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On Jan 25 the Hayward Rotary Club speaker will be Dr. Bassam El-Fahmawi, PhD. president/CTO and founder of Mawi DNA Technologies. He has more than 25 years experience in genomics sample preparation and holds several patents for simplifying nucleic acid purification technology. He launched his company in 2014. When the pandemic hit he had four employees at his Hayward plant. By the summer, he had 45 employees and his company was continuing to grow, in large part because of his development of a product called the iSWAB Microbiome Collection Kit, a revolutionary way to test for COVID-19.
One of the first in Hayward to connect with Dr. El-Fahmawi at the onset of the pandemic was Hayward Rotarian and fire chief Garrett Contreras, who initiated one of the Bay Area’s first testing operations here.
Early in his career Dr. El-Fahmawi managed the commercialization of nucleic acid purification technology at both Beckman Coulter Genomics (formerly Agencourt), and Corning. He has patents for simplifying nucleic acid purification technology and sample collection. Dr. El-Fahmawi earned his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Alberta. You can read more about it the company’s technology here https://mawidna.com/the-iswab-
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5:45pm - Event begins, Club Elections are held, and any other Annual Meeting business is conducted.
6pm - Adjourn to first breakout rooms for socializing
6:20pm - Return to main group
6:30pm - Adjourn to second breakout rooms
6:50pm - Return to group for farewells
7pm -Event ends
On Monday, Dec 7 Jayanti Addleman will present an overview and an update on the latest happenings at the Hayward Library. Jayanti has been the Director of Library Services at the City of Hayward since January of 2019. Prior to coming to Hayward she was the Library Director and County Librarian for 12 years at Monterey County.
Jayanti is passionate about embracing diversity and delivering Library Services to all members of the community, and sees herself as a strong champion of the underdog. She is very proud of Hayward Public Library’s many achievements over the last two years and most recently the City Council’s approval of waiving overdue fines starting in January 2021.
Jayanti has worked in a variety of libraries during her many years in the profession including city and county libraries, community colleges and private industry, and has served on the boards of several educational and nonprofit organizations. She has been recognized for her professional and volunteer work through many awards during her career including the statewide Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy and Outstanding Woman of Monterey County. As of November she has taken over as the President of the California Library Association.
After a postdoctoral fellowship at CalTech, he went to NASA Goddard, where he developed one
of the first Global 3-dimensional models of the earth's climate. He joined Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in 1978, where he continued his work on climate and became the Nation's
foremost technical expert on foreign nuclear weapons. Bill played an instrumental role in the
successful negotiations for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. He retired from
Lawrence Lab in June 2005.
Bill was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2012. Since then, he has worked
on issues addressing energy, climate change, transportation and public safety. He is Chair of the
Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (ESTM). As the only scientist
in the Legislature, data and research play a major role in his approach to legislation. Since
becoming Chair of ESTM, Bill has authored legislation on lead among children, recycled water,
contaminants of emerging concern in drinking water and harmful algal blooms.
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