Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is dedicated to education and research aimed at translating into practice the power and potential of the life sciences for the benefit of society.

1. KGI’s Other Programs
Fully-Employed MBS Degree
Not ready to quit working and go back to school full-time?
We understand. KGI expects to launch an MBS degree in a part-
A Bold
time program for working professionals with at least three years
of related experience in 2008.
Program Structure
New Hybrid
Designed to be completed in three years (two classes
per semester) the program combines the creative use of
of
the latest classroom technology with a twice a semester
on-campus component.
Business
Financial Aid
KGI does not provide financial support to fully-employed
and Science
students. However, we will work with you to help you find
ways to finance your education including working with
employer reimbursement programs.
For additional details, including deadline dates,
tuition information and preliminary schedules, visit 535 Watson Drive
Claremont, CA 91711
our website at: www.kgi.edu/FEMBS.xml
Are you ready?
Ph.D. Program
KGI offers a Ph.D. program in Applied Life Sciences. Candidates
interested in the Ph.D. program apply during their second year of
the MBS degree. This program is small, admitting only two to three
students per year as funding is available. Applicants are encouraged
to speak with the Director of the Ph.D. program about their
candidacy.
For additional information please visit:
www.kgi.edu/phd.xml
KGI is accredited at both the master and Ph.D. levels by the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges.

2. Keck Graduate Institute Board of Trustees Keck Graduate Institute Advisory Council
John D. Baldeschwieler Alice T. Kane Trustees Emeriti Bonnie Anderson Ross Grossman J. David Rozzell
Professor Emeritus General Counsel Consultant Vice President Vice President
Alice S. Huang
California Institute for North America Human Resources Codexis Inc.
Gary Augusta
Senior Faculty Associate
of Technology Zurich Financial Services Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Executive Director Tony Russo
in Biology
Dr. Ernest A. Bates Bernard E. Kury OCTANe Kenneth Gruys Chairman & CEO
California Institute
Chairman & CEO Former Vice President Site Manager Russo Partners LLC
of Technology Randy Berholtz
American Shared and General Counsel Calgene
Vice President James Schaeffer
Howard B. Keck, Jr.
Hospital Services Guidant Corporation General Counsel Richard Hamilton Executive Director Licensing
President
Daniel M. Bradbury John D. Leland Secretary President and CEO & External Research–West
Brighton Distributing Co.
President & CEO Consultant & Former ACON Laboratories Ceres Inc. Merck Research Labs
Harlyne J. Norris
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Managing Director Rolando Brawer Tom Klopack Brian Sullivan
Trustee
Dresdner RCM
Catherine M. Burzik Director of Business President and CEO Principal Scientist
Kenneth T. and Eileen L.
Global Investors
President & CEO Development IntelliDOT Integrated Security Solutions
Norris Foundation
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Richard L. McConnell Invitrogen Corporation Northrop Grumman
Kenneth Livak
William H. Rastetter
Former President Corporation
Anthony D. Caracciolo Linda Castle Consultant
Chairman
Pioneer Hi-Bred
Senior Vice President Research Coordinator Gino Van Heeke
Board of Directors Brenda Mann
International, Inc.
Manufacturing Operations Pioneer Hi-Bred International Executive Director
Illumina, Inc. Chief Scientist
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Clifford A. Miller Novartis Institutes for
Stephen G. Daggett Sentrx Veterinary
Henry E. Riggs
Managing Director Biomedical Research
Marsh A. Cooper Director, Product Support,
President Emeritus Roger Marchetti
Shamrock Holdings
President Research and Development Joseph J. Villafranca
Keck Graduate Institute Senior Vice President
M.A. Cooper Consultants Inc. Stanford N. Phelps Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Practice Director
Human Resources
Louis T. Rosso
Chairman Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences
Robert E. Curry* Catherine Farrell Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Chairman Emeritus
S. N. Phelps & Co. and Tunnell Consulting
Partner Director, Global Clinical
Beckman Coulter Inc. Stephen J. McCormack
Clear Springs Land Co.
Alliance Technology Ventures Supply Chain Management Jim Widergren
Global Life Science
Dr. Stephen J. Ryan
Arthur D. Riggs Amgen Vice President and Treasurer
Former Partner and VP Ventures AG
President
Director Beckman Coulter
Sprout Group Weaver Gaines
Doheny Eye Institute Alan C. Mendelson
Beckman Research Institute Founder and Managing Jim Wilkins
Jay Flatley Founder and General Partner
Dr. Robert E. Tranquada
of the City of Hope Director Director Technology
President & CEO Axiom Venture Partners
Emeritus Professor of
Sheldon M. Schuster America’s Biotech Distributor Assessment and Transfer
Illumina, Inc. Medicine and Public Policy Anthony Page
President Genentech Inc.
Sean R. Gallagher
University of Southern
Dennis M. Fenton Managing Director
Keck Graduate Institute Chief Technology Officer
California
Executive Vice President xIQ
Jack L. Stark UVP Incorporated
Amgen, Inc. Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr.** Joseph D. Panetta
President Emeritus Paul Grint
Senior Director
Peter Barton Hutt President and CEO
Claremont McKenna College Chief Medical Officer
The Goldman Sachs
Senior Counsel BIOCOM
Billy Tauzin Kalypsys Inc.
Group, Inc.
