The CSU Biotechnology Symposium will be held January 11 - 13, 2008 at the Oakland Marriott City Center [map]. This is the 20th symposium organized and sponsored by CSUPERB and is attended by over 700 students,
faculty and administrators from across the system.
CSU students and faculty presenting any biotechnology-related project are invited to attend and present posters.The symposium highlights include two poster sessions (200 posters total) featuring undergraduate, masters’
and doctoral
research projects.
This year, Saturday’s plenary session will feature speakers addressing “Current Applications of Protein
Engineering.” On Friday a special session about the “Interface between Computer Science and
Biotechnology” will be held. Also on Friday, students can participate in a networking event featuring the many
biotechnology career paths available. On Sunday, the CSUPERB Faculty Consensus Group meets and the
California Community College Biotechnology Faculty Workshop is being planned.
Michael Kay
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Joel Schneider
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Also Confirmed:
John Desjarlais
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Also Confirmed:
David P Weiner
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Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, University of Utah, whose studies include designing D-amino acid peptides that inhibit HIV entry. |
Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Delaware, whose studies include designing peptides that exhibit triggered self-assembly into hydrogels which encapsulate living cells to restructure tissue. |
Vice President, Research, at Xencor, a biotech company focused on biotherapeutics by engineering antibodies and proteins to be potent treatments of life-threatening and debilitating diseases. |
Associate Director of Enzyme Technology, Verenium, a company that specializes
in enzyme discovery and evolution to produce biofuel from corn and
cellulosic biomass. |
EXHIBITORS: Biotechnology companies interested in advertising services and products to CSU faculty involved in biotechnology curriculum development and research are invited to exhibit. We invite interested exhibitors to review the Exhibitor and Sponsor Invitation [1M pdf], which describes exhibition booth details and other opportunities.
RECRUITERS: Tabletop displays for graduate school
programs, company representatives, and human resources recruiters allow
focused interactions with CSU students, the opportunity to provide
program or company informational materials, as well as participation
in symposium sessions. For further information please see our Recruiting
and Sponsorship Invitation [1M pdf] brochure.
To reserve your table, please contact Pat Alfano, 619-594-5291.
SPONSORSHIPS: In addition to exhibitor booths and recruiting tables, sponsorship opportunities are available, including student poster session and special session sponsorships.
If you are interested in exhibiting, recruiting or sponsorship, please contact:
Each year CSUPERB presents several awards at our January Biotechnology Symposium. This year CSUPERB will recognize three students and two faculty with awards. Please nominate faculty and students by the awards deadline.
Award Nomination Deadline: Extended to
November 21, 2007.
[Students nominated
for the Eden or Nagel awards must have already submitted a poster abstract.]
Student Awards:
Don Eden Award - for graduate student research in cellular, molecular and chemical biotechnology
Glenn M. Nagel Award - for undergraduate research in biotechnology.
Crellin Pauling Award - for outstanding student teaching achievement by a CSU student in the biotechnology educational arena.
Faculty Awards:
Andreoli Service Award - for CSU Faculty who have demonstrated outstanding career contributions to the development of biotechnology in the California State University.
Biotechnology Faculty Research Award - for CSU faculty who have demonstrated outstanding scientific achievement in the California State University's molecular life science and biotechnology research effort.
