The University of California, Davis, collaborative model for biotechnology education and training

Issue  JCB, Volume 18, Number 4, 2012  From the Classroom 

Judith Ann Kjelstrom
University of California, Davis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb521


Abstract:

UC Davis and its partners are addressing the need for innovation and entrepreneurship in graduate education and training. This paper will showcase the Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology graduate education program, cross-disciplinary partnerships and technology brokering. These interactions can bring diverse groups of individuals together to translate ideas into real world applications. The creation of intellectual and human capital at universities must be linked to financial capital and social capital. This can be accomplished by creating dense social networks. PhD programs in science and engineering must be transformed in order to stay relevant in the 21st century. UC Davis has been addressing these issues for close to 20 years and is now seeing significant outcomes.

Keywords:technology brokering ,translational ,entrepreneurship ,Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology ,Big Bang ,SARTA ,en ,

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