BUILDING CURESand CAREERS

MS | Biomedical Engineering • Biological Sciences • Animal Science

R E G E N E R AT I VE M E D I C I N E INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

“The program helped me to develop skills in cell therapy development,

and I left with excellent critical thinking and troubleshooting skills that have allowed me to

make an impact at small and large biotechnology companies alike.”

- Shereen Aldaimalani, BMED,

CLASS OF 2018

“Due to the education I received from the regenerative medicine program at Cal Poly, I was hired as a lead engineer at my internship site to oversee critical

projects that bridged scientific and engineering concepts that I acquired

during my time at Cal Poly.”

- Vahid Hamzeinejad, BMED CLASS OF 2018

Alumni Quotes

Beyond

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G E N E N T E C H

G I L E A DO M N I O X

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FremontSan Francisco

Los Angeles

San Diego

Extensive alumni

network, 8 of 50+

biotech and medical

device companies in

California shown below.

Second Year

Build cell-device combination products to

functionally cure diabetes at ViaCyte

9-MONTH, FULL-TIME PAID INTERNSHIP AT

1 OF 8 PARTNER SITES

Build tools and technologies to enable cell therapy from discovery

through commercialization at Thermo Fisher

LAB-INTENSIVE COURSEWORKLearn laboratory skills necessary to develop cell-

based therapies and tissue engineered constructs.

• Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering

• Surgery and Cell Transplantation

• Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy

• Molecular Cloning and Gene Expression

CAPSTONE PROJECTApply the knowledge and skills from coursework

to an open-ended project (example topics below).

• Characterizing induced pluripotent cells

• Tissue-Engineering blood vessels

• Transplanting therapeutic progenitor cells

• Studying leukocyte fate regulation

First Year