Science in Action

During each semester, the Science in Action Seminar Series is held every Tuesday from 4:30 p.m.-5:30 pm in the STEM Center, Building 7, Room 7-307.

This weekly series is presented in partnership with the San Francisco State University Bridges to Baccalaureate Program, the Skyline College Science and Math Division, and the Math, Engineering, Science Achievement Program (MESA).

The seminar series is free and open to the public. The topics vary and are geared not only towards science, but the entire college experience, so we encourage non-science students to attend. Attendance confirmation slips will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

If you're interested in presenting at the Science in Action Seminar Series, please contact Alyssa Wong-Conway

If you have questions about attending the Science in Action Seminar Series, please contact Bryan Swartout

Spring 2020 Seminar Schedule

ATTENTION: Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak and closure of Skyline College campus, all remaining Science in Action seminars will be held VIRTUALLY until the end of the Spring 2020 semester. To join us via Zoom, please click the link "Zoom Meeting Link" next to each seminar description.

DATE & TIME	ROOM	TOPIC & LECTURER
January 28, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Jim Dekloe--Founder and Director, Industrial Biotechnology Program at Solano College Microbes Medicine and Money - Biomanufacturing in the 21st Century Jim DeKloe serves as the director and founder of the Industrial Biotechnology program at Solano College in the North San Francisco Bay area. He also played a key role in designing the Solano College Bachelors of Science in Biomanufacturing program; this baccalaureate degree contains upper division courses in the scientific, technical, and engineering principles of biomanufacturing, as well as in the business, regulatory, quality aspects of biomanufacturing, bioethics, technical writing, and project management. Needless to say, graduates of the program are in demand to their well rounded character. Dr. DeKloe heads a United States consortium working on developing a national workforce for emerging Cell and Gene therapy technologies, these effort is funded by the National Institute for Innovation in the Manufacture of BioLogics (NIIMBL). In 2011 Solano College faculty chose Jim as the Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year. He has also served as a consultant to help biotech giant Amgen redesign the training programs for their biomanufacturing technicians and for their quality assurance associates. He is a knowledgeable, exciting and humorous speaker. If you are interested in Biotechnology, in the flavor of Business, Engineering, Science or Regulation, he has a talk that will interest you.
February 4, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Dr. Cheng Liu--Founder and CEO, Eureka Theraputics Challenges and Opportunities in Cancer Immunotherapy Dr. Cheng Liu is the founder and CEO of Eureka Theraputics. Prior to founding Eureka, Dr. Liu was a Principal Scientist in antibody drug discovery at Chiron (now Novartis), where he championed anti-CSF1 antibody program for treatment of bone metastasis to human clinical trials. He is the inventor of multiple issued US patents in drug discovery. In 2007, he was awarded Special US Congressional Recognition for his contributions to improving human health. Dr. Liu received his B.S. in Cell Biology and Genetics from Beijing University and a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.
February 11, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Jenny Minh-Ai Phamhi--Student, Stanford University Computer Science for Society and Human Rights Modern computer science gives us the ability to affect billions of people and learn from countless data points in the blink of an eye. This talk will explore the brave new ways that people – students, researchers, educators, and activists – are using their technical and scientific knowledge to help make the world a better place, from protecting far-off archaeological sites to fighting human trafficking in our communities close to home. We'll see that even a little bit of coding knowledge can go a long way, and we'll talk about how to get involved with research that ignites your passion for social good along your path from Skyline to four year universities and beyond. Jenny Vo-Phamhi is a proud graduate of Skyline College where she pursued engineering studies and spent much of her time in the MESA Center as a tutor. She founded Skyline Women Engineering, helped found the Skyline College Science and Research Club, took part in the Engineering & Robotics Club and helped with the Solar Boat Team. Jenny is continuing her studies at Stanford University where she also actively conducts research. She is a 2020 candidate for a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Classics.
February 18, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Nick Kapp, Bryan Swartout, and Stephen Fredricks--Faculty and Staff, Skyline College STEM Education Support Across the board, regardless of educational attainment, U.S. STEM workers earn higher wages that their non-STEM peers and have a broad impact on the economy. STEM supports 69% of the U.S. GDP, 2 out of 3 workers, and 2.3 trillion in annual tax revenue. Come and discuss this with STEM faculty and staff, including Nick, Brian, Steve and others, and let us know how we can better support your STEM education.
