For two years, Corazon Lara has worked in Innovation Village as a laboratory intern at Titan Oil Recovery, analyzing bacteria samples from different oil wells to develop nutrients that could one day aid in oil production.The internship complements the learn-by-doing education the first-generation high school graduate and college student is receiving at Cal Poly Pomona, where she is double-majoring in microbiology and anthropology. Read more |
Frustration is what changed Nick Sullivan from biotechnology student to chief executive officer of his own company. While working at a Cal Poly Pomona lab last summer, he was assigned to transfer worms to different sets of petri dishes. Sullivan was disappointed that the dishes were easily contaminated with bacteria and resolved to fix the problem. He tinkered with a few ideas until he found a solution: a portable device that blows sterile air onto work stations. Read more |
Faculty in the Deparment of Biological Sciences are active in original research and involve their graduate and undergraduate students in their research projects.
This section contains the latests publications by the department's faculty and research students along with descriptions of their relevance. Read more |
