Oak Crest Institute of Science

08/26/2022

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08/26/2022

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MOST-IP welcomes CRISPR Classroom By Chris Buser|2022-08-05T11:42:34-07:00August 5th, 2022| We are excited to announce that CRISPR Classroom has joined MOST-IP: The Monrovia – Oak Crest Science & Technology Incubator Program! CRISPR Classroom is a startup focused on teaching advanced biotechnology...

02/08/2022

The registration portal for the Oak Crest Entrepreneur Fellowships (OCEF) is now open and the deadline has been extended to February 25, 2022.

About OCEF: The Oak Crest Institute of Science and the Pasadena Small Business Development Center are collaborating to develop a curriculum for students and post-docs. OCEF aims to support students and budding with the knowledge and network needed to launch a in STEM and in tech , be that as a founder – or early employee and future founder. This 1 year program will cover startup skillset courses ( & ), a competition, an opportunity to develop and ideas in the lab, grant writing, and culminates in a demo day.

Read more about OCEF and register through the link below.

Info events: Friday January 28 and February 4, 2 – 4 pm; Friday February 11, 4 – 5 pm Introductions to Oak Crest, Pasadena SBDC, and OCEF.

01/28/2022

Reminder: the first OCEF info event is today Fri 2/28 at 2 pm!

01/28/2022

Reminder: The first virtual info event for OCEF is today Fri. 2/28 at 2 pm!

01/19/2022

We are announcing the start of the Oak Crest Entrepreneur Fellowships (OCEF), a new 1-year program aimed at supporting minority students and budding entrepreneurs with the knowledge and network needed to launch a career in STEM and in tech startups. This pilot program is a collaboration with the Pasadena SBDC and is funded through a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition prize by U.S. Small Business Administration. We will have two info events for Q&A on the program on Friday, January 28, 2 – 4 pm and Friday, February 4, 2 – 4 pm. The application closes on February 18, 2022.
https://www.oak-crest.org/students/ocef/

01/19/2022

We are announcing the start of the Oak Crest Entrepreneur Fellowships (OCEF), a new 1-year aimed at supporting students and budding entrepreneurs (community college, grad students, and postdocs) with the knowledge and network needed to launch a career in STEM and in tech startups. The program will cover applied business and laboratory skills, with the opportunity to develop/prototype ideas in the lab. This pilot is a collaboration between Don Loewel, MBA at the Pasadena SBDC and Christopher Buser at Oak Crest, and is funded through a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition prize by U.S. Small Business Administration.

We will have two info events for Q&A on the program on Friday, January 28, 2 – 4 pm and Friday, February 4, 2 – 4 pm. The application closes on February 18, 2022.

More information on the program page https://www.oak-crest.org/announcing-the-2022-oak-crest-entrepreneur-fellowships-ocef/

Announcing the 2022 Oak Crest Entrepreneur Fellowships (OCEF) By Chris Buser|2022-01-19T11:27:29-08:00January 19th, 2022| We are announcing the start of the Oak Crest Entrepreneur Fellowships (OCEF), a new 1-year program aimed at supporting minority students and budding entrepreneurs with the knowle...

11/09/2021

Talk to us at the Caltech Bioscience Industry day!

10/13/2021

Join Oak Crest on Thursday, October 28 for a night of spooky science demos and activities from 5-8pm! The event will be held outdoors in the Oak Crest parking lot. Costumes encouraged, masks required!

10/08/2021

Thank you Brenda Trainor & MADIA Tech Launch Inc., we're proud to support our region with , and !

Join us on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Research to learn more about Oak Crest

Thank you Brenda Trainor & MADIA Tech Launch Inc., we're proud to support our region with , and ! Join us on Wednesday,...

10/08/2021

Dear Friends of Oak Crest,

this giving season we have a unique opportunity to establish a fund to offer paid student fellowships at Oak Crest, with the goal of establishing an endowment in the future. The fellowships provide an invaluable hands on experience for STEM students in research. Please consider contributing to our Fellowship Fund so that we can continue our mentored research programs.

Read more about our Fellowship Fund and hear what some of our recent fellows had to share about their experience doing research at Oak Crest:

This season we have a unique opportunity to establish a fund to offer paid student fellowships at Oak Crest, with the goal of establishing an endowment in the future. A generous supporter has offered to match, dollar for dollar, every donation dedicated to establishing the fellowship fund, received....