February 25, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Hania Osman & Subhraj Shinder--Graduate Students, San Jose State University Biomedical Engineering Graduate students Hania Osman and Shubhraj Bhinder will talk about their educational journey as well as invite Skyline Student to be a part of the 2020 Bay area Biomedical Device Conference (April 2^nd 2020). This student-lead conference was developed by SJSU Biomedical Engineering students in order to introduce all students in the Bay Area to this exciting field that encompasses both Engineering and Biology. Come and see how you can get reduced/free admission to the conference and if there is enough want let’s see if we can get a Skyline Van to attend the meeting. Hania Osman is a graduate biomedical engineering student at San Jose State University. She graduated with a bachelors in physics from William Jewell College in Kansas City, MO. She is currently doing research in one of her Professor’s cardiovascular lab and assisting a group of graduate students to characterize the flow and leaflet motion of a mechanical heart valve using particle image velocimetry. She is also the marketing lead for the 2020 Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference. Shubhraj Bhinder received his B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Ca where he created a partial finger prosthetic for his senior project. Currently, he is in his 3^rd year as a graduate student at San Jose State University enrolled in the M.S. in Biomedical Engineering program. He is also working full time as a Systems Test Engineer at Abbott Laboratories in Pleasanton, Ca. His graduate research involves the design of a realistic model of tissue perfusion to assess the effect of convective heat transfer on the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation therapy.
March 3, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Tiffany Reardon--Engineering Student Services, UC Berkeley Changing the Face of STEM For nearly twenty years Tiffany Reardon has been working to change the face of STEM. She began doing this at Skyline Community College where she worked as the Director of the Mathematics Engineering, Science Achievement Program from 2000 to 2008. After successfully establishing Skyline's MESA program she accepted a position as the Assistant Director of Programs for MESA Statewide at the University of California’s Office of the President working with nearly 70 community college and university MESA programs. In 2012, she joined UC's flagship campus by accepting a position at the UC Berkeley in the College of Engineering. In 2013, she established Berkeley’s Transfer Pre-Engineering Program (T-PREP) which serves engineering students that have transferred from community colleges. Aside from T-PREP, she also directs the Pre-Engineering Program (PREP) which serves freshman engineers. Both PREP and T-PREP support students throughout their time at Berkeley. Tiffany has helped hundreds of students successfully transfer to top-tier universities, prepare for graduate school, and gain prestigious research fellowships. In 2018, she launched REUFinder which is a blog aimed at exposing non-traditional students to paid research opportunities.
March 10, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Irene Yim and Susan Wu--R&D Culinary Supervisor and Stability Technician, Impossible Foods Achieving the Impossible Irene Yim is currently the R&D Culinary Supervisor at Impossible Foods, Inc. She prides herself as a non-traditional student, having completed her lower division coursework at Skyline College. She holds a BS and MS in Food Science with a focus in Microbiology from the University of California, Davis. Prior to Impossible Foods, Irene Yim worked as a chef and cheesemonger for 10+ years. Besides being an awesome and well-loved manager, Irene enjoys tacos, street art, used bookstores, obscure Chinese cookbooks and snuggling up with her dog, Tortilla. Susan Wu currently works at impossible Foods, Inc. as a Stability Technician conducting shelf-life studies on various projects. She completed her lower division coursework at Skyline College and holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis. Prior to Impossible Foods, Susan worked at Skyline College, helping set up wet labs for the Biology department. To learn more about her educational journey, join Susan and Irene at Science in Action! **NOTICE: Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, we will be holding this session of Science in Action through Zoom Conference. To join Irene & Susan's talk at 4:30, follow this link, which should automatically start a download for you to join the Zoom conference.** For your reference, the Meeting ID for this conference is 907 813 979.
March 17, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Cory Padilla Bioinformatics and Sequence Company
March 24, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	STEM CENTER 7-307	Women in STEM Panel
March 31, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	N/A	NO LECTURE--SPRING BREAK
April 7, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ZOOM MEETING LINK	Adrian Barrera--Student, SFSU
April 14, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ZOOM MEETING LINK	TBD
April 21, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ZOOM MEETING LINK	Jasmine To Skyline to UCSF
April 28, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ZOOM MEETING LINK	Emily Quach, Master's Candidate A Decade in Pursuit of a Microbiology Masters Emily Quach is currently a third year master’s student in Dr. Guiton’s lab at California State University East Bay. She obtained her A.S. in Biology from the College of Alameda and her B.S in Biotechnology with a concentration in microbiology and fermentation from the University of California Davis. While at Davis she learned how to brew beer and grow wheat in a lab setting. In 2017, she started to work on an obligate intracellular parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. She is currently investigating how developmentally regulated metabolic enzymes contribute to stage conversion between bradyzoites and tachyzoites in Toxoplasma gondii. Emily is the lab manager for Guiton Lab. She enjoys mentoring undergraduate researchers.
May 5, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ZOOM MEETING LINK	Jade Kim--Student Success and Corporate Operations Specialist, Base 11 Base 11 STEM Internships Calling all Community College Students interested in STEM! The Base 11 Academic Year Internship is an opportunity to gain cutting-edge STEM skills from leading local universities like UCI and Caltech, while receiving world-class mentorship and getting the inside track on what it really takes to transfer to a premiere university.
May 12, 2020 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	ZOOM MEETING LINK	Raymond Hernandez--Dean of Science, Math and Technology at Skyline College

