Biocon KGI Certificate Program Celebrates 90 Graduates at Convocation January 26, 2017 Flickr Photo Album: Biocon Academy Convocation At a convocation ceremony held earlier in January, Biocon Academy celebrated the graduation of 90 students from the Biocon KGI Certificate Program in Biosciences. “Biocon […] Read more
Class Project Results in FDA Orphan Drug Designation January 12, 2017 Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a devastating disease, causing young children to suffer as many as 100 seizures per day, loss of brain function, and early death. As with many rare diseases, […] Read more
Cancer’s Fight Against Drugs May Reveal a Better Way to Fight Cancer December 19, 2016 Scientists at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) have taken a peek at the genome’s playbook and they are using it to discover how cancer overcomes chemotherapy and other treatments. KGI postdoctoral […] Read more
KGI Students Help HMRI Determine Viability of Patented Research December 16, 2016 This story from Kevin Smith originally appeared in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Pasadena Star News on Dec. 14, 2016. Innovation is vital in the medical world, but how can you […] Read more
Students Transition From Certificate in India to KGI Bioscience Master’s Program December 5, 2016 In 2014, Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) launched a bioscience certificate in India in collaboration with Biocon, the country’s largest biotechnology company. Now, two graduates of that technical training program are […] Read more
Norris Foundation Grant Supports Undergraduate Research Program for Third Year November 28, 2016 A new $45,000 grant from The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation will provide a third year of support for Keck Graduate Institute’s successful Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) […] Read more
Determined Student Discovers New Educational and Professional Options at KGI November 14, 2016 When Edward Brito first heard about the Master of Bioscience (MBS) degree at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), he was stunned. He couldn’t believe there was a program that matched up […] Read more
Innovative Research and Methods Offer New Insight into Chromosome Instability November 1, 2016 Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) research led to the discovery of a number of genes that, when they function abnormally, cause instability of the chromosomes within cells. This finding and its […] Read more
KGI Research Reveals Potential Treatment for Zika Virus October 25, 2016 Today, there is no treatment or vaccine for the Zika virus, which has infected thousands of people in U.S. states and territories alone. However, a team of researchers led by […] Read more
Academic Prologue Challenges Students to Create Medical Devices with 3D Printers September 19, 2016 Over 120 new students from the School of Applied Life Sciences (SALS) spent a week working on a project that required they make medical devices with the use of a […] Read more