Covington & Burling LLP
Kal Ramnarayan
President & CEO
Judith A. Heyboer Founder, President
PhRMA
Human Resources Consultant & Chief Scientific Officer
Murli Tolaney
Former Senior VP Sapient Discovery LLC
Chairman
of Human Resources
MWH Americas
Genentech, Inc.
Diana Walker
Of Counsel *Chair, Board of Trustees KGI would like to Joseph Filippi Winery
O’Melveny & Myers LLP **Chair, Emeritus acknowledge the following President’s Office, Claremont McKenna College
for their assistance: Sprague Library, Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons, Harvey Mudd College
Keck Graduate Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex,
sexual orientation, age, marital status, religion, disability, national origin, ethnic
origin, or prior military service in any of its policies, procedures and practices,
including admission policies, educational policies, fellowship and loan programs,
employment policies and other Institute-administered programs and activities.

3. We Are…KGI
We won’t try to dazzle you by describing our long history, ivy covered buildings
or statues of dead founders. For one thing, our history is extraordinary but
short—we just celebrated our 10th anniversary. Our founder and first president
is retired—but very alive and still teaches classes. Instead, we thought the best
way to explain Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) is to introduce you to a few
students, faculty and alumni. You can decide for yourself if these are the kinds
of people you’d like to work with over the next couple of years.
Consider This
■ KGI is the only graduate school in the U.S. created exclusively for the education
of leaders in the life science industry. We’re setting the standard for team-based,
hands-on, real-world education at the intersection of business and science.
■ The biotechnology industry has exploded since 1992, with U.S. health-care
biotech revenues increasing from $8 billion in 1992 to $50.7 billion in 2005.
■ Because KGI has no departments and faculty are encouraged to collaborate,
our curriculum is agile allowing us to adapt to the fast changing needs of
this complex industry.
■ KGI faculty are renowned researchers, teachers and entrepreneurs with
significant corporate experience, dedicated to building a cadre of leaders
who will translate basic science into commercial realities.
■ KGI students come directly from undergraduate programs and industry.
They arrive talented, bright and motivated; they leave skilled, ambitious
and confident. All are highly recruited by leading life sciences companies.
■ Founded in 1997, KGI is the newest member of the prestigious Claremont
Colleges in Claremont, California. Our interiors are designed for wet labs,
classrooms, faculty offices and student project space. KGI is within easy
walking distance to excellent restaurants, movies, shopping and banking.
Parking is free.
■ With the world’s greatest concentration of research universities and
biotechnology companies, California offers unlimited opportunities for
research projects, internships, research funding and full-time employment.
■ KGI is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
We invite you to discover
KGI for yourself

4. Clinical and Regulatory
Pharmaceutical Discovery Affairs provides an
and Development provides understanding of how the
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
a clear focus students with an under- FDA and its international
KGI’s team-oriented standing of the technical counterparts regulate
project-based curriculum processes involved in the development of novel
Medical Devices
sets us apart and is widely
Some might think Stephen Chang, MBS ’08, drug discovery, clinical products including
and Diagnostics draws
praised by industry. development and assessment of product
on an interdisciplinary
is a little “geeky.” If you define geeky as smart, regulatory approval quality, non-clinical and
approach including
First year for pharmaceutical and
hard-working, respectful, and responsible, then clinical evaluation.
engineering, chemistry,
biological products.
physiology, medicine
we’d like to have a few more geeky students like
All students take core and computer
Stephen at KGI. Some of us lead by enthusiasm
classes in the following science in the design
areas to develop a broad and manufacturing Business of
and communication; other leaders are more
foundation in the industry: of medical devices Bioscience students
introspective and deliberate. With our emphasis and diagnostics. identify business
■ Pharmaceutical
opportunities in life
Discovery and on team-based projects, all kinds of leadership science industries and
Development
skills are needed. analyze the associated
■ Medical Devices market, management,
and Diagnostics technological and
Stephen readily acknowledges that KGI isn’t ethical issues.
■ Marketing
and Strategy for everyone. “It’s demanding, fast-paced and Bioprocessing students
■ Systems and
constantly changing,” he admits. “But this is will obtain a thorough
Computational understanding of
how you work in real life. There are lulls and
Biology industrial processes from
then spurts when the work is very intense, and early-stage development
■ Accounting
through large-scale
and Finance
finally a reprieve—and then you plunge headfirst manufacturing.
■ Bioethics
into the next project.” For those who want
■ Bioprocessing
to become leaders at companies fighting life-
■ Organizational
threatening viruses, tackling genetic disorders,
Behavior
or improving the lives of the disabled, KGI
Second is like no other graduate program. Our team-
oriented, project-based dynamic approach
year comes as close to industry as an academic
Students choose electives
institution can.
from the five focus tracks.
In addition, they
“What sets KGI apart is that our curriculum
participate in the Team
Masters Project (TMP)—the
is dynamic—we’re agile and we can continually
equivalent of two courses
adjust to the changing needs of industry,” he
—a capstone consulting
project that draws from all
notes. “At other schools, they have a fixed,
areas of the curriculum.
core curriculum and change comes slowly—if at
all. Our faculty solicit input from the corporate
sector, alumni and even current students to make
the courses more comprehensive and current.”
As for Stephen, his leadership skills have already
paid off—he earned a coveted internship with
Team Masters
Tunnell Consulting last summer.
