Bioprocessing and Biomanufacturing

Videos

What is Biomanufacturing? (1:49) This brief video explains Biomanufacturing: using living organisms to produce vaccines and other drugs.

 

Using microbes to manufacture biofuels (2:57) Synthetic biologist Jay Keasling discusses how yeast and sugar can produce high-performance biofuels.

 

Articles

• Companies rush to build ‘biofactories’ for medicines, flavorings, and fuels This article describes how companies are using living systems to create substances that are either too tricky or too expensive to grow in nature or to make with petrochemicals.
• Career information for biomanufacturing and bioprocessing

 

Student Groups

• Biotechnology Club
• Biomedical Engineering Society
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Alpha Chi Sigma – Professional Chemistry Fraternity

 

Programs and Courses

• BIO/CHEM 202 – Orientation to Biotechnology
• Biotechnology Minor
• Undergraduate Biotechnology Laboratory
• Applied Biotechnology Institute
• CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology
• Cal Poly Center for Applications in Biotechnology

 

Linkedin Groups/Professional Associations

• Bioprocessing Professionals LinkedIn Group
• Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology LinkedIn Group
• BioProcess International
• International Society for Bioprocess Technology

 

Internship Opportunities

• Listings of biotech-related internships
• MustangJOBS (Access through your Cal Poly Portal)
• Videos on how to find internships
• Informational Interviewing can also be a great way to find internships indirectly

 

Potential Job Titles

• Bioprocess Engineer
• Process Development Scientist
• Quality Assurance Associate
• Quality Control Associate

 

Job Listings

• MustangJOBS (Access through your CalPoly Portal)
• Biospace
• NewScientist Jobs
• Videos on the job search process