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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 diagnostic tests, such as lateral flow immunoassay tests. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the gold standard of NAATs. PCR requires thermal cycling to achieve clonal […]

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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 this semester! Scholars have previously studied sectoral systems of innovation to analyze the interdependence of innovation activities and capabilities in an industry, but such studies […]

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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 trials investigating the use of exosomes as a potential tool for therapy and diagnostics (theranostics), and as a potential alternative to viral vectors. The research […]

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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 of ectopic fat deposited in their skeletal muscle. Insulin-resistant individuals typically do, in fact, have ectopic deposits that correlate with their degree of insulin resistance. […]

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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 approach leveraging multiple types of data, including genomics, epigenetics, proteomics, radiomics, uber-detailed medical histories, and wearable technology, to craft a care plan. Personalized, precision medicine […]

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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 might have about the deadline. Additionally, our team is available to discuss our Riggs programs in more detail, as well as the admission process. Morning […]

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 the deletion, insertion, or reordering of genomic segments ranging from a few kilobases to entire chromosomes. While the role of structural variants in cancer development […]

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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 measurements are common in batch processing which increases processing time and contributes to a high cost of production. Current market trends and cost pressures in […]

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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 for applications that include vaccination approaches for infectious diseases, gene editing, and protein replacement therapies. The unique structure of mRNA molecules includes a 5' cap, […]

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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 of high protein food in many societies. Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent episodes of intense joint pain, swelling, and stiffness […]

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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 therapeutics have been adopted by numerous Fortune 100 companies. Sleepio, Big Health’s digital therapeutic for insomnia, was recently the first ever digital therapeutic to receive […]

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. In her position, she is also responsible for driving programs that support critical growth, business development, and corporate strategy initiatives that report to the Chief […]

Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Joanna Naymark, MBS ’14

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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. Discussion Topic: Finance Click here to register

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 joining KGI, she has worked on the design of multiple diagnostic instruments including subsystems in sample preparation, amplification, and detection of nucleic acids. Hickerson is […]

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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 Southern California sunshine!), inspiring her to pursue a PhD, which she completed with Dr. Angelika Niemz at KGI in May of 2021. Currently works as […]

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 graduation in May 2019. He’s been there ever since, serving as a Manager and working exclusively with life science, healthcare, biotech and biopharma companies. Discussion […]

Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Michael Jones, MBS ’19

Zoom (RSVP for link) , United States

Michael Jones graduated from KGI in 2019 with a concentration in Pharmaceutical Discovery & Development through the MBS program. He has participated in a 2-year Regulatory Affairs Rotational program at Gilead Sciences where he explored the Regulatory Documentation and Submission processes, R&D Quality and Compliance, Regulatory Liaison and Regulatory Policy & Intelligence roles. He is […]

Summer Speaker Series: Life After KGI with Tamerisa Dyer, MSGDA ’22

Zoom (RSVP for link) , United States

After being out of school for 25 years—raising and homeschooling her five children during the interim—Tamerisa Dyer, MSGDA ’22, finished her Master of Science in Human Genetics and Genomic Data Analytics (MSGDA) program. Dyer graduated from UC Davis in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in genetics. She then took time off to raise her children. […]

Summer Speaker Series: Masters of Business and Science (MBS) Program

Hybrid - Zoom or In-person Bldg. 535 Room 35 , United States

Steven Casper, who joined KGI in July 2003, is a leading expert on the ‘business of science’ and has studied the success and failure of bioscience hubs around the world. He is widely published in the fields of economic sociology, international business, and public policy, and is the author of a book on the development […]

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