About Us:

CACO-PBS-Bay Area is the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the CACO Pharmaceutical & BioScience Society (CACO-PBS), which is a non-profit professional organization of scientists and other professionals in analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, and related fields, working in diverse organizations such as biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry, instrumentation and analytical product suppliers, universities, government laboratories and contract research organizations. Currently we have ~ 2000 members.

Mission Statement:

The mission of CACO-PBS is to promote the exchange of scientific and technical ideas, and to provide educational and growth opportunities in the fields of analytical chemistry, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and related disciplines. We foster interactions and disseminate information through seminar luncheons, targeted workshops (short courses), expert forums, vendor shows, and job opening announcements.

CACO-Bay Area Organizing Committee:

Chair: Dave Toman, Ph.D. (Elan)
Scientific Programs Chair: Shichang Miao, Ph.D. (ChemoCentryx)
Programs Subcommittee: Shichang Miao, Ph.D. (ChemoCentryx), Surinder Kaur, Ph.D. (Genentech), Thomas Tarnowski, Ph.D. (Elan), Tracy Chen, Ph.D. (Depomed)
Treasurers: Heather Zhang, Ph.D. (Elan); Ron Aoyama, Ph.D. (Exelixis)
Corporate liaison: Jim Zhang, Ph.D. (Affymax)
Free Job Links coordinator: Snow Xue Ge, Ph.D. (Stiefel)

Member at Large: Helen Yeo, Ph.D. (Genentech)
Webmaster: Ron Liu, Ph.D. (San Jose State University)

Contact us:

Chair: chair-ba@caco-ba.org
Scientific Programs: programschair-ba@caco-ba.org
Webmaster: webmaster@caco-ba.org
Mailing address: PO Box 2342, South San Francisco, CA 94083-2342