Presentations

2024

  1. Somen Nandi Keynote talk in Larry Vanderhoef Memorial Lecture Series in the Interdisciplinary Advanced Biotechnology Symposium on “Perspective of Plant Synthetic Biology”. National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, July 2024
  2. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Techno-economic Modelling/Analyses of Large Scale Cultivated Meat Production”, iCAMP Innovation Day, Davis, CA, January 17, 2024.
  3. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plants as Molecular Foundries:  From Earth to Deep Space”, Australian Research Council Plants 4 Space Seminar Series, Virtual, March 13, 2024.
  4. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Bioengineering for Food and Therapeutics”, University of Adelaide and UC Davis Space Research Online Roundtable, Virtual, June 12/13, 2024.
  5. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plant Molecular Foundries for Human Exploration of Mars”, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars: Panel on Biological and Physical Sciences and Human Factors Open Meeting #1, Panel on Growing and Using Plants on Mars, Virtual, August 7, 2024.

2023

  1. “Rapid bioproduction of protein biologics in plants for low-resource settings in space.” Katie Haddad, Seongwon Jung, Imran Khan, Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald. NASA Human Research Program Investigator Workshop, Galveston, TX. February 7, 2023.
  2. “Rapid bioproduction of protein biologics in plants for low-resource settings in space.” Katie Haddad, Seongwon Jung, Imran Khan, Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald. UC Davis Annual Biotechnology Retreat, Davis, CA. March 18, 2023. 
  3. “Production of protein therapeutics in plants for low-resource environments of space.” Katie Haddad, Somen Nandi, Karen A. McDonald. UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group Symposium, Davis, CA. May 12, 2023.
  4. “Production of protein therapeutics in plants for low-resource environments of space.” Katie Haddad, Somen Nandi, Karen A. McDonald. University of California Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, Berkeley, CA. June 22, 2023.
  5. “Enhanced purification of plant-produced protein therapies using low-resource procedures.” Katie Haddad, Somen Nandi, Karen A. McDonald. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. August 13, 2023.
  6. Invited talk by Somen Nandi: “Perspective and Power of Plant Synthetic Biology” Ramakrishna Mission University, India, Nov 2023
  7. Guest Faculty Lectures by Somen Nandi (Molecular and Medical Biotechnology Graduate Course): “Recombinant Protein Production and Economic Perspective of Different Platforms: Plant Cell Culture and Plant Seeds”. University of Verona, Italy Dec 2021, 2022, 2023
  8. Invited Talk by Somen Nandi: “Perspective and Power of Plant Synthetic Biology” APEC 2023 – Biotech Innovation and Agricultural Productivity, UC Davis, July 2023 Keynote talk by Somen Nandi: “Cell Lines for Cultivated Meat: What we are learning?” at BioProcess International West Cell Line Development & Engineering Track, San Diego, March 2023
  9. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plants as Molecular Foundries:  From Earth to Deep Space”, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar Series, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, March 10, 2023.
  10. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Empowering Women in STEM: Perspectives on Self-Advocacy from Leaders at UC Davis”, Panelist, Professor’s for the Future Panel Event, Virtual, April 18, 2023.
  11. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Distributed Manufacturing of Antigens for Serological Testing and Countermeasures”, BioMADE Member Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, April 25, 2023.
  12. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Biomedical Engineering in Space Panel”, 2023 BMEGG Symposium, UC Davis, Davis, CA, May 12, 2023.
  13. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plant Biofoundries for Long-Duration Space Missions”, Synthetic Biology and Plants Beyond Low Earth Orbit Seminar, Beyond LEO Instrumentation & Science Series (BLISS), NASA Ames, Virtual, June 21, 2023
  14. Plenary lecture by Karen McDonald: “Plants as Molecular Foundries:  From Earth to Deep Space”, TRISH Space Nutrition and Health 1:  Plant Molecular Foundries, Virtual Workshop, August 9, 2023.
  15. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plant Molecular Farming to Support Human Life on the Moon, Mars, and Beyond”, #3906431-POLY, CME NASA Symposium, American Chemical Society, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 15, 2023.
  16. Invited panelist for “Workforce and Educational Training”, Second Annual Cultivated Meat and Alt Proteins Summit, UC Davis, Davis, CA, September 11, 2023.
  17. Workshop presentation by Karen McDonald: “Bioreactor Design and Operational Considerations for Cultivated Meat”, UC Davis Cultivated Meat Short Course and Alt Proteins Short Course, Virtual  Course, September 12, 2023.
  18. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plant SynBio”, TRISH Orbit Rendevous, Virtual Webinar, September 20, 2023.
  19. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Techno-economic Analyses of Large-Scale Alternative Protein Production Facilities”, Process Scale Up Workshop, Plant Protein Innovation Center, Minneapolis, MN, November 7, 2023.

