UC Davis Biotechnology Program

06/24/2026

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The UC Davis Biotechnology Program is offering the Built to Launch Bootcamp, a hands-on, in-person workshop on biotech commercialization taking place on the UC Davis campus August 6-7, 2026. Taught by Matt Stange, author of Built to Launch, the short course provides a comprehensive overview of the k...

06/24/2026

Built to Launch Bootcamp Info:
The UC Davis Biotechnology Program is offering the Built to Launch Bootcamp, a hands-on, in-person workshop on biotech commercialization taking place on the UC Davis campus August 6-7, 2026. Taught by Matt Stange, author of Built to Launch, the short course provides a comprehensive overview of the key pillars of bringing biotech innovations to market, including data analytics, market research, access, and marketing. Participants will work through real-world case studies to make strategic launch decisions, explore how reimbursement and access dynamics influence success, and develop marketing and engagement strategies to drive adoption and patient impact. The workshop also covers how to design market research and data analytics approaches to inform launch planning. Pricing is $300 for UC affiliates, $400 for other academics, and $500 for industry/other participants. Register here: Built to Launch Bootcamp Registration.

07/08/2025

We’re hiring a Program Coordinator to help support and administer the BEST (Bioindustrial Engineering for a Sustainable Tomorrow) graduate program in bioindustrial engineering. If you’re interested, you can learn more and apply here:

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

04/09/2025

We are gearing up for Give Day 2025 in support of the UC Davis Biotechnology Program. Gifts will support graduate student research and travel awards - a great way to encourage early career scientists and engineers who are working hard and trying to stay positive in light of recent challenges to science funding.

We are hoping to unlock a Give Day Challenge of $2500 generously donated by Vice Chancellor Simon Atkinson. Link to donate: https://give.ucdavis.edu/BIOT

02/21/2023

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Cultivated meat is made from animals cells, not livestock. Here's how it's made, where the US stands on approval and how it could affect human and environmental health.

02/14/2023

UC Davis academic programs that provide training for bioindustrial manufacturing career paths are featured in STEMconnector's new ebook. This ebook explores the people and companies driving innovations with the potential to feed, fuel and build a more sustainable eco-friendly world. Advancements in biotechnology and bioindustrial manufacturing are driving improvements in manufacturing efficiency and reducing the use and reliance of petrochemicals for producing fuel and consumer products.

The bioeconomy is poised for enormous growth over the coming decades, driving increased demand for a diverse STEM-skilled workforce. Career opportunities abound in bioindustrial manufacturing to create new products that will reduce our carbon footprint, expand U.S. manufacturing, and accelerate our economy.

STEMconnections ebook Series - Funded by BioMADE

07/14/2022

Biotech Program Summer Course: Network Mapping 101 - August 30-31, 2022

Join us for a virtual course and learn how to integrate statistical, functional, multivariate and machine learning results within a publication quality network!

Topics
• Multivariate exploratory analysis and visualization - identify or review your data analysis plan
• Create, validate & visualize classification & regression machine learning predictive models
• Calculate biochemical, structural similarity and empirical networks
• Use network mapping to integrate data analysis results and create a publication quality network visualization

Prerequisites
This course is open to anyone (academic and industry) and will be targeted at beginner and intermediate practitioners of applied data analysis. A combination of lectures and demonstrations will be used to prepare students for hands-on labs allowing self-guided exploration of covered topics. Hands-on labs will employ user interface, API and code-based tools. This course will be taught virtually (Zoom).

Instructions will be provided to registered course participants on how to access all online content and tools, including R programming language 3.6.2 or higher, R Studio Desktop and Cytoscape. A special session will be hosted before the workshop to help answer any questions about installation of the required tools.

Instructor Bio
Dr. Dmitry Grapov (Founder, Creative Data Solutions) has over ten years of industry experience in a variety of biotech settings, including agricultural/plant biotech, healthcare and synthetic biology. His expertise broadly encompasses bioinformatics, data science and machine learning with specific research interests in ‘omics data integration, multivariate data analysis and visualization, network analysis and machine learning. Dr. Grapov received a BS in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Utah and a PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry with a Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology (DEB) from UC Davis. In addition to running CDS and teaching courses, he serves as the Senior Director, Data Science at Amyris.

Registration and course fee information can be found here:

This intensive Zoom course will be taught by Dr. Dmitry Grapov (Creative Data Solutions) on August 30-31, 2022. The course will include instruction on:

04/14/2022

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Discover the differences in working in academia or the Life Science industry, the pros and cons of both sectors and tips for breaking into these fields in our comprehensive guide.