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Portable Pathogen Detector

Classifier Image

Reporter Image

Hand-held instrument Immunoassay using optically encoded beads for multiplex capability

Image bead and reporter fluorescence, perform image analysis, and score results

Classifiers Reporter

CCDCamera

Sample

Laser Laser M

M

M

DC DC

L

F

M-Division

To detect anthrax spores, MDRTB, smallpox virus, toxins, etc.

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Tissue Engineering is a hot new fieldScience, Feb 8, 2002, p1009

Griffith and Naughton of MIT….. “Tissue engineering can be used to restore, maintain or enhance tissues and organs. The potential impact of this field, however, is far broader – in the future, engineered tissues could reduce the need for organ replacement and could greatly accelerate the development of new drugs that may cure patients, eliminating the need for organ transplants altogether.”

Challenges: Adequate source of expendable cells Optimization of scaffolds Creation of bioreactors which simulate the environment of

the body and can be scaled-up Preservation of the product (microcirculation)

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Where can you get graduate education in these biotech fields?

Funny you should ask?

UC Davis has programs in all of these areas!!!!

Funny you should ask?

UC Davis has programs in all of these areas!!!!

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Nature May 17, 2001

“New NCI center”

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UCD is a Leader in Biology Research

Member of the prestigious Association of American Universities

(only invited 62 members)

Ranked 11th among public universities in the U.S. (US News & World Report-2002)

Ranked 6th for graduate programs in biology among US public universities

Has nationally ranked programs in: Agriculture & Plant Biology Bioengineering

Veterinary Medicine & Animal ScienceMedicine Food Science & NutritionToxicology & Environmental SciencesEvolution and EcologyMicrobiologyMolecular & Cell Biology . . & more

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Phyllis Wise, new Dean of the Division of Biological Sciences at UC Davis

shares her Vision(Dateline, Feb 1, 2002)

Q: Regarding biological sciences, in what areas do you think UC Davis can contribute most substantially to the state and beyond?

A: “ Davis hosts the Biotechnology Program (and) the UC-wide Biotechnology Research and Education Program (UCBREP). We are excited about the new genome building and the focus on genomics.

The four areas of genomics, proteomics, biotechnology and bioinformatics impinge on every section of the division.

And I think the state economy will be enhanced by our ability to contribute.”

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UC Davis is Tops in Producing PhDs in Biosciences:UC Davis is Tops in Producing PhDs in Biosciences:

Survey of Earned Doctorates in Biosciences (1998-2001).

sources: NSF, NIH, US Dept of Education, NEH, USDA, NASA

20011. Johns Hopkins 1112. Harvard 1033. UC Davis 10220001. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1432. UC Davis 1133. UCLA 100 4. Johns Hopkins 9219991. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1192. UC Davis 1183. Harvard 1124. Johns Hopkins 945. Cornell 89 19981. UC Davis 1292. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1233. Harvard 107 

Note: UC Davis was

number one from

1986-1998.

(first survey was in

1986)

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Our Motto: “Biotechnology: The Tools to Forge a Better Tomorrow”

Central Unit of Office of Research Founded in 1986 Administrative home for the DEB &

ADP graduate programs, NSF and NIH Biotechnology Training Grants

Links Academia to Biotechnology Industries & Gov’t agencies

Education Source for Students, Teachers, and Community

Summer Short Courses “Train the Trainers” (NSF

grant) for CC & HS teachers Advisory committees for many

Biotechnology Programs

Http://www.biotech.ucdavis.edu

INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT

UNIVERSITY

UCD Biotechnology Program

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Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology

Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology

The DEB is an inter-graduate group program that allows Ph.D. students to receive and be credited for training in the area of biotechnology and/or bioinformatics. See www.deb.ucdavis.edu

Students come from a wide array of disciplines: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Genetics, Chem Engineering, Agriculture and Environmental Chemistry, Statistics, Comparative Pathology, Food Science, Biomedical Engineering, etc.

Mission: to explore biotechnology through seminars and courses and examine the relationship of academia to industry through internships.

This program supplements a student's Ph.D. curriculum. Those completing the DEB program will obtain an official designation on their transcript indicating a qualification in biotechnology.

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UC Research is a driving force for the growth of Biotech:

New research programs New research labs Continued growth in

funding Collaborations with

industry Undergraduate

research is highly values

Support for graduate education is a constant goal

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Dr. Martina Newell-McGloughlin (past director of the UCDavis Biotechnology Program) is the new Director of Biotechnology for all UC campuses.

Gussie Curran is Associate Director

Co-located in the offices of the Dean of the Division of Biological Sciences with the UC Davis Biotech Program

October 2001

UCBREP Comes to UC Davis

University of California

Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program

(Multi-Campus Research Unit of the Office of the President)

Funding & Educational Opportunities!

www.ucsystemwidebiotech.ucdavis.edu

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UC Davis has the third-largest invention-property income in the UC system (about $7.3 million in fiscal year 1999), with more than 170 active patents.

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Free CD ROMS & Video on Biotech

http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/educationkit/

Free CD ROMS & Video on Biotech

http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/educationkit/

Request this multimedia kit which includes a CD-ROM, video, poster and a brochure. On the website, you can view some exciting instructional material with excellent graphics and flash 3D animation on many molecular biology topics including "How to Sequence a Genome". Very useful for teachers and students.

The kit, called The Human Genome Project: Exploring our Molecular Selves, includes: a CD-ROM with seven varied segments * an award-winning video documentary, The Secret of Our Lives * a commemorative poster * an informational brochure, Genetics: The Future of Medicine, Basic Genetics- a glossary of genetic terms, The Human Genome Project Exploring Our Molecular Selves, Goals of the Human Genome Project, Unlocking the Mysteries of Health and Disease: Gene Discovery Understanding Biological Function, Genetic Testing and Gene-based Medicine, Development of Genetic Medicine "

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Questions????

Please contact me at:

email:

jakjelstrom@ucdavis.edu

tel: 530-752-8228

The Future looks Bright for Life Scientists!