DATE & TIME

ROOM

TOPIC & LECTURER

January 28, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Jim Dekloe--Founder and Director, Industrial Biotechnology Program at Solano College

Microbes Medicine and Money - Biomanufacturing in the 21st Century

Jim DeKloe serves as the director and founder of the Industrial Biotechnology program at Solano College in the North San Francisco Bay area. He also played a key role in designing the Solano College Bachelors of Science in Biomanufacturing program; this baccalaureate degree contains upper division courses in the scientific, technical, and engineering principles of biomanufacturing, as well as in the business, regulatory, quality aspects of biomanufacturing, bioethics, technical writing, and project management. Needless to say, graduates of the program are in demand to their well rounded character. Dr. DeKloe heads a United States consortium working on developing a national workforce for emerging Cell and Gene therapy technologies, these effort is funded by the National Institute for Innovation in the Manufacture of BioLogics (NIIMBL).

In 2011 Solano College faculty chose Jim as the Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year. He has also served as a consultant to help biotech giant Amgen redesign the training programs for their biomanufacturing technicians and for their quality assurance associates. He is a knowledgeable, exciting and humorous speaker. If you are interested in Biotechnology, in the flavor of Business, Engineering, Science or Regulation, he has a talk that will interest you.

February 4, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Dr. Cheng Liu--Founder and CEO, Eureka Theraputics

Challenges and Opportunities in Cancer Immunotherapy

Dr. Cheng Liu is the founder and CEO of Eureka Theraputics. Prior to founding Eureka, Dr. Liu was a Principal Scientist in antibody drug discovery at Chiron (now Novartis), where he championed anti-CSF1 antibody program for treatment of bone metastasis to human clinical trials. He is the inventor of multiple issued US patents in drug discovery. In 2007, he was awarded Special US Congressional Recognition for his contributions to improving human health. Dr. Liu received his B.S. in Cell Biology and Genetics from Beijing University and a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.

February 11, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Jenny Minh-Ai Phamhi--Student, Stanford University

Computer Science for Society and Human Rights

Modern computer science gives us the ability to affect billions of people and learn from countless data points in the blink of an eye.

This talk will explore the brave new ways that people – students, researchers, educators, and activists – are using their technical and scientific knowledge to help make the world a better place, from protecting far-off archaeological sites to fighting human trafficking in our communities close to home.

We'll see that even a little bit of coding knowledge can go a long way, and we'll talk about how to get involved with research that ignites your passion for social good along your path from Skyline to four year universities and beyond.

Jenny Vo-Phamhi is a proud graduate of Skyline College where she pursued engineering studies and spent much of her time in the MESA Center as a tutor. She founded Skyline Women Engineering, helped found the Skyline College Science and Research Club, took part in the Engineering & Robotics Club and helped with the Solar Boat Team. Jenny is continuing her studies at Stanford University where she also actively conducts research. She is a 2020 candidate for a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Classics.

February 18, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Nick Kapp, Bryan Swartout, and Stephen Fredricks--Faculty and Staff, Skyline College

STEM Education Support

Across the board, regardless of educational attainment, U.S. STEM workers earn higher wages that their non-STEM peers and have a broad impact on the economy. STEM supports 69% of the U.S. GDP, 2 out of 3 workers, and 2.3 trillion in annual tax revenue. Come and discuss this with STEM faculty and staff, including Nick, Brian, Steve and others, and let us know how we can better support your STEM education.

February 25, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Hania Osman & Subhraj Shinder--Graduate Students, San Jose State University

Biomedical Engineering

Graduate students Hania Osman and Shubhraj Bhinder will talk about their educational journey as well as invite Skyline Student to be a part of the 2020 Bay area Biomedical Device Conference (April 2^nd 2020). This student-lead conference was developed by SJSU Biomedical Engineering students in order to introduce all students in the Bay Area to this exciting field that encompasses both Engineering and Biology. Come and see how you can get reduced/free admission to the conference and if there is enough want let’s see if we can get a Skyline Van to attend the meeting.

Hania Osman is a graduate biomedical engineering student at San Jose State University. She graduated with a bachelors in physics from William Jewell College in Kansas City, MO. She is currently doing research in one of her Professor’s cardiovascular lab and assisting a group of graduate students to characterize the flow and leaflet motion of a mechanical heart valve using particle image velocimetry. She is also the marketing lead for the 2020 Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference.

