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Symposium Highlights • 636 attendees participated

in the annual symposium January 3-5, 2013, at the Anaheim Marriott

• 22 California State

Universities represented

• 69 invited speakers, career networking mentors, and panelists participated in sessions, including 17 CSU alumni

• 264 posters presenting

student - faculty research and biotechnology programs were accepted, representing work of 349 students and 168 faculty from 22 CSU campuses

• 213 undergraduate and

136 master’s students presented research posters

• 98% of students and 97%

of faculty surveyed would recommend the symposium to peers

• 2013 Symposium Sponsors:

Gilead Sciences, Inc., Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative, Economic Workforce & Development (California Community Colleges), BIOCOM Institute & Edeniq

Celebrating CSU Biotechnology Alumni & Faculty Mentors

Twenty-five years ago CSU faculty and administrators decided they could learn things from each other. As a result the CSU’s biotechnology community was organized and we are still meeting annually! Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis, a professor at CSU San Bernardino who attended the first CSUPERB meeting, expressed amazement at the growth of the community and the quality of science and engineering presented by CSU student and faculty researchers this year. To celebrate CSUPERB’s founders we invited some of their former students to talk about their career paths and their current research and development activities. All in all 17 CSU alumni gave talks during the two-and-a-half day meeting. Students and faculty in attendance agreed the CSU alumni talks were the highlight of the 25th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium.

This report aims to give a quick overview of the symposium. Many support the symposium and defend spending 14% of the CSUPERB budget on the event. President James Rosser (CSU Los Angeles & CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission) is one of them. At this year’s symposium we honored his unwavering commitment to the annual event and other research-related experiences for CSU students. We also thank Gilead Sciences for their long-term support of the event, making the symposium an annual meeting place for the CSU’s students and faculty, alumni and industry partners.

Aliquam dolor. 2013 CSU Biotechnology Symposium Report March 2013

CSUPERB’s mission is to develop a professional biotechnology workforce by mobilizing and supporting collaborative CSU student and faculty research, innovating educational practices, and responding to and anticipating the needs of the life sciences industry.

CSUPERB celebrated its 25th year as a CSU system-wide biotechnology community at the symposium in January 2013. Many of the faculty symposium award recipients attended the event, putting faces to CSUPERB’s unique history and collaborative leadership. Left to right: Christopher Kitts (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2013 Faculty Research [FA] Award Recipient), Christopher Meyer (CSU Fullerton, FA 2004), Howard Xu (CSU Los Angeles, Andreoli Awardee [AA] 2011), Bob Koch (CSU Fullerton, FRA 2000 & AA 2010), Sandy Bernstein (San Diego State University, FRA 1996), Frank Bayliss (San Francisco State University, AA 2003), Jill Adler-Moore (Cal Poly Pomona, AA 1994 & FRA 2005), Katherine Kantardjieff (CSU San Marcos, AA 2009), Sandra Sharp (CSU Los Angeles AA 2005), William Tong (San Diego State University, AA 2012), Marvin Rosenberg (CSU Fullerton, AA 1993), Shirley Kovacs (CSU Fresno, AA 2002), Alejandro Calderon-Urrea (CSU Fresno, AA 2008), Nancy McQueen (CSU Los Angeles, FRA 2008), Marcelo Tolmasky (CSU Fullerton, FRA 2002), and Sep Eskandari (Cal Poly Pomona, FRA 2011).

“...meetings should be designed to expose the attendees to ways of thinking and techniques that are different from the ones they already know.” - Bruce Alberts, Science, Feb 15, 2013

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Anonymous Student Survey Responses to the Question, What Will You Remember?

“This year's event was my first and unfortunately will be my last as I graduate. I regret about not being able to take part in such an exceptional event earlier on in my college career as CSUPERB was more than I expected. I was able to discuss with other CSU students about their college journey at their campuses and what research they did. Not only that, but the information from each session...was more than I ever expected.”

“3. Stem Cell Dance 2. Presenting my research/Learning about other people's research 1. Being in a big room full of people as nerdy as me!”

“I really enjoyed being able to get to know other students who were also doing research on my campus. I never realized quite how many of us there were! ”

“The talks that were given by alumni who did not simply present about their research but about their experiences in life and the other projects they have done in the field.”

