2016 NIH BTP Magazine

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2 | 2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er Message from the NIH BTP PI, Kent Leach Prof. Kent Leach PI NIH T32GM08799 Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery Welcome to our 2nd UC Davis NIH T32 Biotechnology Training Program (NIH BTP) newsle er! I am excited to take over the direc on of this program following the outstanding leadership of Bruce Hammock and Karen McDonald. Congratula ons to all of the new BTP trainees and their preceptors. I am looking forward to mee ng all of the 2016-17 trainees and their mentors at the upcoming Trainees’ Recep on on September 13. Our agenda will include introducing myself and the Associate Directors (Joanna Chiu and Luis Carvajal-Carmona), a pre-BTP program survey, learning from other trainees about their research, expecta ons of what it means to be a BTP trainee, a discussion of the annual Retreat scheduled for March 18, 2017, and an introduc on to the MyIDP program and its value in naviga ng your professional career. For those of you I haven’t met, I am a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery. During my 11 years at UC Davis, I have enjoyed working with many talented students and discovering the fantas c work from the various graduate groups. One of my past Ph.D. students, Allison Hoch, was a trainee in the BTP from 2013-2015, so I have observed fi rst-hand the numerous benefi ts aff orded to the trainees. She enjoyed tremendous professional growth during her experience. Many of my own graduate students have earned the Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology on their diplomas. We submi ed our renewal applica on for the 2017-2022 NIH BTP earlier this year. As science evolves, so must the BTP! Highlights of our program include new workshops in prototyping and 3D prin ng in the Transla ng Engineering Advances to Medicine (TEAM) facility, data analysis, entrepreneurship, CV prepara on, problem solving, and more! The BTP off ers a host of ac vi es that encourage diversity whether through science communica on or ESTEME (Equity in STEM and Entrepreneurship), a student-run organiza on. As part of the review for our renewal applica on, we will host a site visit for NIH reviewers on Tuesday, October 25. We need all of our trainees to par cipate in this process. All bios should be turned in already; if not, please email ASAP to Marianne Hunter ([email protected]). We also have a terrifi c seminar schedule for this fall’s MCB/ECH 294 seminar course, which is open to the public as well. This quarter off ers informa on on entrepreneurship star ng with a talk on the BigBang! Business Plan Compe on and Boot Camps with Niki Peterson (Program Manager at the UCD Ins tute for Innova on and Entrepreneurship) and last year’s second place winners Samantha Feng and Dus n Heeney (DEB students) with their startup ImmunoTag. Nancy Rashid will be discussing issues surrounding intellectual property and patents. She is a registered patent agent and intellectual property offi cer at UC Davis’ Innova onAccess. Other speakers of note include Zane Starkewolfe (former DEB student, now Associate Director of New Venture Resources at UC Davis), Lonnie Bookbinder (Founder, CEO & Chairman at Ariz BioPharma), and Aleisha Dobbins (Associate Director of Regulatory Aff airs Policy, Learning & Development at BioMarin Pharmaceu cals) who will speak about going from academia to industry. I encourage all of you to put these dates on your calendar and share broadly with your labs to take advantage of the casual discussions, rela onships you will build, and opportuni es that may emerge for your par cipa on. If any student has concerns regarding a disability, each of us are fully available to ensure your needs are addressed, and you are encouraged to contact any of us. The UC Davis Student Disability Center (SDC) is a great resource and is located at 54 Cowell Building on campus and their phone number is (530) 752-3184. If I can do anything to help you be more successful, please contact me ([email protected]; (530) 754- 9149). I look forward to a great year in the NIH BTP! Cheers, Kent

2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er | 3 CURRENT Trainee News A newsle er devoted to bringing the latest NIH Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) news to current and 1 1 past students. Welcome to our program publica on, we love to showcase our stellar scholars! 2 Message From the PI Meet the PI of the NIH Biomolecular Technology Program's training grant. 5 2016-17 NIH Trainees Learn a li le about our newest trainees. 6 Recent NIH Graduates We couldn't be more proud of these 2 2 graduated trainees! 7 Recent Trainee Accolades A look at some of the accolades our trainees have received. 8 Anna Marie Tuazon's Video Anna Marie was a NIH Trainee from 2014-16 and has made a great video on how (and why) to create a MyIDP profi le. 9 Pizza Chalk Talks 3 3 4 4 Two Pizza Chalk Talks are off ered every month. 10 Trainees' Recep on The annual fall Trainees' Recep on took place on September 13th 11 2016 Biotech Retreat Held annually at the Napa Chris an Brothers Retreat center 11 ESTEME Equity in STEM and Entrepreneurship 12 Trainees & Philanthropy Philanthropic ac vi es off ered through the Biotechnology Program and some of the 5 5 trainees' eff orts

