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Biology

BioSciences Advisory Board

The 91重口 Biology program has an industry advisory board that meets once or twice a year to gather information from industry partners related to our Career & Technical Education (CTE) program. Our advisory board member鈥檚 knowledge and expertise in their field qualify them as highly valuable members of the advisory board and their participation is greatly appreciated.

If you are interested in joining the advisory board please contact the Program Coordinator, Dana Nakase, at dnakase@laspositascollege.edu and/or the Program Outreach Specialist, Jean O鈥橬eil-Opipari, at joneilopipari@laspositascollege.edu

BioSciences Advisory Board Members
Name Organization
Tania Chakrabarty Core Diagnostics
Sulatha Dwarakanath Hemex Health Inc.
Sahar El-Etr Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
George Farquar Buzzkill Labs
Yolanda Fintschenko i-GATE Innovation Hub
Linnea Fletcher Austin Community College
Nicholas Heredia SafeTraces Inc.
Stevan Jovanovich S2 Genomics Inc.
Chandra Khantwal MuriGenics Inc.
Dianna Maar Anchorline Biolabs Inc.
Peter Mattei SafeTraces Inc.
Poornima Rao Bio-Rad Laboratories 
Robert Saul Aster BioScience
Josefina Sette California Community Colleges Chancellors Office
Nicole Shapiro Blackhawk Genomics
Vivek Sharma Asha Medical
Stephanie Sibert Ironclad Inc.
Kristen Wolslegal Bay Area Bioscience Education Community
91重口 Representatives
Kai Blaisdell Faculty, 91重口
Segal Boaz Faculty, 91重口
Jill Carbone Faculty, 91重口
Paula Checchi Academic Dean, 91重口
Jason Maxwell Lab Technician, 91重口
Dana Nakase Lead Faculty, 91重口
Jean O'Neil-Opipari CTE Outreach Specialist, 91重口
Vicki Shipman CTE Projects Manager, 91重口
Barbara Zingg Faculty, 91重口

Advisory Board Meeting Minutes:

For more information please contact:

Ann Hight
Biology Coordinator
925.424.1307
ahight@laspositascollege.edu

Dana Nakase
925.424.1394
dnakase@laspositascollege.edu

Angel Contreras Cardenas
925.424.1388
acontrerascardenas@laspositascollege.edu

Jill Carbone
925.424.1308
jcarbone@laspositascollege.edu

Kai Blaisdell
925.424.1305
kblaisdell@laspositascollege.edu

Segal Boaz
925.424.1393
sboaz@laspositascollege.edu

Federico Lopez Borghesi
925.424.1311
flopezborghesi@laspositascollege.edu

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Biology Club

The primary goal of the Biology Club is to bring lovers of biology together. The Club is open to all students excited about making a difference, building friendships, serving the community, and exploring many opportunities for leadership and fun activities.

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