UC Davis Biotechnology Program

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The UC Davis Biotechnology Program held the 31st Annual Biotechnology Program Retreat last Saturday, April 9th. We were pleased to hold the event in-person at the Genome Center auditorium and lobby. Participants spent two morning sessions listening to DEB students present STEM-Talks on the latest research happening in their laboratories. After a poster session break and lunch, we spent the afternoon session hearing from DEB alums and industry partners on their companies and professional journeys.

Special thank you to Dr. Judy Kjelstrom, Director Emerita of the Biotechnology Program, for donating the prize money for the 1st place STEM-Talk winner. Encouraging students to develop their science communication skills is something Dr. Judy is very passionate about.

The winners of the DEB STEM-Talk competition and poster winners are listed below:

The “Dr. Judy” Kjelstrom Outstanding DEB Student Science Communication Award for Best Stem-Talk:
Laney Casella - “Development of an Electrically and Mechanically Tunable Hydrogel Platform for Tissue Engineering”

Runner-up STEM-Talk:
Erin Markle - “Generation and Functional Analysis of Second-Generation Recombinant Enhanced Antiviral Restrictors (REAVRs)”

Audience Favorite STEM-Talk:
Nitin Beesabathuni - “An Image is Worth a Thousand Features: Image-Based Single-Cell Profiling of Autophagy-Related Phenotypes”

Best Biotech Poster:
Yofi Wyle - “Developing Ex vivo Chip-based Neural Tube Organoids for Functional Screening of Stem Cells for in Utero Treatment of Myelomeningocele”

Runner-up Biotech Poster:
Katie Haddad - “Rapid Bioproduction of Protein Biologics in Plants for Low Resource Settings”

Thank you to our industry partners who gave interesting and informative talks. It was great to have our alums come back to present to the next generation of DEB students!

The industry presenters were:
Brad Niles, PhD (DEB Alum): CEO, Ariz Precision Medicine
Kevin Holden, PhD (DEB Alum): Head of Science, Synthego Corp.
Yulong Liu, PhD (DEB Alum): R&D Scientist, Upside Foods
Stephen Young, PhD (UCD Alum): Business Manager, Scientific Projects, Turtle Tree