4 | 2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er CURRENT Trainee News (Cont.) 13 Trainee Nup als Trainees who recently married 14 Recent Trainee Publica ons Newest publica ons 15 Big Bang! Entrepreneurship 6 6 Entrepreneurial workshops and events through the Big Bang! compe on 15 Trainees and Internships Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce placerat mollis elit. 15 MCB/ECH 294 Seminars These seminars off er something for every trainee from entrepreneurism to patents to professional development to much more. 15 Student/Trainee Resources Grad resources and ps as well as 7 7 services off ered through the Student Disability Center 8 8 Photos from page 3-4 1. Cody Yothers 2. Dr. Judy Kjelstrom with Silvia Hilt 3.'What a Scien st Looks Like' exhibit at Picnic Day 4. Nicole Nozzie and Prof. Shota Atsumi 5. Linda Su 6. Allison Hoch and Prof. J. Kent Leach 7. Wade Zeno, Siobhan Halloran, Nancy Zeng 8. Anna Marie Tuazon

2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er | 5 2016-17 NIH BTP Trainees The NIH T32 Training Program in Biomolecular Technology at UCD (GM08799) has been highly successful in training pre-doctoral students in specialized areas of biotechnology and in fostering cross-disciplinary team science, innova on, entrepreneurship, and the technology transfer process since its incep on. Current and past NIH BTP Trainees came together in September for the annual Trainee Mixer. NIH PI, J. Kent Leach introduced the trainees, handed out a Welcome Packet, and explained current NIH requirements and expecta ons. Meet our 2016-17 NIH Trainees: Jasmine’s hobbies include running, collaborate with industry to develop Karan Agrawal - 4th yr, 2nd yr funding hiking, jigsaw puzzles, Jungian cogni ve novel technologies as new pla orms Pharmacology & Toxicology graduate func on analysis, and she is currently to solve current technical challenges group in Prof. John Newman’s lab. His a emp ng to build a computer. Some prevalent in gene cs and genomics. NIH project is, “Using Metabolomics of her favorite shows include Star Trek to Develop Non-Invasive Diagnos c (TOS and TNG, not the new movies), Linda Su - 3rd yr, 1st yr funding Methods for Infl ammatory Skin The Bachelor/e e, and Pac-12 football. Biomolecular, Cellular & Developmental Diseases”. Karan’s hobbies include Upon gradua ng, she plans to use Biology graduate group in Prof. Alex traveling and cooking and his favorite her PhD for Bioprocessing R&D for Nord’s lab. Her NIH project is, “Analysis book and move is Murder on the Orient pharmaceu cal produc on. of single cells in brain development Express (Agatha Chris e) and its 1974 using gene c labeling and single-cell adapta on. His favorite music includes Maika Malig - 2nd yr, 1st yr funding RNA-sequencing”. instrumental covers of classic rock song Integra ve Gene cs & Genomics (e.g. 2cellos, David Garre ). Karan’s graduate group in Prof. Frédéric Chédin’s Linda’s hobbies are drawing and hiking favorite sports are cricket (to watch) lab. Her NIH project is, “Developing the coast. She is a member of ESTEME and squash (to play). Karan sees himself Novel Genomic Tools to Characterize (Equity in STEM and Entrepreneurship), working in industry doing research on RNA:DNA Hybrid Forma ons on their vision is to help facilitate disease mechanisms in order to design Mammalian Genomes”. Maika’s hobbies an increase in underrepresented more eff ec ve diagnos c tests using include hiking and rock climbing. Her professionals in STEM leadership analy cal chemistry principles. philanthropic ac vi es include being posi ons. Linda’s favorite book is, The an ac ve member of ESTEME, which Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia Jasmine Corbin - 4th yr, 2nd yr funding aims to increase underrepresented C. Wrede (a childhood favourite). She Chemical Engineering graduate group students, like her, in STEM leadership plans to work in the Research and in Prof. Karen McDonald’s lab. Her NIH posi ons. Maika’s primary professional Development industry a er gradua on. project is, “Herologous Glycoprotein goal a er acquiring her PhD is to pursue in Transgenic Rice Cell Culture”. a career in academia and poten ally

