Established in 2015, the Biotechnology Leadership Program (BLP) in Pre-doctoral Training brings together 21 outstanding Caltech faculty members from multiple graduate options to conduct interdisciplinary biomedical research at the micro- and nano-scales. The BLP provides trainees unique opportunities to participate in industry-relevant research and exposes trainees to the wide variety of careers available to biomedical leaders.
New BLP trainees join the program after their first graduate year at Caltech. Sponsored by the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center at Caltech, BLP trainees will participate in a 2-3 month industry internship. The BLP Annual Retreat offers trainees a chance to connect with faculty and students from across the Caltech campus, other Caltech resources like the Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnership, and with invited industry scientists.
Program Activities:
- Completion of a 2-3 month industry internship (may be waived for students who have recently completed a comparable internship)
- 4 interdisciplinary courses (see Course Requirements page)
- Seminar series in Biotechnology Leadership, once per term
- BLP Annual Retreat, one full day during Fall term
- Quarterly progress presentations with the other trainees & the BLP Director
- Submission of at least one first-author paper before completion of the PhD
- Responsible Conduct of Research course with a refresher course 4 years later
We encourage you to learn more about our program by visiting our website: trainingbiotechleaders.caltech.edu
To join, apply to one of the graduate options affiliated with the 21 BLP faculty listed below.
Alexei Aravin, BBE | Bruce Hay, BBE | Mikhail Shapiro, CCE |
Frances Arnold, CCE | Andre Hoelz, CCE | Thanos Siapas, BBE |
Pamela Bjorkman, BBE | Rustem Ismagilov, CCE | Paul Sternberg, BBE |
Marianne Bronner, BBE | Julia Kornfield, CCE | Yu Chong Tai, EAS |
Joel Burdick, EAS | Henry A. Lester, BBE | Matt Thomson, BBE |
Long Cai, BBE | Carlos Lois, BBE | David Tirrell, CCE |
Bil Clemons, CCE | Stephen L. (Steve) Mayo, BBE | David Van Valen, BBE |
Scott Cushing, CCE | Sarkis Mazmanian, BBE | Rebecca Voorhees, BBE |
Chiara Daraio, EAS | Markus Meister, BBE | Lihong Wang, EAS |
Michael Dickinson, BBE | Elliot M. Meyerowitz, BBE | Zhen-Gang Wang, CCE |
John Doyle, EAS | Lulu Qian, BBE | Lu Wei, CCE |
Michael Elowitz, BBE | Richard Murray, BBE | Erik Winfree, EAS |
Azita Emami, EAS | Yuki Oka, BBE | Changhuei Yang, EAS |
Andrei Faraon, EAS | Lior Pachter, BBE | |
Katalin (Kata) Fejes-Tóth, BBE | Rob B. Phillips, EAS | |
Wei Gao, EAS | Niles Pierce, EAS | |
Morteza Gharib, EAS | David Prober, BBE | |
Lea Goentoro, BBE | Lulu Qian, BBE | |
Vivian Gradinaru, BBE | Sarah Reisman, CCE | |
Julia R. Greer, EAS | Paul W.K. Rothemund, BBE | |
Mitchell Guttman, BBE | Michael L. Roukes, PMA | |
Ali Hajimiri, EAS | Axel Scherer, EAS | |