April 14, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT PhD Dissertation Defense – Mandar Narayan Makwana – “Using computational fluid dynamics and optical sensor technology to scale cell culture platforms” KGI 121 Building - Room 1111 121 Bucknell Ave., Claremont, United States Please join us for PhD Student, Mandar Narayan Makwana's PhD Dissertation Defense. Cell culture vessels range from a micro scale to lab and eventually to a commercial scale vessel. Based […] Free
April 20, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Graduate Student Literature Seminar – Uche Anyaduba – “Advances in the Use of Biomarkers in Oncology Drug Development” KGI 121 Building - Room 1111 121 Bucknell Ave., Claremont, United States Please join us for Uche Anyaduba's Graduate Student Literature Seminar Presentation on: Cancer treatment and drug development face significant challenges and obstacles due to the complexity and variability of cancer […] Free
Featured Featured April 20, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. PDT Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation Speaker Series with Dr. Jeremy Levin You are invited to the continuation of KGI's 25th Anniversary Speaker Series, as part of the Institute's 25th Anniversary, featuring Dr. Jeremy Levin, who will discuss “The Innovation Symphony.” Please […]
April 21, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDT Team Design Project Presentation Day 2023 KGI 517 Building - Room 165 (Founder's Room) The Team Design Project (TDP) Presentation Day is the capstone project for KGI’s Master of Engineering in Biopharmaceutical Processing (MEng) program. TDP Day is an in-person event this year. Master […] Free
April 21, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Research Seminar Speaker Series – Dr. Nancy Sobhy Bolous, MD, MA, MSc, Research Scientist, Disease Burden and Simulation at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Global Pediatric Medicine – “Economics of AAV-mediated Gene Therapies: Challenges and Future Directions” KGI 121 Building - Room 1111 121 Bucknell Ave., Claremont, United States Please join us for our Research Seminar Series Speaker, Dr. Nancy Sobhy Bolous, , MD, MA, MSc, Research Scientist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dr. Nancy Sobhy Bolous is […] Free
April 21, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT PhD Dissertation Defense – Jonas Otoo – “The Development of a Primer Payload with Microparticles for UTI Pathogen Identification Using Poly-Thymidine Modified LAMP Primers in Droplet LAMP” KGI 121 Building - Room 1111 121 Bucknell Ave., Claremont, United States Please join us for Jonas Otoo's PhD Dissertation Defense on: Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have relatively high sensitivity and specificity. However, they are more complex to develop than other […] Free
April 21, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. PDT Celebrating the Career of Professor Joel West Research Seminar – “Open Innovation in the Healthcare Sector” KGI 535 Building - Room 152 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA, United States Please join us for Dr. Joel West's Research Seminar Speaker Series presentation along with a celebration of Dr. West's time here at KGI prior to his retirement the end of […] Free
April 25, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT PhD Literature Mastery Presentation– Alexander Burns – “Exosomes as Delivery Vectors for Cells and Theranostics” KGI 535 Building - Room 152 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA, United States Please join us for PhD student, Alexander Burns' PhD Literature Mastery Presentation on: R&D efforts around exosomes have been ongoing for more than 40 years, with over 80 active clinical […] Free
April 25, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. PDT PhD Literature Mastery Presentation – Ross Steinberg – “The Athlete’s Paradox: The Role of Skeletal Muscle Lipid Droplet Location and Metabolism on Insulin Resistance” KGI 535 Building - Room 152 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA, United States Please join us for Ross Steinberg's PhD Dissertation Literature Mastery Presentation on: The observation has been made that lean and even overweight metabolically normal individuals do not have significant amounts […] Free
April 28, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Research Seminar Speaker Series – Dr. William Stanford, Chief Medical Officer at the Beverly Hills Institute for Precision Medicine – “Precision Medicine: Who, What, When, Where, How” KGI 121 Building - Room 1111 121 Bucknell Ave., Claremont, United States Please join us for our Research Seminar Series Speaker, Dr. William Stanford, Chief Medical Officer at the Beverly Hills Institute for Precision Medicine, on: Precision medicine is an emerging healthcare […] Free