6 | 2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er 2016-17 NIH BTP Trainees (Cont.) Meet our 2016-17 NIH Trainees he likes to spend me in his plot down project is, “Data Driven Integra on of (Cont.): at the community garden. He also Mul ple Probe Measurements”. par cipates in the Community Harvest Cody Watson Yothers - 2nd yr, 1st yr of Davis from me to me. Cody likes Sana’s hobbies include reading, hiking, funding to run and plans to do his fi rst marathon and playing music (she plays the Chemistry graduate group in Prof. this year. A er receiving his PhD, he piano and violin). Her philanthropic Annaliese Franz’s lab. His NIH project hopes to work in the fi eld of distributed work includes volunteering with a few is, “Sustainable Bioproduc on of energy/sustainability, there's no silver diff erent K-12 academic (mainly STEM) Therapeu c Lipids from Microalgae”. bullet to climate change or energy outreach programs. Sana hopes to be independence but he believes we can able to conduct interes ng research A lot of Cody’s hobbies and fi nd local solu ons to local problems! in computa onal biology. She would philanthropic interests revolve around love to be able to teach and give back farming, and food security. Before he Sana Vaziri - 3rd yr, 2nd yr funding to the community through academic came to grad-school, he ran a non- Computer Science graduate group outreach. profi t urban farm in Michigan! In Davis, in Prof. Sharon Aviran’s lab. Her NIH Trainees Recently Graduated This past academic year, several of our NIH BTP Trainees graduated with their Doctorates as well as a Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology. Congratula ons go to: (1) Silia Hilt: PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, 2011-12 NIH Trainee (John Voss, mentor) (2) Allison Hoch: PhD in Biomedical Engineering, 2014-15 NIH Trainee (J. Kent Leach, 3 3 mentor) (3) Rosanna Kwok: PhD in Entomology, 2015-16 NIH Trainee (Joanna Chiu, mentor) (4) Jennifer Lee: PhD in Biomedical Engineering, 2012-14 NIH Trainee (Kyriacos Athanasiou, mentor) (5) Chris an Siltanen: PhD in Biomedical Engineering, 2014-15 NIH Trainee (Alexander Revzin, mentor) (6) Wade Zeno: PhD in Chemical Engineering, 2011 & 2013 NIH Trainee (Marjorie Longo/ Subhash Risbud, mentors) 5 5 1 1 6 6 2 2 4 4

2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er | 7 The NIH BTP Accronym stands for the Na onal Ins tutes of Health Biomolecular Technology Program Recent Accolades Jennifer Lee (1) Jeni Lee (2012-14 NIH Trainee) received the 2016 Zuhair A. Munir Award for Best Doctoral Disserta on in the College of Engineering, June 2016. Jeni was given the honor for her research en tled “Bioac ve and 1 1 Mechanical S muli for Engineering Neocar lage with Na ve Tissue-like Tensile Proper es”. As part of her disserta on Jeni created a new biomechanical device that is the fi rst of its kind to successfully apply tensile loading to fabricate car lage. This discovery, her PI Kyriacos Athanasiou explained, will help treat sports-related injuries and osteoarthri s. Among Jeni’s other accolades achieved while a doctoral student was the 2015 Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Award; co- founding the regenera ve medicine start-up ViVita Technologies (h p://www.vivitatechnologies.com/) that won the 2013 Big Bang! Business compe on and being named one of Comstock Magazine’s 2015 Next Wave of 10 Young Professionals to Watch. Jeni was also a co-founder of a student-run program that addresses the challenges women and minori es face in STEM fi elds, originally called Women in Leadership but now ESTEME (Equity is STEM and Entrepreneurship). She served as the President of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Associa on for Women in Science from 2015-16. Upon gradua ng, Jeni joined Novo Ventures (interna onal life science 2 2 investment company) in their Boston offi ce as an Associate. Nicole Nozzi (2) Nicole Nozzi, (2015-16 NIH trainee) was recently awarded Best Poster Winner (5 winners awarded) at the Chemical Biology in the Bay Area (CBBA) Day. Nicole is in Prof. Shota Atsumi’s lab and is a member of the chemistry graduate group. Her poster was 'Developing Produc on of a Plant Alkaloid in a Microbial Host'.