“I will also remember the talks given by the I2P finalists. Those talks truly inspired me, and, in my opinion, they were the most exciting talks given at the symposium.”

“I will remember the atmosphere and what it's like to be surrounded by student researchers with differing cultural backgrounds and education but with the same enthusiasm for science.”

25th CSU Biotechnology Symposium By-the-Numbers

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Channel Islands!

Chico!

Dominguez Hills!

East Bay!

Fresno!

Fullerton!

Humboldt!

Long Beach!

Los Angeles!

Monterey Bay!

Northridge!

Pomona!

Sacramento!

San Bernardino!

San Diego!

San Francisco!

San José!

San Luis Obispo!

San Marcos!

Sonoma!

Stanislaus!

CSU Faculty/Staff/Postdoc! CSU Student!

Students and faculty from 22 CSU campuses attended the 2013 Symposium.

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# Poster Abstracts Not Accepted!

# Poster Abstracts Accepted!

CSU Graduate Student!

22%!

CSU Senior!28%!

CSU Junior!7%!

CSU Sophomore!0.5%!

CSU Freshman!0.2%!

CSU Ph.D. Candidate!0.8%!

CSU Administrator!2.0%!

Invited Speakers and Industry Professionals!

11.0%!

Community College Faculty!1.9%!

Community College Student!

0.6%!

Other (Banquet Only, Other University, etc.)!

0.6%!

CSU Faculty/Staff/Postdocs!

25%!

CSUPERB received the greatest number of poster abstracts in symposium history, but could not accept them all due to space and budget considerations.

Half of the 2013 symposium participants were student researchers presenting their “capstone” or thesis projects.

Number of Symposium Registrations from Each CSU Campus

2013 CSU Biotechnology Symposium Participants Classified by Registration or Academic Status.

2013 Symposium Revenue & Expense Summary Revenue Registration Fees $33,782

Sponsorships $15,000 Total Revenue $48,782

Expenses Hotel, Lodging $84,823 Hotel, Meals, AV $114,168 Speaker Costs $6,750

Translation Services $3,777 Travel Reimbursements $30,971

Awards $11,500 General Costs $38,813 Total Expenses $290,802

Net Event $242,020

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Networking with students/faculty/

industry!12%!

I2P Early-Stage Biotech Commercialization Challenge!

11%!

Career Networking Session!9%!

Well Organized Meeting!11%!

Eden (Graduate Student) Talks!4%!

CSU Alumni Talks!12%!

Graduate School Information!

5%!

Welcoming & Inspirational Atmosphere!

5%!

Disciplinary Diversity of Participants!

1%!

Figuring out how my work fits into the bigger picture!

2%!

Presenting my work!16%!

Stem Cell Dance!6%!

Bad Memories (Bad food, disappointment in competition, etc.)!

3%!

Banquet!1%!

Biofuels !2%!

2013 symposium participants were surveyed after the event. 106 students responded to the survey (28% of student participants); 100 faculty members responded to the survey (63% of faculty participants). 98% of the students responding would recommend future symposia to other students; 97% of the faculty would recommend the event to other faculty members. The charts below present keyword analyses of students’ open text responses to the question, “What will you remember about the symposium?” The wider the wedge, the more times mentioned as memorable. Students and faculty agreed the CSU alumni talks and poster sessions were the highlights of this year’s meeting.

Networking with students/faculty/

industry!8%!

I2P Early-Stage Biotech

Commercialization Challenge!

15%!

Well Organized Meeting!3%!

Eden (Graduate Student) Talks!6%!

CSU Alumni Talks!18%!

Welcoming & Inspirational Atmosphere!

2%!

Stem Cell Dance!8%!

Bad Memories (Bad food, disappointment in competition, etc.)!

2%!

Closing Banquet!

4%!

Biofuels Session!4%!

Scientific Teaching Session!6%!

Volunteering/Award Committee Work!

2%!

Proposal Review Workshop!

3%!

Poster Session!10%!

Kitts' Faculty Research

Award Talk!6%!

Cloud Computing Workshop!

2%!

Quantitative Biology Workshop!