Shubhraj Bhinder received his B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Ca where he created a partial finger prosthetic for his senior project. Currently, he is in his 3^rd year as a graduate student at San Jose State University enrolled in the M.S. in Biomedical Engineering program. He is also working full time as a Systems Test Engineer at Abbott Laboratories in Pleasanton, Ca. His graduate research involves the design of a realistic model of tissue perfusion to assess the effect of convective heat transfer on the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation therapy.

March 3, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Tiffany Reardon--Engineering Student Services, UC Berkeley

Changing the Face of STEM

For nearly twenty years Tiffany Reardon has been working to change the face of STEM. She began doing this at Skyline Community College where she worked as the Director of the Mathematics Engineering, Science Achievement Program from 2000 to 2008. After successfully establishing Skyline's MESA program she accepted a position as the Assistant Director of Programs for MESA Statewide at the University of California’s Office of the President working with nearly 70 community college and university MESA programs. In 2012, she joined UC's flagship campus by accepting a position at the UC Berkeley in the College of Engineering. In 2013, she established Berkeley’s Transfer Pre-Engineering Program (T-PREP) which serves engineering students that have transferred from community colleges. Aside from T-PREP, she also directs the Pre-Engineering Program (PREP) which serves freshman engineers. Both PREP and T-PREP support students throughout their time at Berkeley. Tiffany has helped hundreds of students successfully transfer to top-tier universities, prepare for graduate school, and gain prestigious research fellowships. In 2018, she launched REUFinder which is a blog aimed at exposing non-traditional students to paid research opportunities.

March 10, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Irene Yim and Susan Wu--R&D Culinary Supervisor and Stability Technician, Impossible Foods

Achieving the Impossible

Irene Yim is currently the R&D Culinary Supervisor at Impossible Foods, Inc. She prides herself as a non-traditional student, having completed her lower division coursework at Skyline College. She holds a BS and MS in Food Science with a focus in Microbiology from the University of California, Davis. Prior to Impossible Foods, Irene Yim worked as a chef and cheesemonger for 10+ years. Besides being an awesome and well-loved manager, Irene enjoys tacos, street art, used bookstores, obscure Chinese cookbooks and snuggling up with her dog, Tortilla.

Susan Wu currently works at impossible Foods, Inc. as a Stability Technician conducting shelf-life studies on various projects. She completed her lower division coursework at Skyline College and holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis. Prior to Impossible Foods, Susan worked at Skyline College, helping set up wet labs for the Biology department. To learn more about her educational journey, join Susan and Irene at Science in Action!

**NOTICE**: Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, we will be holding this session of Science in Action through Zoom Conference.

To join Irene & Susan's talk at 4:30, follow this link, which should automatically start a download for you to join the Zoom conference.

For your reference, the Meeting ID for this conference is 907 813 979.

March 17, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Cory Padilla

Bioinformatics and Sequence Company

March 24, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

STEM CENTER

7-307

Women in STEM Panel

March 31, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

N/A

NO LECTURE--SPRING BREAK

April 7, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

ZOOM MEETING LINK

Adrian Barrera--Student, SFSU

April 14, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

ZOOM MEETING LINK

TBD

April 21, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

ZOOM MEETING LINK

Jasmine To

Skyline to UCSF

April 28, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

ZOOM MEETING LINK

Emily Quach, Master's Candidate

A Decade in Pursuit of a Microbiology Masters

Emily Quach is currently a third year master’s student in Dr. Guiton’s lab at California State University East Bay. She obtained her A.S. in Biology from the College of Alameda and her B.S in Biotechnology with a concentration in microbiology and fermentation from the University of California Davis. While at Davis she learned how to brew beer and grow wheat in a lab setting. In 2017, she started to work on an obligate intracellular parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. She is currently investigating how developmentally regulated metabolic enzymes contribute to stage conversion between bradyzoites and tachyzoites in Toxoplasma gondii. Emily is the lab manager for Guiton Lab. She enjoys mentoring undergraduate researchers.

May 5, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

ZOOM MEETING LINK

Jade Kim--Student Success and Corporate Operations Specialist, Base 11

Base 11 STEM Internships

Calling all Community College Students interested in STEM! The Base 11 Academic Year Internship is an opportunity to gain cutting-edge STEM skills from leading local universities like UCI and Caltech, while receiving world-class mentorship and getting the inside track on what it really takes to transfer to a premiere university.

May 12, 2020

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

ZOOM MEETING LINK

Raymond Hernandez--Dean of Science, Math and Technology at Skyline College