Project
KGI’s focus tracks
A year-long allow you to tailor your
capstone consulting professional degree towards
project equivalent your area of interest.
to two courses per
semester and in Stephen Chang, MBS ’08
lieu of a traditional For more information about KGI’s curriculum, visit:
BS, Bioengineering
master’s research www.kgi.edu/curriculum.xml
University of California, San Diego
thesis
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5. Janelle Grimes, MBS ‘06
2007–2008
taking risks, BS, Biology and Spanish
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS
Westminster College
Annenberg Foundation
reaping benefits
Scholarship
Regulatory Affairs Associate
Bonnie Busenberg
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Scholarship
Janelle Grimes, MBS ’06, may have to put
Hank and Gayle Riggs
owning a Porsche GT3 on hold for a while. That’s
Scholarship
because she’s adjusting to a brand new job in
John and Sandra Leland
Scholarship
Regulatory Affairs with Amylin Pharmaceuticals,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day
paying off undergraduate loans, and cheering
Scholarship
on her favorite team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Robert and Winifred Curry
Scholarship
The Ann Peppers After five years of bench work in various
Foundation Scholarship
research labs, Janelle knew that a master’s degree
George H. Mayr
was the ticket to furthering her career in the bio-
Foundation Scholarship
science industry. “I researched a ton of programs,
Pioneer Hi-Bred
Scholarship
but most were part of existing schools of
Hearst Foundation
engineering or science. KGI was the only place
Scholarship
dedicated to the professional life sciences master’s
Bradbury Endowed
degree,” she says.
Scholarship
Fletcher Jones Foundation
Scholarship
Her decision to pursue a graduate degree was
not made lightly. In fact, it’s something all KGI
KGI offers generous merit-
students grapple with whether entering from
based financial support to
all admitted students.
the work force or immediately following their
undergraduate work. After all, leaving (or
foregoing) a coveted (or boring) job, taking on
more debt and pursuing a unique degree that’s
less than traditional, may seem risky at first.
“It’s about the entire package. I quit my job and
chose KGI because it provided an opportunity
to make a real difference in the world, not just
to make more money.”
Students and faculty who come here share
her enthusiasm and commitment to filling this
niche in the biosciences industry. “We experience
so much from each other in this small KGI
community. You’d be amazed by the career
In addition to
paths our graduates take; it’s much more than
scholarships, KGI
you could put a dollar amount on.” Will it pay
awards fellowships
to 100% of its off? According to Janelle, it has so far!
admitted students
ranging from
$7,000–15,000
For more information about financial aid, visit:
per year.
www.kgi.edu/scholarships.xml
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6. Deb Chakravarti
just call me deb
FAST FACULTY FACTS Ph.D., Biochemistry
University of Calcutta
KGI student
to teaching D.Phil., Immunochemistry
Just a day before taking this photo, Deb
faculty ratio: University of Oxford
Chakravarti gave a lecture to the scientific
6:1
6:1
Professor
community at a national symposium to honor
his father. Deb telecast to India from his bedroom
—and in his pajamas. While you won’t see Deb
running KGI’s halls in his “PJs,” you will witness
Patents held/filed:
this Calcutta-raised, Oxford-educated son of two
92 professors doing amazing things to make your
KGI experience exciting and relevant.
Working late in the lab? Deb will stay until the
Publications:
wee morning hours. Students are welcome to
1187 drop by his office at all hours of the day—or
night. One student says it all: “Your enthusiasm
has given me something to look for in my own
career. Thanks for making my time at KGI so
Combined years
special.” Plus, Deb lectures on such cutting-edge
in Industry:
research in proteomics that textbooks have yet
80 to be written. He’s also an expert on vaccine
development and the history of science thanks
to his many years of experience at Wyeth.
Average years
in industry: His annual celebration of Diwali, the Hindu
8
Festival of Lights, attracts scores from the KGI
family. He’s known for regularly reassuring
the families of international students that their
kids are OK here in California. It’s this caring,
Combined years
personal touch—along with an impressive back-
in academia:
ground in academia and industry—that’s made
258 Deb a superstar educator worldwide. “We are
producing a generation of students that is going
to go out there and help build the industry of
2004
tomorrow,” says Deb.
Average years 2006
Faculty in print:
2002 2005
in academia:
Peer-reviewed publications
12 by year.
2003
Average height:
5’8” To hear from some of our faculty, visit:
www.aboldnewhybrid.kgi.edu
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7. UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
mixing business
Our students come from
top academic institutions
and science
in the U.S. including:
Brigham Young University
Brown University
Move over Rachel Ray! If Sarah Koo, MBS ’09,
Cal Poly Pomona
has her way, you may be looking for another job
Cal Poly SLO
Caltech
on the Food Network. Lucky for Rachel—and
Carnegie Mellon University
Sarah’s classmates—that her passion for cooking
Case Western Reserve
is exceeded by her interests in biochemistry.
Claremont McKenna
Colorado School of Mines
Sarah first heard about KGI’s Master of
Cornell University
Cal State Universities (6)
Bioscience program from her mentor during her
Drake University
junior year at UCLA. “When I saw the KGI
Duke University
program a light bulb went on. My interest was
Georgia Tech
definitely piqued but I was still at a crossroads
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College whether to pursue science in academia or science
Hillsdale College
in industry,” she says. “After four years of college
Louisiana State University
I wanted to get some professional experience to
Marquette University
complement my academics.”
