mark Waters, Cal Poly, Pomona, and Eileen Thatcher, Sonoma State University, will present highlights from the NSF Regional Grants Conference in Seattle November 1-2, 2001.  The presentations will be followed by questions & answers and open discussion.     Celeste Carter, NSF    Dr. Patrick Dennis, NSF     Mark Waters, Cal Poly, Pomona      Eileen Thatcher, CSU, Sonoma 4:00-6:00 PM - Poster Session (Hillside Conference Rooms) •Selection of the Donald Eden Student Research Award Recipient 6:00-7:25 PM - Banquet (Dining Room) •Announcement and Presentation of the Donald Eden Student Research Award        Introduction by Robert Koch, PhD, CSU Fullerton        Presenter:  Lisba Fowler  •CSU Biotechnology Service Award: The Andreoli Award      Shirley Kovacs, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology, CSU Fresno               Master of Ceremony: Howard Ono, PhD, CSU Fresno 7:30-8:30 PM - Amgen Lecture (Auditorium)        Introduction: A. Stephen Dahms John Martin, President/CEO Gilead Sciences 8:30-10:30 PM - Wine and Cheese Reception (Lower Level)

SATURDAY, January 12:

7:45 AM-12:15 PM (Valley Vista Room) CSU Biotechnology Program Faculty Consensus Group Semi-Annual Meeting (former CSUPERB Governing Board) AGENDA 7:45 AM Call to order, Introductory Remarks, Review of Agenda 8:00 AM Discussion of CSUPERB Goals and Objectives as submitted by Strategic Planning Council (SPC)-Bob Koch 9:45 AM Break 10:00 AM Comments by SPC Dean on Goals and Objectives-Michael Leung 10:15 AM Presentation and Discussion of Core Facility Policies and Projections-Raul Cano 10:45 AM Presentation and Discussion of Faculty Biotechnology Activity Survey-Raul Cano and Dale Sevier 11:15 AM Director's Report-Steve Dahms 11:45 AM Grant Programs: The next round and Use of CSUPERB Website-Mina Hector 12:00 PM Presentation of 3-Tiered Biotechnology Instruction grant proposal-Jill Adler-Moore and Bioinformatics Modules grant proposal- Eileen Thatcher 12:15 PM Adjournment   8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Garden Vista Room) Meeting of the California Community College Biotechnology Faculty "Saturday Special" Dr. Sally Tobin presents, "The New Genetics: Medicine and the Human Genome. Molecular Concepts, Applications, and Ramifications" Who should attend?  CSU and Community College faculty, students and interested public. You are invited to add your voice as well as network with other community college and CSU faculty members intrigued with biotechnology, as Dr. Sally Tobin, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and co-author/owner of Twisted Ladder Media, Inc., brings us exciting tools for learning about and teaching of the human genome and the ramification for human beings.  In the afternoon, the audience and a panel of CCC and CSU faculty will discuss a hot topic!  AGENDA FOR SATURDAY SPECIAL Co-sponsored by CSUPERB,  The California Community Colleges Biological Technologies Initiative and   Bio-Link, the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education                          Center for Biotechnology  8 AM to 9 AM - Breakfast in the Dining Room  9 AM to 9:15  - Welcome and Opening Remarks by Dr. Elaine Johnson of Bio-Link and Mary Pat Huxley of ED>Net  9:15 AM to 11:30 AM - "The New Genetics: Medicine and the Human Genome. Molecular Concepts, Applications, and Ramifications"    Dr. Sally Tobin, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and co-author/owner of Twisted Ladder Media, Inc., brings us exciting tools for learning about and teaching of the human genome and the ramification for human beings. 11:30 AM to 1 PM - Lunch in the Dining Room 1 PM to 3 PM - The audience and an eight-member panel will discuss "Biotechnology Course/Program Articulation Issues between California Community Colleges and State Universities."        Panel members: Dr. Steve Benson from CSU-Hayward, Dr. Jim DeKloe from Solano College, Dr. Ivona Grzegorczyk from CSU Channel Islands, Dr. Maureen Harrigan from Moorpark College, Professor Marty Ikkanda from LA Pierce College,  Dr. Sandy Sharp  from CSULA, and Dr. Jo Wen Wu from Fullerton College.  Dr. Tobin will be speaking and demonstrating "The New Genetics?: Medicine and the Human Genome. Molecular Concepts, Applications, and Ramifications" This innovative multimedia educational courseware is designed to "ease the transition into the post-genome era" for practicing physicians, community college students, medical students, human genetics students, biotechnology trainees, policy makers, and interested members of the public with a foundation in biology. In the afternoon, short topics on "Molecular Approaches to Diseases" will be discussed in a dialogue/discussion format in small groups. Dr. Tobin will look for feedback from the college faculty attending this "Saturday Special." Special Note to Community College Faculty: Please register for attendance and meals at the CSUPERB Symposium Registration web page [ for the faculty registration page;  for the student registration page].  The CSUPERB grant restrictions allow only meals to be paid for community college faculty and students attending the free conference.  Travel and lodging must be paid by the attendee if from a community college.  Your Regional Biotech Center may, as in years past, sponsor all or part of the cost.  Please contact your regional ED>Net Biotechnology Center through the ED>Net Web site http://www.ednet.cc.ca.us, click on "Services," then click on "Biotechnology" to locate the center for your college.  In partnership with CSUPERB, The "Saturday Special" is sponsored by: The Applied Biological Technologies Initiative of the California Community Colleges Economic Development Network - Mary Pat Huxley, State Director, (805) 648 8977 - email: mphuxley@vcccd.net And by Bio-Link, the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education Center in Biotechnology, located at City College San Francisco, serving the community colleges of the United States - Dr. Elaine Johnson, Director. (415) 487 2472 - email: EJohnson@biolink.ucsf.edu

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Room/Board: Meals and lodging at the Kellogg Center are available at no charge to registered CSU faculty and students.  (See Registration above.)

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Travel Reimbursement:     [Faculty]     [Student]
Faculty: All CSU Faculty are eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred to attend the symposium.  To be reimbursed, in addition to registering,  please follow the reimbursement procedures on the Faculty Travel Reimbursement Procedures website, . (You do not need to apply through the Faculty Travel Grants Program, nor will you need to include lodging and meals since they will be covered by your registration).

Student: A portion of the CSUPERB travel fund will be set aside to cover round-trip travel for CSU students presenting posters at the Annual CSUPERB Biotechnology Symposium.  As many students as possible will be supported; it is anticipated that a $150 per student limit will be applied for travel to the Symposium. To be reimbursed, please follow the reimbursement procedures on the Student Travel Reimbursement Procedures website, . Please pay special attention to the eligibility requirements; in addition to presenting a poster, each student must be a CSU employee. If the student will not be a paid employee during the period of time of the travel to the symposium (such as teaching/research assistant or work study), the student may sign up as a voluntary employee for that time period. The student must do this prior to the travel by filling out the appropriate forms at the Personnel Office.  This process may take several days, so plan accordingly. You do not need to apply through the Student Travel Grants Program, nor will you need to include lodging and meals since they will be covered by your registration.

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Poster Size:
The poster boards have a 7 ft tall x 3 ft wide vertical space (i.e. taller than it is wide), so please plan your posters accordingly.  The poster rental company recommends the use of metal push pins on their boards.