8 | 2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er Recent Accolades (Cont.) Nicole Nozzi (cont) This year’s CBBA event was hosted by Prof. Chris Change from UC Berkeley. During the day, scien fi c exchanges involving chemical biology research from UCSF and University of California campuses at Berkeley, Davis, and Santa Cruz occur. Congratula ons Nicole!!! Anna Marie Tuazon Research: Popula on Isolates From Colombia Enable Iden fi ca on of Novel Breast Cancer Risk Genes Anna Marie's Video A big thank you goes out to Anna When Anna Marie made the video Entrepreneurship (ESTEME), which is Marie Tuazon, PhD who recently (2014-16 NIH Trainee), she was in an outreach and reten on program made an online instruc onal video Prof. Luis Carvajal-Carmona's (NIH BTP that aims to promote equal opportunity all about MyIDP. What is MyIDP Associate Director) lab and was pre y in leadership posi ons in STEM. you ask? Well you surely would ask busy. It was impressive that she took Addi onally, she has ac vely mentored that ques on if you were a NIH BTP me out to make the instruc onal video high-school and undergraduates both in Trainee because that topic is brought so that others could see how valuable research and post-graduate studies and up from day one as it is a requirement a tool myIDP can really be. That just careers. Anna Marie did her internship of being one of our trainees. shows how commi ed Anna Marie is to with BioMarin Pharmaceu cals Inc. helping others. Anna Marie's video explains how Her video can be found at: to set up your myIDP (Individual Anna Marie's other philanthropic h t tp://www.nih t32.ucda vis. Development Plan) Profi le and ac vi es have included: being one of edu/Menu-Side/MyIDP.h tml how it can help you professionally. the co-leads for Equity in STEM and

2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er | 9 Pizza Chalk Talks Every quarter approximately two chalk (1) Kristen Beck (2014 NIH trainee) 3) Nicole Nozzi (2014-15 NIH trainee) talks are presented each month. This presented her Chalk Talk on, presented a Chalk Talk on, 'Developing is a valuable forum for prac cing public 'Compara ve proteomics of human Produc on of a Plant Alkaloid in a speaking skills in front of a diverse and macaque milks reveals species- Microbial Host'. audience. The art of breaking down specifi c nutri on during post-natal complicated science and expressing development'. (4) Sana Vaziri (2015-17 NIH trainee) it in a way that laypersons can also presented a Chalk Talk this understand is encouraged with these (2) Karan Agrawal (2015-17 NIH Trainee) year. Her topic was, 'RNA Secondary types of venues. allowed his Chalk Talk to be fi lmed and it Structure Predic on Algorithms with can be found HERE. Karan's talk was on, Experimental Data'. During the Chalk Talk, the NIH trainee 'U liza on of Metabolomics to Assess is introduced by their mentor and must the Pathophysiology and Treatment of communicate their research in front of Atopic Derma s Using a Non-Invasive a mixed audience without the help of Diagnos c Method'. any electronic visual aids (PowerPoint, etc.). Pizza Chalk Talks are held in room 1022 Life Sciences from 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 4

NIH/Biotech Trainees' 10 | 2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er Fall Recep on New Academic Year Begins On Tuesday, September 13th, the Topics covered during the Recep on program survey. All three Directors 2016-17 trainees a ended the included learning from other trainees stressed their willingness to help annual Trainees’ Recep on with the about their research, expecta ons the trainees with their professional Director, Kent Leach, and Associate of what it means to be a BTP trainee, development plans and to keep them Directors, Joanna Chiu and Luis a discussion of the annual Retreat informed with the many resources Carvajal-Carmona, in a endance to scheduled for March 18, 2017, an available on campus to them (Student welcome them. Past trainees were introduc on to the MyIDP program Disability Center, workshops/ also present to share their NIH trainee and its value in naviga ng trainees’ seminars on integrity in research, experience and give their support. professional careers, and a pre-BTP big data, CV development, etc.). L-R: Director Kent Leach, Participants introduce themselves, Associate Director Luis Carvajal-Carmona