MIT
NYU
Occidental College
After two years working in an industrial lab,
Oregon State University
Sarah is now even more convinced that pursuing
Princeton University
the business aspects of science is the right path
Purdue University
for her. While some of her friends chose to pursue
Rice University
an MBA, she feels that route is too detached
Rose-Hulman
Santa Clara University
from her excellent foundation in science. Unlike
Stanford University
traditional MBA programs, KGI’s business
Texas A & M
curriculum is taught from the discovery-oriented,
Tulane University
highly-regulated bioscience industry perspective
University of Nebraska
UC Berkeley
which makes it more relevant to the problems
UC Davis
our students will actually take on. Case analyses
UC Irvine
include intellectual property considerations
UC San Diego
and the ethics involved when dealing with life-
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz threatening diseases. Sarah sums it up, “I liked
UCLA
the fact KGI’s Master of Bioscience is interdisci-
University of Arizona
plinary which, I know from experience, is much
University of Chicago
needed in the field.”
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Oregon
University of Southern
California
Vanderbilt University
Washington State
Gender isn’t the only place where KGI
University
has diversity: Our students’ undergraduate
Willamette University
For more information on our students, visit: majors range from chemistry to computer
www.kgi.edu/facts.xml science, bioengineering to psychobiology,
pre-med to chemical engineering.
Sarah Koo, MBS ‘09
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BS, Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

8. CAMPUS CONNECTIONS
mark your
Since KGI is a member of
the prestigious Claremont
calendars
Colleges, our students
can take advantage of the
resources and activities at
all seven of the campuses
You could let your studies at KGI take over
including:
your life. After all, this is graduate school—you’re
■ Cross-registration
for courses expecting to work hard and Jennifer Boyd,
■ Intramural athletic
MBS ’08, won’t argue with you. She leveraged
teams
her hard work into a Project Management
■ 4 libraries
internship at Amylin Pharmaceuticals last sum-
(including a science
library)
mer where she analyzed, validated and updated
■ 2 athletic facilities
the tasks involved in tracking candidates in
■ Centralized student
clinical trials—and presented the results to
health and counseling
senior management.
center
■ 4 concert halls
and theaters
As you can see, Jen’s as focused as anyone can
■ International Student
be on her education and career. But she also
Center
understands that the balance between fun and
■ Office of Black Student
work is important. She’ll invite you to join a
Affairs
group of fellow students for a movie at the new
■ Chicano/Latino Student
Affairs Center
indie theater in Claremont, play a game of pool
■ Interfaith Chaplaincy of
in the student lounge, check out a ball game or
The Claremont Colleges
a concert at Dodger Stadium or even test your
snowboarding prowess at nearby Mount Baldy.
As KGI’s unofficial student events coordinator,
Jennifer has her hand in just about everything
extracurricular.
Whether you’re interested
This year, she tackled KGI’s Student Mentor
in film or football, hiking or
The Claremont program, a student-run program that matches watersports, museums or music,
Colleges
incoming students with second-year students KGI has something for you to do—
as their experienced guides. “I was part of the
Pomona College outside the classroom.
program coming into the school and had a great Jennifer Boyd, MBS ’08
Scripps College
bonding experience with my mentor,” she says. BS, Biology
Claremont “We talked about everything from what to expect California State University
McKenna College
from the classes and what the teachers are San Marcos
Harvey Mudd like to where to go to have fun or a good local
College Italian place to eat.”
Pitzer College
Claremont
Graduate
University
For more information about
Keck Graduate The Claremont Colleges, visit:
Institute www.claremont.edu
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9. Matthew S. Croughan
FULL-TIME
days of wine and Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, MIT
TEACHING FACULTY
George B. and Joy Rathmann Professor
Bioethics
and Director, Amgen Bioprocessing Center
bioprocessing
Gary A. Cohen, J.D.
Columbia University
Bioprocessing
KGI Professor Matthew Croughan is not your
Brian Aufderheide, Ph.D.
typical wine maker. As director of KGI’s Amgen
Chemical Engineering
Bioprocessing Center, he and the Center play an
Lehigh University
integral role in the overall education of nearly
Matthew S. Croughan, Ph.D.
Chemical Engineering, MIT
every KGI student. After all, wine making is,
Clinical and
arguably, the world’s oldest form of bioprocess
Regulatory Affairs
engineering.
Karen L. Moynihan, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Boston College
Matt, a former senior manager at Genentech,
Management
Steven Casper, Ph.D. is also highly sought after as a consultant to
Government, Cornell University
KGI Alumni at work:
more than 40 companies in the biotech field.
Functional areas of
Medical Devices
Throughout his experience, he witnessed the
and Diagnostics first jobs.
talent gap for technically savvy managers in
Gail D. Baura, Ph.D.
Bioengineering
the field. Intrigued by the notion that KGI could
University of Washington Project Management 10%
actually help produce the next generation of
Ali Nadim, Ph.D. Product Development 4%
industry leaders, he joined the faculty in 2005.
Chemical Engineering, MIT Operations 6%
Ever the evangelist, he says, “When it comes to
Angelika B. Niemz, Ph.D. Marketing/Market Research 10%
Chemistry, University of pharmaceuticals and battling diseases—things Technical Services 8%
Massachusetts at Amherst
like vaccines, therapeutic proteins, therapeutic Finance 2%
James D. Sterling, Ph.D.
stem cells, and human growth hormones— Clinical Research 6%
Mechanical Engineering
Competitive Intelligence 10%
all involve bioprocessing—as do some of life’s
California Institute of Technology
Consulting 13%
simpler pleasures like beer, wine and cheese
Pharmaceutical Discovery
and Development Business Development 3%
making. At KGI, there are many ongoing
Deb N. Chakravarti, Ph.D. Bioinformatics 8%
opportunities to take part in saving lives as
Immunochemistry
Other 4%
University of Oxford
well as making life worth living.” Sales 3%
James M. Cregg, Ph.D.
Research and Development 3%
Biology, Rice University
Matt notes that most graduate programs provide Regulatory Affairs 10%
Molly B. Schmid, Ph.D.
a good grounding in the fundamental sciences
Biology, University of Utah
and engineering. However, he will also point out
Systems and Dedicated to a new model of
that they lack attention to commercialization.
Computational Biology
graduate education, many faculty
“We bridge that gap,” he says. “Our curriculum
Christoph Adami, Ph.D. members have come to KGI from
Physics, SUNY Stony Brook
well-established academic positions
is built upon the commercialization of science
T. Gregory Dewey, Ph.D. and successful biotechnology
and engineering and how to profitably market
Chemistry
companies, combining impressive
products, create business models, understand
University of Rochester
academic credentials with a keen
strategy, and respond to bioethical issues—
Alpan Raval, Ph.D. awareness of the industry’s latest
Physics
all the while keeping in mind the end goal of developments from biofuels to
University of Maryland,
stem cell culture.
helping improve people’s quality of life.”
College Park
Animesh Ray, Ph.D.
Microbial Genetics
Monash University
For more information about KGI’s faculty, visit
www.kgi.edu/faculty.xml
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10. FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS
sowing the seeds
Animal Models of Infection
Antimicrobial Drug
of invention
Discovery
Artificial Life
Bioengineering
The thrill of discovery (research) is so prominent
Bioinformatics
in Professor Molly Schmid’s daily life it should
Biology of Stem Cells
Bioprocessing
not surprise anyone that this renowned scientist
Biotechnology Clusters
spends her free time in her garden. Nurturing a
Computational and
garden is a lot like fostering research discoveries
Evolutionary Biology
DNA Computing
—they both need to be tended and allowed
and Repair
to grow.
DNA-Protein Biosensors
Drug Delivery Systems
Drug Discovery After 10 years in the biotechnology industry
Experimental and
(most recently serving as the Senior VP for
Computational
Preclinical Programs at Affinium Pharmaceuticals
Proteomics
Flow Cytometry
in Toronto) Molly brings vast technical knowl-
Gene Expression
edge and business experience to KGI. She is a
Gene Targeting
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology,
Genetic and Metabolic Molly B. Schmid
Networks
a Searle/Chicago Community Trust Scholar and Ph.D., Biology, University of Utah
Genome Analysis
a Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Fellow. She
High-throughput Professor, Entrepreneur-in-Residence
holds nine patents and, if that weren’t enough,
Screening Immunology
Director of Research
Laboratory Automation
she’s also KGI’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence and
Liposomes
Director of Research.
Mathematical Modeling
of Complex Biological
Phenomena
“Research at KGI is interdisciplinary and applied,”
Medical Devices
she explains. “We have faculty from engineering,
Microbial Genomics
molecular biology, computational science and
Microfabrication
applied physics to name a few—and they’re all
Microfluidics
Molecular Biophysics
active in research.” As Entrepreneur-in Residence,
Peroxisome Biogenesis
Molly helps transfer KGI’s findings to the market-
Pharmaceutical
place. Like several of her KGI colleagues, she
Manufacturing
Pichia pastoris
has managed start-up companies so she knows
Plant Development
all about business plans, intellectual property law,
Protein Biochemistry
and risk analysis. But one of her favorite things
Recombinant Proteins
(outside of gardening) is cultivating students’
Systems Biology
Tissue Engineering
aspirations—whether in research or industry.
Vaccine Discovery
and Development
Since inception,
KGI has received
more than $20 million
in research funding KGI research is supported through grants
For more information about KGI’s research, visit:
from a broad range of agencies—an acknowledgement
www.kgi.edu/research.xml
of the impact and timeliness of KGI’s expertise.
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11. REPRESENTATIVE
it’s who you know
COMPANIES THAT
HIRE KGI INTERNS
Advanced Medical Optics
Paul Schultz, MBS ’08, was not a first round
Allergan
draft pick for the LA Lakers or the Seattle
Amgen
Supersonics. He wasn’t even a highly recruited
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
athlete at Washington State. However, he does
Applied Biosystems
Beckman Coulter
know something about teamwork, hard work,
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
practice, agility, communication skills—and
Bio-Rad
equally important—networking. With this skill
Boston Biomedical
set, Paul not only identifies opportunities, he
Consultants
Bristol-Myers Squibb
makes them happen.
Carl Zeiss Meditec
Ceres
For Paul, the ability to make industry connections
City of Hope
was just as compelling a reason to choose KGI as
Daiichi Sankyo
the academics. Right from the start, Paul jumped
Edwards Lifesciences
Eli Lilly
into a wide range of KGI-associated corporate
Gene Network Sciences
events, gaining valuable information that he
Genentech
parlayed into his class work—and beyond.
GenProbe
“While working on a medical devices licensing
Gevo
Gilead Sciences
project, I attended an industry symposium in
HealthIQ
Orange County where I met a venture capitalist
Illumina
who put me in touch with licensing experts.
IntelliDOT
Thanks to the corporate networking skills I
Invitrogen
Kalypsys gained at KGI, my project was a great success.”
Kythera
Los Alamos National
Paul also leveraged his savvy into several summer
Laboratory
internship offers—including an on-the-spot
MDS Pharma Services
Career Slam Dunk
Navigant Biotechnologies invitation to join the business development team
OrthoClinical Diagnostics
of an innovative healthcare products company. Amgen
Northrop Grumman
“Unfortunately, they needed someone right away Sponsored 3 TMPs
PDL
and hired 22 KGI alumni full-time
and I was still finishing the semester so I had to
Pfizer
turn it down,” notes Paul. “But it did inspire me
Pioneer Hi-Bred
Amylin
International
to keep networking and I landed several more Hired 17 interns, sponsored 4 TMPs,
Recombinant Capital
and CEO sits on Board of Trustees
internship offers.” Sometimes who you know is
Regeneron
just as important as what you know—it’s all part Beckman Coulter
Theravance
Sponsored 7 TMPs and hired 17 interns
Tunnell Consulting of the KGI experience.
UVP
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Xoma
Offers special scholarships and
internships just for KGI students
Internship Gilead
salaries range Sponsored 5 TMPs and Senior Vice President
$17–$45 per hour sits on KGI’s Board of Trustees
For more information about
Internships are
KGI’s intern program, visit:
10–12 weeks in
Paul Schultz, MBS ’08
www.kgi.edu/internships.xml
the summer
BS, Biotechnology, Washington State University
Internship: Operations Program Management
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PDL Biopharma, Fremont, CA

12. KGI TEAM MASTERS
staying grounded
PROJECTS
In 2007–2008, KGI hosted
Who 13 TMP projects—some companies sponsored two—that combined
As the lead on many of KGI’s business develop-
business analysis with technical innovation.
ment initiatives, Diana Bartlett, Director of
Teams of 3–5 KGI
students plus a faculty
Corporate Partnerships, is frequently jetting off Diana Bartlett
advisor and a corporate
to meet with company representatives around
liaison
MBA, University of Chicago, Director of Corporate Partnerships
the country. KGI’s weekly yoga class is one of
What few non-negotiable events on her calendar.
Multi-dimensional project
featuring both a business
This former newspaper reporter and PMI®-
and a science component
certified Project Management Professional relies
requiring specific deliver-
ables to the company
on the same project management tools, such as
sponsor
forecast schedulers, scope definition and goal
Where development methods, to organize and manage
relationships with hundreds of companies. Our
KGI provides office
and lab space for each students learn to use these tools in the TMP
TMP team
projects that she solicits. Diana states “The
When Office of Corporate Partnerships is here as a
resource for KGI students, faculty and alumni—
Second year at KGI
our mission is to build industry relationships and
(with opportunities for
involvement during
connect the various constituencies for everyone’s
your first year)
benefit.”
Why In addition to rounding up more than a dozen
Provides an opportunity
TMP sponsors each year, Diana manages KGI’s
to experience a real
world, cross-disciplinary
Advisory Council. This group of more than 30
project in a supportive
industry leaders provides advice and resources
setting so that you can
build the skills needed
for KGI. She’s always on the lookout for ways
to lead project teams
that KGI can interact with industry from
upon completion of your
degree including:
establishing research partnerships to developing
■ Project management
short courses for the senior managers of biotech
and scheduling
companies. With the launch of our Fully-Employed
■ Budgeting and
resource allocation
Master of Bioscience (FEMBS) program you can
■ Presentation and
bet Diana will be out promoting the KGI message
meeting planning
throughout the year. It’s a good thing KGI’s yoga
■ Leadership and
class will be here to keep her grounded!
team dynamics
2007–2008
Team Masters Project Sponsors
Amylin
Beckman Coulter
Brainscope
TMP sponsors
Clear Springs
pay $55,000 for
Dow Agrosciences
the consulting
work done by KGI Gilead Sciences
For more information about
project teams KGI’s new part-time program, visit: Navigant Biotechnologies
www.kgi.edu/FEMBS.xml Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Sterogene
18 Syngenta
Theravance

13. Sandeep Inamdar, MBS ’03
REPRESENTATIVE COMPANIES
the doctor is in MBBS, University of Mumbai
HIRING KGI STUDENTS
Senior Manager of Medical
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
GRADUATION:
Communications, Amgen
—at amgen
Allergan
Amgen
If Sandeep Inamdar’s golf game was as good
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Applied Biosystems as his fluency in languages, he’d be on the pro
Baxter Healthcare
golf tour with Tiger Woods. Sandeep, MBS ’03, Senior Manager of
Bear Stearns
is fluent in three languages and can order dinner Medical Communications
Beckman Coulter
Amgen
and ask, “Where’s the restroom?” in five.
Biogen Idec
Biosense Webster
Sandeep, who is also an MD, speaks the lan-
Biosite
guage of doctors, nurses and pharmacists. But
Boston Scientific
Campbell Alliance Manager,
what was missing from the practice of medicine
Cardinal Health Medical Affairs
was what Sandeep was most interested in: the
Amgen
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
business of moving new medicines and medical
Children’s Hospital
devices into the market place. He wasn’t sure
of Los Angeles
Codexis what to expect from KGI or if the program was
Dow Pharmaceutical
recognized by top biotech and pharmaceutical
Sciences
companies. That uncertainty disappeared when Zuyder
Frost & Sullivan
he saw how KGI merged science and business Pharmaceuticals
Genentech
TMP
into a team-based approach for solving real biotech
GenProbe
Gilead Sciences
problems for industry leaders. “This program
GlaxoSmithKline
played to my strengths of coordinating, speaking
Google
and communicating with clinically trained
HealthIQ
professionals.”
IMS Health
Rinat Neuroscience
Invitrogen Corporation
Intern
Today he’s at the intersection of clinical research
Johnson & Johnson
Kalypsys and commercial product development. Not
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals
surprisingly, he attributes landing this important
L.E.K. Consulting
position and his fast climb up the corporate
Medtronic
KGI alumni rise quickly
ladder directly to KGI’s unique hybrid of science,
Pfizer
within organizations as
business and engineering. “This background
Roche Molecular Systems
a result of their strong
differentiated me from other candidates because
St. Jude Medical
interdisciplinary educa-
Stratagene
I understand the business part of the equation— tion, project management
United Biosource skills and cross-functional
how industry works. That sealed the deal for
UVP approach to problem
me,” he says. “To be a manager at Amgen, solving.
Wyeth
I must ‘walk the walk and talk the talk.’ KGI
taught me that. Combined with a star-studded
list of KGI Trustees and Advisory Council
Typical salary
members—all with corporate and academic
range for new MBS
backgrounds—my career opportunities were
graduates:
$55,000–$75,000 extraordinary.”
For more information about
90% employed
KGI career opportunities, visit:
within three months
www.kgi.edu/careers.xml
of commencement
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14. CLAREMONT—
location, location,
CLOSE TO EVERYTHING
No matter what you
location
like to do—sports, music,
theater, clubbing—it’s
close to Claremont.
“Like awesome, Dude” is not part of Steven
Some
Weinstein’s vocabulary. Nevertheless he is a
suggestions: native Southern Californian through and through.
Watch a movie at
Steve, MBS ’07, agrees he may be a bit biased
Grauman’s Chinese
but he wouldn’t choose to live anyplace else—
Theater
Take a hike alongside and he hasn’t had to. Steve landed a great posi-
the Hollywood sign
tion with Baxter International in Los Angeles
Visit the Getty Museum
within its operational leadership development
during sunset
Where did they go?
program right after graduation.
Eat a Pink’s hotdog
Go view the exhibits Despite Steve’s commitment to
at the California
the SoCal area, KGI alumni land
You won’t hear much dissension from KGI’s
Science Center
all over the world.
students, faculty and staff—many who’ve come
Take a ride on the Santa
Monica Pier Ferris Wheel
from all corners of the world to study and work
Go to a taping of Steven Weinstein, MBS ’07
in scenic Claremont—just ranked as the fifth
The Price is Right
best small community in the US to live. “There BS, Computer Science
Walk along the Venice
University of California, Irvine
is so much to do here—It’s two hours to Santa
Boardwalk
Ride the Tower of Terror Operations Development Associate
Barbara or San Diego, you can hit the beaches,
at Disneyland
Baxter International, Inc.
the mountains, the desert, or go out clubbing
Eat funnel cake
in Hollywood,” he says. Home to the Getty
at the L.A. County Fair
Museum, the Walt Disney Concert Hall and
Go snowboarding
or skiing at Mammoth
more live theater than on Broadway, LA is the
Stay up all night to
center for cultural diversity, art, music, religion,
score a curbside view
of the Rose Parade
commerce and politics for the Pacific Rim.
Bring a picnic dinner to
see your favorite band
In addition, as one of the largest biotechnology
at the Hollywood Bowl
centers in the world, Southern California
Spend the day
at Zuma Beach
has it all—and we’re right in the middle of it.
Dance the night away
But KGI’s reach extends beyond California’s
at Avalon
borders—our corporate partners come from all
Go window shopping
on Rodeo Drive
over the United States—from Boston and New
Feel like a celebrity
York to Des Moines and Seattle. Our alumni
by attending an
have chosen to live all over the world. As you
awards show
Run in the Nike Run can see, with your MBS, your opportunities
Hit Remix finishing in
are borderless.
the Coliseum
Take a weekend trip
to Las Vegas
View the Pageant of the
Masters in Laguna Beach
See if Beckham can bend it
For more information on alumni services, visit:
www.kgi.edu/alumni.xml
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15. Suzanne Kocian, MBS ’04
BEYOND THE SCIENCE
human chemistry BS, Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
At KGI, the professional
Clinical Education Marketing Manager
skills you will develop
Bioform Medical, San Mateo, CA
outside the traditional
The last thing Suzanne Kocian or Tom Lester,
classroom setting enhance
Tom Lester, MBS ’04
both MBS ’04, had on their minds upon arriving
your marketability and
help prepare you for
at KGI was getting “involved” with anything BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California
rapid advancement
other than their academic and career goals. But Associate Program Manager
toward leadership roles.
the house Tom shared with classmates became BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Novato, CA
Some examples of KGI
experiences that build
a magnet for brainstorming sessions and social
those skills include:
activity. “I started hanging out there and Tom
■ Team Masters Project
and I just hit it off,” says Suzanne. The couple
■ Industry-based
internships have been together ever since.
■ Presentation skills
workshops
Not many students connect like Suzanne and
■ Project management
Tom, but our community is close knit, respectful
training
and cares deeply about our student-derived
■ Poster session
presentations
core values. Trust is essential in a project-based
■ Business writing
program. As Tom states about his TMP experi-
workshops
ence “My teammates and I relied on each other
■ Interviewing workshops
to do our share of the work independently
■ Corporate mentor
and then we worked together to cement the
program
pieces together for a final team report—exactly
■ Business etiquette
workshops
like industry. Working with teammates in other
■ Team building exercises
disciplines also prepared me to work with
KGI’s short but
researchers, engineers, and other functions in
extraordinary history
drug development.” Tom leveraged this valuable began with a $50 million
KGI team experience into a position as Associate grant from the W.M. Keck
Program Manager at BioMarin Pharmaceutical. Foundation
1997
Suzanne combined her marketing and technical
KGI established
background into a new position at Bioform
Medical as the Clinical Education Marketing
1998
Manager. Suzanne says “I work with both sales
First faculty arrive on campus
and product management, as well as interact
with the research and regulatory departments.
2000
KGI prepared me to thrive in an environment
First students arrive on campus
where things change quickly and where the types
of projects that cross my desk are so varied.”
2002
First Commencement
2004
KGI receives accreditation from WASC for MBS degree
2005
For more information about KGI’s history, visit:
Establishment of career focus tracks
www.kgi.edu/about.xml
2006
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KGI receives accreditation from WASC
for Ph.D. degree in Applied Life Sciences

16. Sheldon M. Schuster
into the gap Ph.D., University of Arizona
Professor
I often tell students that this is one of the most exciting times to be President, Keck Graduate Institute
entering the bioscience industry. There is great science going on and
almost daily discoveries with the potential to make a real difference in
public health, food production and the preservation of the environment.
But despite this potential, there are not enough new products entering
the development pipeline, and, when they do, there aren’t enough people
who can take them to the point where companies can manufacture and
commercialize them. The industry refers to this as ‘the gap’—the difficulty
in moving scientific discoveries to a bedside product. Life Science Industry at a glance:
2005 sales revenue by sector
A major reason the “gap” exists is because there aren’t enough people
who combine the necessary technical expertise with a solid understanding
of the business, regulatory and intellectual property environment within
the life sciences industry. This understanding is necessary to determine Medical Diagnostics 4%
which technologies are appropriate to move forward. As a consequence, $33,528,000,000
the venture capital community has stopped funding early stage projects—
the risks of failure are too high and time commitment too long. In a
Medical Devices 22%
sense, we are educating KGI students to fill “the gap” by preparing them
$200,000,000,000
with the scientific skills and the business judgment that is needed. When
they leave KGI, our graduates will be poised to seize those opportunities.
KGI graduates will be the pioneers that fashion a new business model.
They will create and commercialize therapeutics and medical devices All other Biotech 29%
to address the needs of an aging population. They will develop new $273,529,000,000
diagnostics for identifying complex and rare diseases, leading us to more
preventive and personalized medicine. They will harness new technologies
to produce new foods and fuels needed to feed a growing population
and economy. And as they forge this new way of combining business and
science, KGI’s graduates will make decisions that are not only economically
sound, but ethical, responsible and provide maximum benefit for all
Biopharmaceuticals 45%
of society.
$416,535,000,000
KGI’s innovative program mixes science, engineering and the basics of
business, finance and project management in a way that’s truly integrated.
KGI is uniquely positioned to develop leaders who are up to the challenges
and opportunities presented by this exciting industry at this history-
making time.
If you think you’re ready to take on “the gap,” I invite you to join us.
Sheldon M. Schuster, Ph.D.
KGI’s president and professor
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17. What we look for
As you can tell from the profiles of current students and alumni, we don’t have
a cookie cutter approach for determining successful KGI students. The admissions
committee carefully reviews each candidate’s application in its entirety.
We’re looking for more than good students—we’re looking for future leaders.
Our enrollment for the 2007–2008 academic year is about 80 full-time students—
but we’re primed to grow to approximately 200 students per year over the
next five years.
If you’re interested in discovering more, we invite you to visit our website at:
www.kgi.edu
and sign up to receive more info at:
www.kgi.edu/info.xml
For more information about our students, alumni, and faculty, visit:
www.aboldnewhybrid.kgi.edu
We do have a few
requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
or college, or its international equivalent, prior to enrollment.
Strong record of academic achievement as demonstrated through undergraduate
transcripts, GPA, and standardized test scores (GMAT, GRE, or MCAT).
Demonstrated interest in the life sciences as indicated by coursework, volunteer
activities, work and research experience, and/or your personal statement.
A background in the life sciences, pre-med, physical sciences, or engineering
will provide the most thorough preparation for the MBS degree. However, it is
not a prerequisite for admission.
For complete application information, updated deadlines and tuition,
plus a list of upcoming Campus Visit Days, please visit our website at:
www.kgi.edu/apply.xml