2022

  1. “Rapid bioproduction of protein biologics in plants for low-resource settings in space.” Katie Haddad, Seongwon Jung, Imran Khan, Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald. NASA Human Research Program Investigator Workshop (virtual). February 8, 2022.
  2. “Rapid bioproduction of protein biologics in plants for low-resource settings in space.” Katie Haddad, Seongwon Jung, Imran Khan, Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald. American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, San Diego, CA. March 20, 2022.
  3. “Rapid bioproduction of protein biologics in plants for low-resource settings in space.” Katie Haddad, Seongwon Jung, Imran Khan, Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald. UC Davis Annual Biotechnology Retreat, Davis, CA. April 29, 2022.
  4. “Rapid bioproduction of protein biologics in plants for low-resource settings in space.” Katie Haddad, Seongwon Jung, Imran Khan, Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald. UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group Symposium, Davis, CA. May 13, 2022.
  5. “Rapid bioproduction of protein biologics using plants in response to SARS-CoV-2.” Katie Haddad, Seongwon Jung, Imran Khan, Nancy E. Lane, Somen Nandi, and Karen A. McDonald. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. November 13, 2022
  6. Invited talk by Somen Nandi: “Using Transgenic Rice as a Plant Molecular Foundry for the Production of Media Components for Cultivated Meat”. FODDIE (AIChE), Davis, Dec 2022
  7. Keynote talk and session Chair – Somen Nandi: “Considerations for Recombinant Production in Plant Cell Culture” at BioProcess International West Cell Line Development & Engineering Track, San Diego, March 2022 (online).
  8. Award Lecture by Karen McDonald: “2022 D.I.C. Wang Award Lecture,  Plants as Molecular Foundries: From Earth to Deep Space”. Paper ID: 3660519,  American Chemical Society Spring 2022 Conference, San Diego, CA, March 20, 2022.
  9. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Engineered Living Plant Cells for Intensified Bioproduction”, Karen A. McDonald, Anika Varma, Hawi Gemeda, Matthew McNulty, Somen Nandi, Jennifer Knipe, Paper ID: 365757, American Chemical Society Spring 2022 Conference, San Diego, CA, March 22, 2022.
  10. Invited panelist by Karen McDonald: “Academia versus Industry Panel”, Stanford Tau Beta Pi Alumni Series, Virtual, April 14, 2022.
  11. Guest Faculty Lecture by Karen McDonald: “Genetically Modified Organisms for Medication Production”, Remote Visiting Lecturers, 2021/2022 Master of Space Studies (MSS) program of the International Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg, France, April 19, 2022.
  12. Invited panelist by Karen McDonald: “Challenges and Opportunities for the Bioindustrial Workforce Stakeholders in Higher Education”, Panel Discussion, STEMconnector/BioMADE Innovation Lab, College of San Mateo, CA, July 21, 2022.
  13. Workshop presenter by Karen McDonald: “Bioreactor Design and Operational Considerations for Cultivated Meat Production”, Workshop Presenter, UC Davis Cultivated Meat Short Course, Virtual, September 14, 2022.
  14. Keynote speaker by Karen McDonald: “Making Stuff with Plants”, AIChE Night with Industry, Davis, CA, October 28, 2022.
  15. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Advances in Plant Molecular Foundries”, Chemical Engineering Department Seminar Series, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, December 1, 2022.

