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The Seed Biotechnology
Center at the University of California Davis
recognizes University
Research Partner
Dr. Judith A. Kjelstrom
 Dr. Kjelstrom is the Director of the
UC
Davis Biotechnology Program, which
encompasses both the
Designated Emphasis
in Biotechnology (DEB) and the Advance
Degree Program (ADP) graduate programs.
The DEB program strives to supplement a
student’s Ph.D. program with
cross-disciplinary training in critical
areas of biomolecular technology and
includes a student internship in a
biotechnology company. For corporate
employees, the ADP enables scientists
and engineers of regional bioscience
corporations to purse a doctoral degree
at UC Davis without quitting their jobs.
The Biotechnology Program works to link
academia to biotechnology industries and
government agencies through involvement
in many other activities.
Dr. Kjelstrom serves as:
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Co-founder and member of the
advisory board for
BioTech SYSTEM, a
regional biotech consortium and home
of the Teen Biotech Challenge (TBC);
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Program coordinator for the NIH
graduate training program in
Biomolecular Technology and the DEB;
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Senior
Personnel for the
NSF CREATE (Collaborative Research &
Education in Agricultural
Technologies & Engineering)-IGERT
Graduate Training Program;
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Co-instructor for two graduate
seminars: MCB 294 (Current Progress
in Biotechnology) and MIC 292 (From
Discovery to Product: an
Introduction to Biotechnology at the
Industrial Level);
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Co-PI
on several joint projects with
American River College involving
applied biotechnology for high
school teachers and community
college faculty.
The DEB
currently has close to 180 graduate
students from 27 disciplines across the
campus, so new company involvement for
internships is always welcome.
For further discussions with Dr.
Kjelstrom, please contact her directly
at
jakjelstrom@ucdavis.edu.
The Program website can be viewed at
www.biotech.ucdavis.edu.
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