1%!

Career Networking Session: Participating Organizations Astrix Technology Group, Beckman Coulter, BIOCOM Institute, Chevez Consulting, County of Los Angeles Public Health Laboratory, Dart Neurosciences, Edeniq, Genomatica, Genoptix, Gilead Sciences, Integrated Oncology, KDR PR, Kim Walker Consulting, Lab Support, Molecular GPS Technologies, Molecular Express, UC Irvine Medical Center, US Food and Drug Administration, Vical, Inc., ZBGlobal

2013 Invited Speakers & Judges Celebrating CSU Biotechnology Alumni HECTOR AGUILAR-CARRENO, WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY TAMMY BUTTERICK-PETERSON, VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM & UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COLIN COLLINS, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ELISABETH FREEMAN, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MILAD GIRGIS, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION MICHAEL LIPSCOMB, HOWARD UNIVERSITY JON NUNES, ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS Career Networking Session DAVID WEBB, THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE WILLIE ZUNIGA, GRIFOLS BIOLOGICALS, INC.

Scientific Teaching ALEX DEKHTYAR, CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO ANYA GOODMAN, CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO KONI STONE, CSU STANISLAUS WAYNE TIKKANEN, CSU LOS ANGELES

CSUPERB-I2P Early-Stage Biotechnology Commercialization Challenge PRELIMINARY JUDGES MONICA BRULE, CSU SAN BERNARDINO JAKUB FELKL, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN LUANNE MEYER, MEYER & ASSOCIATES FINALS JUDGES BOB LINSCHEID, SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (& CHAIR, CSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES) GAIL NAUGHTON, HISTOGEN, INC. TODD THOMPSON, PROTEUS DIGITAL HEALTH

Graduate School Information MATH CUAJUNGCO, CSU FULLERTON (MODERATOR)

Symposium Survey Results At-A-Glance

2013 Workshops Cloud Computing Workshop NIRAV MERCHANT, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SANDRA SHARP, CSU LOS ANGELES (ORGANIZER)

Mock NIH & NSF Proposal Review Workshop JILL ADLER-MOORE, CAL POLY POMONA (MODERATOR) KATHERINE MCREYNOLDS, CSU SACRAMENTO (MODERATOR) SANFORD BERNSTEIN, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY BIANCA MOTHE, CSU SAN MARCOS WILLIAM TONG, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY MARCELO TOLMASKY, CSU FULLERTON CHRISTOPHER MEYER, CSU FULLERTON STANLEY MALOY, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY DARYL EGGERS, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY JENNIFER LILLIG, SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Biofuels Taskforce Meeting KEVIN HOFF, GENOMATICA SANDRA JACOBSON, EDENIQ Intellectual Property Workshop GRACE LIU, CSU FRESNO

Quantitative Biology Network Meeting BORI MAZZAG, HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY (MODERATOR) TOM BUCKLEY, SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY SILVIA HEUBACH, CSU LOS ANGELES ANCA SEGALL, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY LEONARD WESLEY, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY

Student Responses

Faculty Responses

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2013 CSU Biotechnology Symposium Award Recipients

California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) Program Office @ San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182-1011 www.calstate.edu/csuperb Susan Baxter (Executive Director) Phone: (619) 594-2822 Email: sbaxter@mail.sdsu.edu Please find the complete symposium program and the official symposium photo gallery on the CSUPERB website: www.calstate.edu/csuperb/symposium/2013/ The CSUPERB blog has detailed reports on and assessments of some 2013 sessions and competitions (www.csuperb.org/blog); search on “symposium.” Find us (along with more photos from the symposium) on Facebook (www.facebook.com/csuperb) or subscribe to the CSUPERB blog to keep up with developments related to the 26th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium January 9-11, 2014, at the Santa Clara Marriott. Mark your calendars!

Anonymous Faculty Survey Responses to the Question, What Will You Remember?

“Hearing from the diverse and very successful alumni--reminds me why I became a faculty member at a CSU”

“A chance to see many old friends who were at the symposium...honored for past achievements.”