2021

  1. “Rapid Plant-Based Production of  Therapeutic Countermeasures for Deep Space Missions.” Karen A. McDonald, Mysore R. Sudarshana, Somen Nandi, Nancy E. Lane, and Debashis Paul. Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) Orbit Rendezvous (Virtual). March 17, 2021.
  2. “Rapid Plant-Based Production of  Therapeutic Countermeasures for Deep Space Missions.” Karen A. McDonald, Mysore R. Sudarshana, Somen Nandi, Nancy E. Lane, and Debashis Paul. NASA Human Research Program Investigator Workshop 2021, Breaking Boundaries: Advancing Human Spaceflight Research Through Innovation and Collaboration (Virtual). February 2, 2021.
  3. “Countermeasure Manufacturing Innovations.” Karen A. McDonald, Patrick Negulescu, and Somen Nandi. Biosecurity, Infectious Disease, and the Animal-Human Interface, Panel 2: Pandemic Response, CERES Symposium (Virtual). January 28, 2021.
  4. “Utilizing an Assortment of Cell Line Types for Complex Biopharmaceutical Production” – Somen Nandi, BioProcess International West. March 30, 2021.
  5. “Critical Considerations for Recombinant Production Platforms” – Somen Nandi, BioProcess International West Cell Line Development & Engineering Track, San Diego, March 29 – 31, 2021.
  6. “Critical Considerations for Recombinant Protein Process Development and Techno-Economic Analysis”, Somen Nandi, University of Verona, Italy, January 12, 2021.
  7. “Rapid transfection of lettuce using particle bombardment to produce therapeutic proteins.” Katie Haddad, Somen Nandi, Karen A. McDonald. UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group Symposium (virtual). May 21, 2021.
  8. Invited talk by Somen Nandi: “Critical Considerations for Recombinant Protein Production & Process Development in Rice Cell Culture” at Plant Made Pharmaceutical Asia, Osaka University, Japan. November 2021 (online).
  9. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Rapid Production of COVID-19 Biologics in Mammalian and Plant Systems”, Roland Faller, Karen McDonald and Priya Shah, Engineering on Tap: COVID-19 Research (Virtual), November 18, 2021.
  10. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Countermeasure Manufacturing Innovations”, Karen A. McDonald, Patrick Negulescu, and Somen Nandi, Biosecurity, Infectious Disease, and the Animal-Human Interface. Panel 2:  Pandemic Response, CERES Symposium (Virtual), January 28, 2021.
  11. Invited panelist by Karen McDonald: BMEGG Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Panel, BMEGG Graduate Student Symposium (Virtual), May 21, 2021.
  12. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plants in Space”, Karen A. McDonald, Matthew McNulty, Aaron Berliner, JPL Blue Sky Plant Workshop (Virtual), August 23, 2021.
  13. Workshop presentation by Karen McDonald: “Bioreactor Design and Operational Considerations for Cultivated Meat”, UC Davis Cultivated Meat Short Course (Virtual), September 15, 2021.
  14. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Technoeconomic Modeling of Recombinant Protein Production From Rice Cell Culture”, Plant Cell Bioprocessing of Human Growth Factors and Other Bioactive Proteins, A Joint Project Symposium hosted by Osaka University, UC Davis and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., PMPAsia 2021 (Virtual), November 9/10, 2021.
  15. Invited talk by Karen McDonald: “Plant Molecular Foundries” Netherlands Innovation Network, Consulate General of the Netherlands, San Francisco, CA, UC Davis, November 19, 2021.

