Event Calendar:

All of our scheduled events are listed below.  Click on the links in the Status column to register.

For further meeting details, click the meeting name, speakers’ names, or the “Registered Vendors” link, and the information will appear as a balloon in 1-2 seconds.

About Us:

Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society - San Francisco Bay (formerly CACO-PBSS) is a non-profit professional organization of scientists and other professionals in the life science sector, working in diverse organizations such as the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, instrumentation and scientific product suppliers, academia, government laboratories and contract research organizations. We are a member organization of Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society International (PBSS), which has 5000+ members and is active through five member organizations in San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego Area, Boston, Vancouver and Korea, some of the largest life science clusters in the World.

Mission Statement:

The mission of PBSS - San Francisco Bay is to promote the exchange of scientific ideas while providing educational and growth opportunities in the fields of pharmaceutical / life science related disciplines. We foster interactions and disseminate information through seminar luncheons, targeted workshops (short courses), expert forums, minisymposia, vendor shows, as well as career opportunity announcements.

Organizing Committee:

Chair: Dave Toman, PhD (Elan Pharmaceuticals)
Scientific Programs Co-Chairs: Shichang Miao, PhD (ChemoCentryx); Cuiping (Tracy) Chen, PhD (Depomed)
Treasurers: Heather Zhang, PhD (Gilead Sciences); Ron Aoyama, PhD (Rigel Pharmaceuticals)
Corporate liaison & Special Task Director: Thomas Tarnowski, PhD
Job Links coordinator & Special Task Director: Ge (Snow) Xue, PhD (Nektar Therapeutics)
Special Task Directors: Raju Gadiraju, PhD(Nektar Therapeutics), Yalia Jayalakshmi, PhD (C2CBio Consulting), Surinder Kaur, PhD (Genentech), Kathleen Meyer, PhD (Sangamo BioSciences), Thomas Pillow, PhD (Genentech), Peter Staehr, M.D.(Abbott Vascular), Evan A. Thackaberry, PhD, D.A.B.T.(Genentech), Gregory Wagner, PhD, D.A.B.T.(G.S. Wagner Consulting), Minli Xie, PhD (Medivation), Wenfeng Xu, PhD (Genentech), Jim Zhang, PhD (Medivation)
Special Advisors:Kevin Grimes, MD (Stanford Medical School), Cyrus Khojasteh, PhD (Genentech)
Marketing Director:TBA

Contact us:

Click here, or email to info@PBSS.org
Mailing address: PO Box 2342, South San Francisco, CA 94083-2342