Professional Science Master's

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A New Science Frontier

The SFSU's science master's program has been awarded funding by the National Science Foundation as one of 21 projects funded nationally. In the next three years, 20 SFSU PSM students will receive prestigious NSF scholarships for interdisciplinary graduate training in Biotechnology and Stem Cell Science.

The Professional Science Master's (PSM) is an innovative, new graduate degree designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in science or mathematics, while simultaneously developing workplace skills highly valued by employers. PSM programs consist of two years of academic training in an emerging or interdisciplinary area, along with a professional component that may include internships and "cross-training" in workplace skills, such as business, communications, and regulatory affairs. All have been developed in concert with employers and are designed to dovetail into present and future professional career opportunities.

PSM Spring 2013 Announcement: PSM 2nd cohort class students Benny Freistadt, Kacey VanderVorst and Amanda Chargin presented master's internship research posters at the 25th CSUPERB Biotechnology Symposium (January 3-5, 2013, Anaheim).

2013 news update photo


Here is a recent announcement from the CSU Public Affairs website about our program: http://www.calstate.edu/pa/News/2010/release/nsf-grants.shtml

And see PSM on SF State top news on Sept. 14, 2010. http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2010/fall/13.html and Jan. 4, 2012. http://www.sfsu.edu/news/2012/spring/1.html.

 

Program Updates

Congratulations to the 1st cohort class graduates in MS-Biomedical Science (Professional Science Master's)!

 

PSM Spring 2012 Graduates

Congratulations to PSM 2012 graduates: Navdeep Grewal and Constance Chow.

 

  • Navdeep Grewal, a PSM-Biotechnology student completed her master's project "Evaluation of QIAGEN's New Products with the Recent Acquisition of SABiosciences" at Qiagen (USA) on May 4th 2012.

 

  • Constance Lan Chow, a PSM-Biotechnology student completed her master's project "Evaluation of Early Banking in the ClonePix FL Cell Line Development Protocol" at MedImmune (Santa Clara, CA) on May 9th 2012.

 

PSM Spring 2011 Graduates

Congratulations to PSM 2011 graduates: Chanawan (Joy) Chananukul, Samantha Kubeck, Casey Haynes and Adam Harvey.

  • Chanawan (Joy) Chananukul, a PSM-Stem Cell Science student and a trainee of California Institute of Regenerative Medicine-funded Bridge to Stem Cell Research program, completed her master’s project “Development of Ex Vivo Expanded Megakaryocyte Progenitors for Platelet Recovery” Cellerant Therapeutics (San Carlos, CA) on September 9th 2011.

  • Samantha Kubeck, a PSM-Biotechnology student and a NSF Science Masters Program scholarship fellow, completed her master’s project “Lotions as New Models for PCR Inhibition” conducted at Life Technologies (Foster City, CA) on November18th 2011.
  • Casey Renée Haynes, a PSM-Stem Cell Science student and a NSF Science Masters Program scholarship fellow, completed her master’s project “Practical Aspects: Stem Cell Based Biotech” at BetaStem Therapeutics Inc.  (San Francisco, CA) on December 7th 2011.

  • Adam Christopher Harvey, a PSM-Biotechnology student and a NSF Science Masters Program scholarship fellow, completed his master’s project “Proteomic Analysis of Neuroregenerative Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix” at SanBio Inc. (Mountain View, CA) on December 8th 2011.  


Click here to learn more about their internship projects. Link


Personalized Medicine 5.0:

PSM program proudly supports annual personalized medicine/biotechnology meeting hosted by SFSU Biology Department.  Please join us for Personalized Medicine 5.0 – The Role of Epigenetics. Date: Thursday 24 May 2012, 8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Location: South San Francisco Conference Center. Register at http://personalizedmedicine.sfsu.edu. E-mail for academic rates: dnamed@sfsu.edu

 

Congratulations!

The Professional Science Master's program and Director Dr. Lily Chen are the focus of a San Francisco Business Times article on 1-20-2012 "S.F. State Program Links Science, Business." To read the article, visit: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2012/01/20/sf-state-program-links-science.html

This article can also be downloaded from here.

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