Monday, February 1st
2:00PM and 2:45PM

Edward Bachand, Partner at Dorsey & Whitney will be available to two groups of students for 30 minute innovation advisory sessions per group. This is an amazing opportunity for you or a team to gain valuable one-on-one advice and insight from an established professional.

“Mr. Bachand is a partner in the Technology group with over 15 years of experience representing emerging and large companies in intellectual property matters, particularly in the area of medical devices. His practice is directed toward counseling clients in all areas of patent, trademark and copyright law. His legal expertise and business acumen have assisted many clients in achieving favorable results.”

Apply here!

Summer Jobs/Interships in Engineering and Science Strategies

The Career Development Center, in conjunction with Stanford Biodesign, is offering advice on summer jobs and internships in engineering and the sciences.

Hear important tips and get advice on developing your internship job search strategy!
Learn about employer hiring practices, tips on how to find the right summer job,
and key resources to help develop your job search strategy.

Location: Clark Center, Rm S360

Date/Time: Thursday, January 28, 5:30-6:30 PM

Come and join us!

Robert S. Langer, Sc.D.

Institute Professor
Massachusetts institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

February 10, 2010

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Reception to follow

Vidalakis Dining Room
Schwab Residential Center
680 Serra Street
Stanford, CA  94305-6090

The Stanford Biodesign Program, Windhover Information, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and PricewaterhouseCoopers present a unique opportunity to hear the first innovator in the 2010 “From the Innovators Workbench” Series.  Robert S. Langer, David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT, will be interviewed by David Cassak, Managing Partner, Windhover Information.

Directions to the Schwab Residential Center:

Stanford Campus Searchable Map:
http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=06-750E

For more information about Robert S. Langer please follow the following link:
http://biodesign.stanford.edu/bdn/people/langer_robert.jsp

For registration information:
http://biodesign.stanford.edu/bdn/networking/workbench.jsp

For further information please contact:

Mary Gorman
Biodesign Program
(650) 736 1161
marygorman@stanford.edu
http://biodesign.stanford.edu/

Series Sponsors:
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Windhover Information.

Introduction to Biopharmaceutical Innovation

Med 275

Register on Axess now! The class code is 77737.

For a sample of last year’s syllabus, see here, although please note that the course offering has changed slightly this year.

Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation
BioE 374, ME 368, MED 272, OIT 384/581

Graduate or postdoctoral students from the Schools of: Engineering, Business, Humanities & Science, Law and Medicine are invited to participate in the Winter 2010 graduate course

This is the first in a two-quarter elective course series that provides didactic lectures from course faculty and guest lectures from industry experts on practical aspects of technology invention and development. In an optional companion lab course, students work in small project teams in the Biodesign prototyping lab or bench space, collaborating with the fellows of the program. Attached is the course flyer for additional information on the course. Please note that this is a high demand course.

Faculty: Core Faculty: Profs Brinton, Milroy, Yock and Zenios
Guest Faculty selected from leading experts in the medtech

How to Enroll:
The Biodesign application process is required in addition to registering through Axess for the course.

1. Register for the through Axess, and
2. Complete an online application at http://www.stanford.edu/group/biodesign/courseapplication.html

The deadline to enroll into the class is midnight of the first Thursday of the quarter. Students are notified by Friday of that week whether they have been accepted into class.

For information about the course, please contact Andrea Daniel at andread@stanford.edu

Stanford’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine is hosting its first annual retreat on Thursday (12/10) and Friday (12/11)! It is being held at the Vidalakis Room in the Schwab Residence Center on both days. It should provide a great venue to get exposure to the groundbreaking research that is being done by the top scientists in the field.

Registration is required for the event: http://reggie.stanford.edu/signup.asp?2426

The Bay Area Stem Cell Club is sponsoring an event at UCSF this week. It’s being held on Thursday, December 3rd from 4-7 PM. The event should provide a great venue to hear about the novel research in the field as well as an opportunity to interact with leading scientists from the bay area. More information is included in the links below. We hope that you are able to attend.

http://stemcell.ucsf.edu/events/bascc/index.aspx
http://stemcell.ucsf.edu/events/bascc/bascc120309.pdf

On November 19th, 2009 Dr. Russ Altman, Chair of the Stanford Bioengineering Department, gave a speech to students and the greater biodesign community. His talk covered three main points:

1. Background on the Stanford Bioengineering Department (http://bioengineering.stanford.edu/)
2. The new Undergraduate Bioengineering major (click here for more information)
3. Dr. Altman’s work on PharmGKB (http://www.pharmgkb.org/), a database on the impact of human genetic variations on drug response.

Thank you for everyone who attended and we hope to see you again at future events!

-Stanford Student Biodesign and Biopharma

The Clinton Foundation, in conjunction with the Shenyang China Medical University, is looking for an lab volunteer intern to work at the Key Laboratory of HIV Immunology of the Ministry of Health at the First Hospital of the University this year for a few months. It’s a great opportunity to get to know HIV/AIDS work being done in China, and to become familiar with Chinese government institutions and bureaucracy. Please pass this on to anyone you think may be interested.

Here are the basic requirements:

1. The candidate should be a native English speaker with at least upper-intermediate proficiency in Chinese (especially speaking and reading)
2. The candidate should be at least a college graduate with a background in medicine, biology or related fields. Those with a masters level degree or above will have priority consideration.
3. The candidate should be able to spend at least the summer (preferably 6 months or longer) on site in Shenyang for this internship. 

Responsibilities include:
1. Working on publications with the lab staff. 
2. Doing epidemiological studies in high HIV prevalence regions and HIV-related lab experiments 
3. Translation of lab documents and possible interpretation at medical meetings/conferences

The volunteer will be provided with a 3,000 RMB per month stipend, which comfortably covers living expenses in Shenyang, and there is a possibility for travel expense coverage. The position will start in the summer.

If you are interested, please reply to kwang@clintonfoundation.org with a CV and cover letter and “Lab intern position” in the title.

Come to the Bioinvestment Competition Strategy Lunch this Friday at 12:00 pm in Old Union room 216!  Chris Shen, a principle from Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, is coming to speak to us about investing, and then we will have a round table discussion about the competition.   Lunch will be provided, so please RSVP to ssb.competition.09@gmail.com.  Hope to see you there!