2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er | 11 2016 Biotechnology Training Retreat Napa, California Each year, a one-day training mee ng Industry scien sts are invited to deliver and industry researchers and VIPs, as is held in the spring at the Chris an 5-15 minute presenta ons. A bioethics well as the chance for all researchers Brothers Retreat and Conference case is presented before lunch with to set up further collabora ons . Center in Napa, CA. The Retreat is a an in-depth discussion by the group powerful science communica on and a erwards. This past Retreat's networking event with industry and ethic discussion was on 'To Edit or other campus colleagues. All trainees not to Edit, That is the Ques on', in the BTP must par cipate in this exploring gene c edi ng issues. annual retreat and present a 20-minute oral presenta on to a mixed audience With over 95 people in a endance, of students, faculty and industry the retreat off ered valuable networking scien sts to give poster presenta ons opportuni es between the trainees ESTEME The Equity in STEM and Entrepreneurship (ESTEME), is a graduate student-ini ated program under the guidance of the UCD Biotechnology Program with Dr. Kjelstrom as the faculty advisor. ESTEME is an outreach and leadership training program that teaches valuable skills to emerging graduate student leaders. The vision is to facilitate an increase in underrepresented professionals in STEM leadership posi ons. The fi rst annual ESTEME Biotechnology Colloquium, Diversity and Innova on in STEM, was held on April 22, 2016, and featured Dr. Kristen Beck, NIH BTP graduate and current staff scien st with IBM, Almaden Research group. Over 100 graduate students were in a endance. The ESTEME website can be found at: h p://biotech.ucdavis.edu/ESTEME/index.html If you would like to get involved or fi nd out more informa on on ESTEME mee ngs and upcoming events, you may contact the organiza on at [email protected] Bo om: Par cipants signing in, Organizers/Offi cers: Dr. Jeni Lee and Anna Marie Tuazon (NIH Trainees and past ESTEME Leaders), Ailsa Dalgliesh and Nicole Nuñez

12 | 2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er NIH Trainees & Philanthropy Our trainees have always given back to their community through many diff erent philanthropic ac vi es Public service opportuni es have Sana Vaziri, our current NIH traiinee, on Angels for Hearts, Inc: h p:// always been embraced by our trainees recently volunteered at the Angels angelsforhearts.org/about-us/ and this past academic year was for Hearts event 'When I Grow Up'. no excep on. Volunteer ac vi es She spent a day at Jesuit High School ESTEME (Equity in STEM and off ered through the BTP include: the along with some of the Biotechnology Entrepreneurship (ESTEME) is a Biotechnology Event at UCD Picnic Program's PhD students: Donnelly West, graduate student-ini ated program Day, the annual Teen Biotech Science Bri any Blankenship, Bri a Heiss, and under the guidance of the UCD Challenge for teens throughout Rebecka Sepela. They all ran science Biotechnology Program (see page #11) Northern California, campus tours for experiments and talked to the public and Maika Malig, one of our current high schools, e-mentorships, ESTEME, about being scien sts to children with NIH trainees is an organizer. being a Science Communica on Fellow heart condi ons. For more informa on at the Powerhouse Science Center, the annual Angels for Heart event, etc. Sana Vazir (bo om right) Angels for Hearts Event Jasmine Corbin NIH trainee (top le ) Biotech Event at Picnic Day

2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er | 13 Trainee Nup als Amelia Manlove (2012-14 trainee) Amelia will be exchanging nup als on Oct 8 with James Biggs-Houck, who was also in a Chemistry PhD program at UC Davis and now works at Intel, outside of Portland. Amelia, who is mentored by Sheila David in the Chemistry graduate group recently completed her internship at Amyris Technologies in Emeryville, CA. Chris an Siltanen (2014-15 trainee) Chris an recently received his degree in Biomedical Engineering with a designated emphasis in biotechnology. His mentor was Alexander Revzin. Chris an's internship was at Genentech in South San Francisco and is in a postdoc posi on under Professor Adam Abate at UCSF in the department of Bioengineering and Therapeu c Sciences. He and his wife, Hayley, just fi nished their honeymoon a er exchanging their wedding vows. Top: James Biggs-Houck and Amelia Manlove Right: Hayley and Chris an Siltanen