May 2, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PDT Virtual Drop-in Hours Please join our virtual drop-in hours before the May 5 priority deadline! You will have one on one access to our admissions team to ask any questions or concerns that you […]
May 3, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT PhD Dissertation Graduate Student Literature Seminar – Ijeoma J. Nnadozie, PhD Student– “Identification and Comparison of Structural Variants found Colorectal Cancer Patients from Diverse Populations” KGI 535 Building - Room 152 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA, United States Please join us for Ijeoma J. Nnadozie's PhD Dissertation Graduate Student Literature Seminar Presentation on: One of the primary mechanisms of genetic mutation in cancer is structural variation, which involves […] Free
May 4, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT PhD Dissertation Defense – Christine Urrea, PhD Student– “Continuous Bioprocessing: Technology for Next-Generation Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing” KGI 535 Building - Room 35 535 Watson Ave, Claremont, CA, United States Please join us for Christine Urrea's PhD Dissertation Defense on: Current industrial practices for producing biopharmaceuticals include fed-batch production with batch isolation and purification. Nonproductive hold-up steps and manual offline […] Free
May 4, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PDT PhD Dissertation Graduate Student Literature Seminar – Terezie Cernosek, PhD Student– “Poly(A) Tails in mRNA Vaccines: Challenges and Analytical Methods” KGI 121 Building - Room 1113 121 Bucknell Ave, Claremont, United States Please join us for Terezie Cernosek's PhD Dissertation Graduate Student Literature Seminar Presentation on: Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology has gained significant traction in the biopharmaceutical space over the last decade […] Free
Featured Featured May 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation Speaker Series with Dr. Marcia McNutt Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium 1245 N. Euclid Avenue, Ontario You are invited to the continuation of KGI's 25th Anniversary Speaker Series, as part of the Institute's 25th Anniversary, featuring Dr. Marcia McNutt. <!-- Please RSVP Below 4 p.m. - […]
May 24, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT PhD Student Tristan Yang – Graduate Student Literature Seminar-“Exploring the Gut Microbiome and Gout” Hybrid - Zoom or In-person Bldg. 535 Room 35 , United States Please join us for PhD Student, Tristan Yang's PhD Graduate Student Literature Seminar on "Exploring the Gut Microbiome and Gout" Incidents of gout have expanded worldwide with the increased intake […] Free
June 20, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Liz Alcorn, MBS ’12 Zoom (RSVP for link) , United States Elizabeth Alcorn currently leads Big Health’s rapidly growing Client Success organization. As a pioneer in the digital therapeutics space, Big Health is a true category creator whose clinical and evidence-based […]
June 21, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Ramya Kartikeyan, PPM ’16 Zoom (RSVP for link) , United States Ramya Kartikeyan is the Senior Director of Market Intelligence at Myriad Genetics, primarily accountable for developing and executing on the enterprise market and competitive insights program to support strategic decision-making. […]
June 22, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Joanna Naymark, MBS ’14 Zoom (RSVP for link) , United States Accomplished life science professional combining deep technical knowledge of biotechnology with industry-specific leadership experience in financial planning & analysis, asset planning, business strategy and development, and program & portfolio management. […]
June 23, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Summer Speaker Series: Masters of Science in Medical Device Engineering (MSMDE) Hybrid - Zoom or In-person Bldg. 535 Room 35 , United States Dr. Hickerson, who joined KGI in October 2005, received her BS in Engineering and Applied Science (2000) and her PhD in Bioengineering (2005) from the California Institute of Technology. Since […] Free
June 26, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Abrar Al Maghribi, PPC ’17, MS ’18, PhD ’21 and Eemon Tizpa, MSTM ’20 Zoom (RSVP for link) , United States Dr. Abrar Al Maghribi completed her master’s degree with Dr. Rachita Sumbria at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI). Abrar enjoyed the possibility of improving healthcare for many (and she loved the […]
June 27, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. PDT Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Marco Saglimbeni, MBS ’19 Zoom (RSVP for link) , United States During his time at KGI, Marco interned at a Medical Device company called Axonics for one summer before accepting a job at Blue Matter Consulting in San Francisco upon his […]