2020

  1. “Rapid production of COVID-19 biologics in mammalian and plant systems”, Priya Shah, Karen McDonald, and Roland Faller, Engineering on Tap, November 18, 2020.
  2. “Rapid Production of COVID-19 Biologics in Plant and Mammalian Systems”, Priya Shah, Karen McDonald, and Roland Faller, COVID-19 Research Virtual Town Hall, November 6, 2020.
  3. “Plant Molecular Foundries for Biotherapeutics in Space”, Karen A. McDonald, Live Hot Topic Session “The Future of Space Medicine”, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) PharmSci360 Virtual Conference, November 5, 2020.
  4.  “Molecular Pharming in Space”, Karen A. McDonald, Microorganisms for sustainable food: from Earth to Space, Virtual Conference, 4th Space Concordia University, September 3, 2020.
  5. “A Plant-Based Platform for “Just in Time” Medications”, Karen McDonald, Nancy Lane, Somen Nandi, Debashis Paul, and Mysore Sudarshana, TRISH Environmental/Food/Drugs April Zoom Meeting, April 22, 2020.

2019

  1.  “A Plant Made Pharmaceutical (PMP) for Space Missions” – Karen McDonald and Somen Nandi, Osaka University and UC Davis Joint Research Conference: Harnessing Biotechnology for human and planetary health, Osaka University, Nov 15, 2019.
  2. “Development of a Plant -Made Therapeutic to Reverse Microgravity -Induced Bone Loss”, Yongao (Mary) Xiong, Kevin Yates, Matt McNulty, Nancy Lane, Karen McDonald, and Somen Nandi – Space Health Innovation Conference (SHIC), Synthetic Biology Session, UC San Francisco, Nov 2, 2019.
  3. “Plant-Made Medication – Just in Time” Karen McDonald, Nancy Lane, Debashis Paul, Mysore Sudarshana and Somen Nandi, Space Health Innovation Conference (SHIC), Innovation Showcase Session, UC San Francisco, Nov 2, 2019.
  4. “Platform Technologies for Making Biopharmaceuticals on Mars”, Karen A. McDonald, SynBioBeta 2019, San Francisco, CA, October 3, 2019.
  5. “Advances in Plant Molecular Foundries”, Karen A. McDonald, Food Security & Innovation Workshop, Davis, CA, October 9, 2019.
  6.  “Plant Cell Culture Platforms for Production of Bioscavengers for Biodefense”, Karen A. McDonald, Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XXI, Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, July 15, 2019.
  7. “Which Expression System Is Best For Which Molecule?” Somen Nandi, KNect365 Cell Line Development & Engineering, San Francisco, June 19,  2019.
  8. “Development of a Plant-Made Therapeutic to Reverse Microgravity-Induced Bone Loss”, Dexter Antonio, Matt McNulty, Karen A. McDonald and Somen Nandi, 9th International Space Station R & D conference (ISSRDC) at Atlanta, GA, August 31st 2019.
  9. “Rapid Countermeasure Design and Production Innovations” Somen Nandi and Karen McDonald, Coalition for Epi Response Engagement and Science (CERES) meeting at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO July 2019.
  10.  “Advances in the Development of Plant Molecular Foundries”, Karen A. McDonald, Texas A&M University, Horticultural Sciences Symposium, College Station, Texas, February 7, 2019.

2018

  1. “Plant Made Pharmaceutical – Bench to Bedside”, Somen Nandi Leslie Wanner Keynote speaker at 35th annual Mid-Atlantic Plant Molecular Biology Society (MAPMBS 2018) meeting, Washington DC, August 15, 2018.
  2. “Supporting Explorers on Mars: A biomanufacturing solution for producing biologics during deep space exploration”  Somen Nandi, Kalimuthu Karuppanan, Matthew McNulty, and Karen A. McDonald, 3rd Conference of the International Society for Plant Molecular Farming (ISPMF) at Helsinki, Finland, June 12, 2018.