2022-11-01 KGI Beer Club Beer Mug / Beer Stein Fundraiser KGI Beer Club Beer Mug / Beer Stein Fundraiser November 1, 2022 - November 14, 2022 KGI Beer Club Beer Mug / Beer Stein Fundraiser Hello everyone! Thank you for supporting Beer Club's beer mug fundraiser! These steins can be used for beer and water alike and make the perfect holiday gifts for you and your loved ones. These will get here before we leave for winter break, so take advantage of our two for $25 deal to stock up […] $15.00 – $25.00
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Kent Young, PhD Student – “Manufacturing CAR-T Cell Therapy: Where do we go from here?” November 4, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Kent Young, PhD Student – “Manufacturing CAR-T Cell Therapy: Where do we go from here?” Please join us for PhD Student, Kent Young, Senior Manager, Process Engineering, Kite Pharma PhD Dissertation Literature Mastery Presentation. There are patients alive today because chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy exists. CAR-T cell therapy is a unique treatment that utilizes a patient’s own cells as the starting material for their disease. After undergoing […] Free
2022-11-01 KGI Beer Club Beer Mug / Beer Stein Fundraiser KGI Beer Club Beer Mug / Beer Stein Fundraiser
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm ABCAB Board Meeting – Student Poster Presentations – Industry : Student Networking Reception November 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PST ABCAB Board Meeting – Student Poster Presentations – Industry : Student Networking Reception Registration to attend the ABCAB Student Poster Presentations and Industry-Student Networking Reception. Please take a few moments to choose your RSVP option to attend this event. Thursday, November 10, 2022 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. 555 Bldg. - Room 640 Debrief Room & Hallway Area (KGI entrance next to the outdoor patio area - look for […] Free
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm ABCAB Industry: Student Poster Presentations and Networking Reception November 10, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PST ABCAB Industry: Student Poster Presentations and Networking Reception Registration to attend the ABCAB Student Poster Presentations and Industry-Student Networking Reception. Students, please register below if you plan to attend. Thursday, November 11, 2022 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 555 Bldg. - Hallway Area (KGI entrance next to outdoor patio area - look for the balloons) Light appetizers and drinks will be served. Free
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Research Seminar Speaker Series-Dr. Animesh Ray-“The Noncoding RNA SPRIGHTLY Drives a Frequent Childhood Brain Cancer by Forcing Exon-Skipping” November 11, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST Research Seminar Speaker Series-Dr. Animesh Ray-“The Noncoding RNA SPRIGHTLY Drives a Frequent Childhood Brain Cancer by Forcing Exon-Skipping” Please join us for this presentation by our own KGI Faculty member, Dr. Animesh Ray, Professor of Systems Biology and Genomics Noncoding RNA (ncRNA) genes are even more conserved in evolution than are protein coding genes, suggesting that ncRNAs play important biological functions. One such ncRNA is SPRIGHTLY, which we had previously shown to be […] Free
2022-11-01 KGI Beer Club Beer Mug / Beer Stein Fundraiser KGI Beer Club Beer Mug / Beer Stein Fundraiser
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Ana Mena Amores, PhD Student – “Development of a Transient AAV Manufacturing Platform” November 18, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Ana Mena Amores, PhD Student – “Development of a Transient AAV Manufacturing Platform” Please join us for PhD Student, Ana Mena Amores' PhD Literature Mastery Presentation. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the leading platform for gene delivery for many diseases like retinal disorders and spinal muscular atrophy. Recent developments on the production of AAV capsids, vector design optimization, and cell culture techniques have contributed substantially to the growth […] Free
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PhD Dissertation Literature Mastery Presentation – Yi-Chun Lin, PhD Student – “Investigating Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel by Computational Approach” November 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST PhD Dissertation Literature Mastery Presentation – Yi-Chun Lin, PhD Student – “Investigating Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel by Computational Approach” Please join us for PhD Student Yi-Chun Lin, Research Assistant, Western University give her PhD Literature Mastery presentation. The voltage gated channel family is the third largest class of signal transduction proteins following GPCR and protein kinases. The activation of the voltage gated channel is by the change of the membrane potential. There are two […] Free
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Cole Azevedo, PhD Student -“Downstream Purification Process Development for Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)” November 30, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Cole Azevedo, PhD Student -“Downstream Purification Process Development for Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)” Please join us for PhD Student, Cole Azevedo's PhD Literature Mastery Presentation. The gene therapy industry is still in its infancy, with only 3 AAV-mediated gene therapies approved by the FDA to date, and many more in clinical trials. Given recent successes in this space, the manufacturing of these viral vectors is still continually being […] Free
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Kite Information Session (In-Person) November 30, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. PST Kite Information Session (In-Person) Please join us to learn about opportunities within Kite and Gilead. Alums will share their journey and reasons why they decided to join the company. We will also provide information about our competitive paid internships, early talent full-time roles, fellowships, and rotational programs. Students RSVP on Handshake.
November 4, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Kent Young, PhD Student – “Manufacturing CAR-T Cell Therapy: Where do we go from here?”
November 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PST ABCAB Board Meeting – Student Poster Presentations – Industry : Student Networking Reception
November 10, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PST ABCAB Industry: Student Poster Presentations and Networking Reception
November 11, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST Research Seminar Speaker Series-Dr. Animesh Ray-“The Noncoding RNA SPRIGHTLY Drives a Frequent Childhood Brain Cancer by Forcing Exon-Skipping”
November 18, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Ana Mena Amores, PhD Student – “Development of a Transient AAV Manufacturing Platform”
November 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST PhD Dissertation Literature Mastery Presentation – Yi-Chun Lin, PhD Student – “Investigating Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel by Computational Approach”
November 30, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PST PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Cole Azevedo, PhD Student -“Downstream Purification Process Development for Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)”