14 | 2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er Recent Trainee Publica ons Karan Agrawal, 2014-16 NIH Trainee – Preceptor: John Newman Walsh P, Behrens N, Carvallo Chaigneau FR, McEligot H, Agrawal K, Newman JW, Anderson M, Gershwin LJ. A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Ibuprofen for Respiratory Syncy al Virus Infec on in a Bovine Model. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 13;11(4):e0152913. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152913. eCollec on 2016. PubMed PMID: 27073858; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4830518. Jasmine Corbin, 2014-16 NIH Trainee – Preceptor: Karen McDonald Corbin JM, Hashimoto BI, Karuppanan K, Kyser ZR, Wu L, Roberts BA, Noe AR, Rodriguez RL, McDonald KA, Nandi S. Semicon nuous Bioreactor Produc on of Recombinant Butyrylcholinesterase in Transgenic Rice Cell Suspension Cultures. Front Plant Sci. 2016 Mar 31;7:412. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00412. eCollec on 2016. PubMed PMID: 27066048; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4814504. Allison Hoch, 2014-15 NIH Trainee (2013-14 Biotech Fellow) – Preceptor: J. Kent Leach Murphy KC, Hoch AI, Harves ne JN, Zhou D, Leach JK. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids Retain Osteogenic Phenotype Through α2β1 Signaling. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2016 Sep; 5(9):1229-37. PubMed PMID: 27365484. Linda Su, 2015-16 NIH Trainee – Preceptor: Alex Nord Sandberg M, Flandin P, Silberberg S, Su-Feher L, Price JD, Hu JS, Kim C, Visel A, Nord AS, Rubenstein JL. Transcrip onal Networks Controlled by NKX2-1 in the Development of Forebrain GABAergic Neurons. Neuron. 2016 Sep 21;91(6):1260-1275. doi: 10.1016/j. neuron.2016.08.020. PubMed PMID: 27657450. Sana Vaziri, 2014-16 NIH Trainee – Preceptor: Sharon Aviran Deng F, Ledda M, Vaziri S, Aviran S. Data-directed RNA secondary structure predic on using probabilis c modeling. RNA. 2016 Aug;22(8):1109-19. doi: 10.1261/rna.055756.115. Epub 2016 Jun 1. PubMed PMID: 27251549; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4931104. NIH Public Access Compliance: Complete. PMCID: PMC4931104 NIH Funding: T32 GM008799 - Training Program in Biomolecular Technology; Training Program in Biomocular Technology L-R: Oral presenta ons at Retreat's conference room Nicole Chaff ee and Karan Agrawal (NIH trainees), poster presenta ons

2016 - NIH BTP Newsle er | 15 Big Bang! Entrepreneurship Workshops & Events Many of our trainees have entered ' The Big Bang! provides a rich immersion For complete details visit: h p://gsm. the Big Bang! compe on and for students, faculty, researchers and ucdavis.edu/program-detail/big-bang- have won! This fall's kick-off will be staff interested in star ng or growing business-compe on presented on September 30th, 2016 a business venture. In addi on to the during the Biotechnology Program's business compe on, the Big Bang! Big Bang! workshops and events can Friday Seminar series. Niki Peterson, off ers a comprehensive series of be found at: h p://gsm.ucdavis.edu/ the Program Manager from the UC workshops for building entrepreneurial program-detail/big-bang-workshops- Davis Ins tute for Innova on and skills. Big Bang! runs October through events Entrepreneurship will talk about the May '. compe on and all that it entails. Internships Industrial internships provide students further details on possible internship with the unique opportunity to experience loca ons, interview ps, persuasive cover research at the industrial level. Students le ers, etc., access the DEB website at: get exposed to: research ac vi es in h p://deb.ucdavis.edu/internships.html. a biotechnology company; corporate culture; legal and business aspects of Brandon Brown, a 2012-13 NIH trainee industry and another career op on. A wrote about his internship experience on minimum of 3 months are required. the BTP NIH T32 website at: h p://www. Industrial internships provide extensive niht32.ucdavis.edu/Menu-Outcomes/In- experience and can be a deciding factor ternshipStories.html in securing posi ons in the industry. For Right: Brandon Brown Seminars & Resources The BTP trainees, students in the DEB, Friday's Seminars (Current Progress in A list of other resources available are: and faculty are involved in the speaker Biotechnology Seminar Course), visit the Grad Resources: h p://deb.ucdavis.edu/ selec on process in the MCB/ECH 294 website at: h p://biotech.ucdavis.edu/ GradResources.html Friday Seminars and have the opportunity MCB294_schedule.html to interact with speakers during lunch UC Davis Disability Center following the seminar. Trainees can meet If you are interested in mee ng with one h ps://sdc.ucdavis.edu/ with the seminar speakers for a group of the speakers, please contact the BTP discussion about research in a corporate NIH Program Coordinator, Judy Kjelstrom environment. For a complete lis ng of the at: [email protected] Biotechnology Program's MCB/ECH 294

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