MBP offers a sequence of seminar series that focus on the non-technical aspects of biotechnology education. Seminars cover a variety of topics such as intellectual property, compliance and regulatory affairs, cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices), GLP (Good Laboratory Practices), process development, communication skills, inter-personal skills, and career development. These seminars are presented by experts from the biotechnology and related industries. Students get an opportunity to interact individually and in groups with the speakers during and after the seminars.

A representative list of seminars from previous years is given below:

2008-2009 Seminars

• Research presentations by MBP preceptors
• Personality Types and the Workplace, Jeanne Herrick, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, WCAS Writing Program
  Northwestern University
• Biotech Careers Roundtable
• Process Development in Biotech Industry, Sigma Mostafa, Ph.D., Manager, Cell Culture Process Development, Diosynth Biotechnology, affliated with Schering-Plough
• Out of the lab..and into Regulatory Affairs: Regulatory Affairs for Medical Devices in Canada, Danny Goldman, Class of 2006, Regulatory and Complaince Specialist, Johnson and Johnson Medical Products
• Midwest Biotechnology Industry, Michael Rosen, Sr. Vice President, New Business Development, Science and Technology Group, Forest City Enterprises
  
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center seminar & tour
• Intellectual Property and Its Management, Igor Kourkine, PhD, Associate Director, Master of Biotechnology Program
• Process Development Technology Transfer, Rita Holzman, PhD,formerly Nanosphere & Abbott Laboratories
• Writing Workshop, Barbara Shwom, PhD & Kathleen Carmichael, PhD, WCAS Writing Program, Northwestern University
• Development of Novel Biotechnology Products: Living at the Interface of Cutting-edge Biology and Engineering, Fred Koller, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cyntellect
• Master of Biotechnology Program: Selected Topics, Christi McDowell, PhD, Director of Process Development,
  GenVec
• Library Use & Literature Search, Cunera Buys, Science & Engineering Library,Northwestern University
• Patent Claims and Gene Patents, Igor Kourkine, PhD, Associate Director, Master of Biotechnology Program
  
• Commercializing Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Peter Fuhrken, PhD, Senior Scientist, Cellular Dynamics International
• Good Laboratory Practice, Lisa Fink, BS, MBA, Manager II, Quality, Baxter Healthcare Corporation
• Pilot Plant Cell Culture, Latonia Harris, PhD, Manager, Development Pilot Plant Cell Culture Operations, Centocor
  
• cGMP Manufacturing and Engineering in Biotechnology, Jeff Boesiger, Principal Engineer & Vice President of Business Development, Cascade Solutions
  
• Fundamentals of Biotech Product Regulation, Jesse K. Seidman, M.S., Associate Director, Global Regulatory Affairs, Baxter Healthcare Corporation
  
• MBP Student Research Presentations
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Clinical Research Program
  • Clinical Research Overview, Drashti Desai, MS, CCRC, Associate Director, Clinical & Affiliate Operations, Clinical Research Office, Lurie Cancer Center
  • Pharmaceutical Industry Trials, Timothy Kuzel, MD, Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Director, Clinical Research Office, Lurie Cancer Center
  • Cooperative Group Trials, Al Benson III, MD, Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Associate Director, Clinical Investigations, Lurie Cancer Center
  • Investigator-Initiated Trials, Jeffrey Raizer, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
    Co-Director, Brain Tumor Institute, Lurie Cancer Center
• Bioproduct R&D field trip, Tour of process development laboratory facilities and pilot manufacturing plant, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN