2015 Events
- Science Gurus hosted a year-end appreciation dinner. Prof. Reddanna, Dean, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India was a chief guest and presented certificates to Science Lab instructors.
- Science Lab Fall 2015 session started in September 2015 with six Science Lab Clubs in four cities of San Francisco-Bay Area.
- Science Gurus Annual Ceremony – Ram Mandalam, Ph.D. (CEO & President) delivered a guest lecture on “Role of Mentoring”, August 2, 2015, Vara Indian Cuisine, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
- Cell-Science Summer Interns (14 total) gave their final project presentations, August 2, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Margaret Dillon, Ph.D. (Sr Vice President, Cellerant Therapeutics) delivered a guest lecture on "Regulatory Filings" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 28, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- John Storella, MS, JD. (Patent Attorney) delivered a guest lecture on "Overview to Patents-IP" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 28, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Sreedhara Alavattam, Ph.D. (Group Leader, Genentech) delivered a guest lecture on "Cancer-Nanoparticle Therapeutics" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 28, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Aparna Gandhari (Counsellor, Arroyo School) and Raji Pingali (Vice President, Science Gurus) conducted a workshop on "Preparing Effective College Applications" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 25, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Science Gurus organized a visit for 2015 Cell-Science summer interns to Genentech R&D Lab and Manufacturing Pilot Plant: July 24, 2015, South San Francisco, CA, USA
- Sukhmani Padda, M.D. (Clinical Instructor, Stanford) delivered a guest lecture on "Overview to Clinical Trials" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 23, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Heather Maecker, Ph.D. (Sr Research Scientist, Gilead) delivered a guest lecture on "Cancer Immunotherapy" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 23, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Ganesh Kolumam, Ph.D. (Scientific Manager, Genentech) delivered a guest lecture on "Interplay between Cancer and Inflammation" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 21, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Ram Mandalam, Ph.D. (CEO, Cellerant Therapeutics) delivered a guest lecture on "Cancer Stem Cell Therapeutics" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 16, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Zora Modrusan, Ph.D. (Sr Scientist, Genentech) delivered a guest lecture on " Cancer Diagnostics-NextGen Sequencing" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 14, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Sreedhara Alavattam, Ph.D. (Group Leader, Genentech) delivered a guest lecture on “Overview to Large Molecule Manufacturing & Formulation" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 9, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Sanjeev Redkar, Ph.D. & MBA. (Sr Vice President, Manufacturing & Preclinical Development, Astex Pharmaceuticals) delivered a guest lecture on "Overview to Small Molecule Manufacturing & Formulation" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 9, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Pablo Garcia, Ph.D. (Entrepreneur in Residence, QB3) delivered a guest lecture on "Small Molecule Drug Discovery-Kinases" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 7, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Surya Sankuratri, Ph.D. (Executive Director, Merck) delivered a guest lecture on "Overview to Drug Discovery & Development" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: July 2, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Bob Figari, MA (Founder, InnerTrek) conducted a workshop on "Effective Content Development & Delivery" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: June 27, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Pradeep Fernandes, ME. (President, CellWorks Group) delivered a guest lecture on "Cell Signaling & Systems Biology " to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: June 25, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Jagath Reddy Juntula, Ph.D. (Vice President, Cellerant Therapeutics) delivered a guest lecture on "Overview to Antibody Therapeutics & Targeted Chemotherapy" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: June 23, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Suchit Jhunjhunwala, Ph.D. (Computational Biologist, Genentech) and Kiran Mukhyala (Computational Biologist, Genentech) delivered guest lectures on "Introduction to Bioinformatics" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: June 18, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Jagath Reddy Juntula, Ph.D. (Vice President, Cellerant Therapeutics) delivered a guest lecture on "Overview to Cancer and it’s Phenotypes" to Cell-Science-2015 summer interns: June 16, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA
- Science Gurus hosted a Cell-Science Summer Internship program for high-school students: June 16th-August 2nd, 2015, San Carlos, CA, USA.
- Science Lab Open House on March 17th 2015 at Milpitas Library, 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035.
- Science Lab Spring 2015 session started in February 2015 and has seen growth and is running at 4 locations with several students.