Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]