“The Entrepreneurial Education I2P Final Presentations were extraordinary and educational. Best session of the meeting”

“The poster sessions were some of the best I have attended in the last several years. Higher quality work than I have seen in the past and thoroughly enjoyed that.”

“I thought this was one of the best symposiums I have been too and I have been to many now. I really liked the I2P and the alumni talks. They were inspiring.”

“The I2P students, and their level of commitment. The technology students use to present posters (one student had an app that showed 3D molecules on smartphone when poster was scanned)”

The Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium hosts six award competitions. Award finalists submit nomination packages, essays, support letters and summary papers that selection committees and judging panels must take into consideration. The Pauling Student Teaching Award, the Faculty Research Award and the Andreoli Faculty Service Award selections are made before the symposium. But the Nagel Undergraduate Research Award, the Eden Graduate Student Research Award and the CSUPERB-I2P® Early-Stage Biotechnology Commercialization Challenge involve significant work before and during the symposium before winners are announced at the closing banquet. Eden, Nagel and I2P® finalists make presentations to selection committees and judging panels during public and private sessions at the symposium. As a result Symposium Award recipients need to clearly communicate their ideas in multiple ways and venues to a variety of audiences. Symposium participants who are not involved in these competitions are often surprised at all the work and judging that goes on in the background! With the addition of the CSUPERB-I2P® Challenge to the Symposium Awards portfolio, 57 student nominees and finalists were involved in award competitions this year (a 45% increase or 15% of the students at the event). This year’s student finalists were uniformly engaged, serious, fierce and professional. The faculty award recipients, as always, were inspirational, gracious and continue to set a high bar for excellence in biotechnology. Congratulations to all our 2013 Symposium Awardees! Top Left (left to right): Sandra Sharp (CSU Los Angeles and Chair, 2013 Eden Award Selection Committee), Alexander Burtea (CSU Fullerton & 2013 Nagel Undergraduate Research Awardee), and Greta Nagel (Nagel Family Representative). Top Right (left to right): Lisba Fowler (Eden family representative), Nicole Ratib (CSU Fullerton 2013 Don Eden Graduate Research Awardee), and Mark Wilson (Humboldt State University and Chair, 2013 Eden Award Selection Committee). Middle Left (left to right): Rollin Richmond (President, Humboldt State, and Chair, CSUPERB’s Presidents’ Commission), Gregory Manata (Humboldt State University & 2013 Pauling Student Teaching Awardee), and Nitika Parmar (CSU Channel Islands and Chair, 2013 Pauling Selection Committee). Middle Right (front row, left to right): The 2013 CSUPERB-I2P® 1st place Team “Thrombin” from CSU Sacramento State: Carlo Dela Cruz, Megan Showalter, Kayla Horton, and Igor Chouzhyk. Back row, left to right: Rollin Richmond, I2P Finals Judge Bob Linscheid (Chair, CSU Board of Trustees & President/CEO of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce), I2P Finals Judge Todd Thompson (Proteus Digital Health), 2013 I2P Challenge Sponsor Wendie Johnston (Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative & CCC Workforce and Economic Development), I2P Preliminary Judge Jakub Felkl (University of Texas Austin) and Warren Smith (Professor, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, CSU Sacramento). Bottom Left (front row, left to right): Christopher Meyer (Faculty Research Award [FA] 2004), Sanford Bernstein (FRA 1996), Nancy McQueen (FRA 2008), Sep Eskandari (FRA 2011), Jill Adler-Moore (FRA 2005). Back Row, Left to right: Marcelo Tolmasky (FRA 2002), Robert Koch (FRA 2000) and Christopher Kitts (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2013 Faculty Research Award Recipient). Bottom Right (front row, left to right): Jill Adler-Moore (Andreoli Awardee [AA] 1994), Sandra Sharp (AA 2005), Mrs. Fran Andreoli (Andreoli Family Representative), James Richey (CSU Sacramento, 2013 Andreoli Award Recipient), Katherine Kantardjieff (AA 2009), Shirley Kovacs (AA 2002). Back Row, left to right: Howard Xu (AA 2011), Frank Bayliss (AA 2003), Marvin Rosenberg (AA 1993), Robert Koch (AA 2010), William Tong (AA 2012), Alejandro Calderon-Urrea (AA 2008).