The City College of San Francisco is home to many innovative programs including the National Center for Bio-Link, the Bio-Link Equipment Depot, and the Bridge to Biotechnology.
City College of San Francisco’s Bridge to Biotech, also known as the Bridge to Biosciences program, is a vocational program serving underprepared, underrepresented, and economically disadvantaged students who wish to pursue a career in life sciences research or manufacturing in biotechnology companies, or in academic and government research labs.
Leveraging the success of CCSF’s Bridge to Biosciences program to increase diversity, retention and success in Biotech programs, Bio-Link has been developing the Bridge Learning Community to support the scaling of the Bridge to Biosciences program at colleges around the country.
Goals of CCSF's Bridge to Biosciences program:
1. Increasing student diversity, retention and success in Biotech programs
2. Accelerating student learning using our contextualized and integrated curriculum, and
3. Facilitating career transition through an internship program.
To find out what to expect when joining Bio-Link’s Bridge Learning Community, a community of practice that supports the design and development of a Bridge program at your college, follow this link.
Contact: Laurence Clement, Bio-Link B2B Project Leader - lclement@ccsf.edu.
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Stem Cell Technology Certificate
City College of San Francisco
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Students who complete the Stem Cell Certificate are eligible to apply for the Stem Cell Internship program. Internships are payed, six-month positions in local companies or academic institutions. The Stem Cell Technology certificate program is designed to prepare students for a research or clinical cell biology position working with mammalian cells and tissue culture. In the 21C course, specific techniques pertaining to the culture and maintenance of both embryonic and adult stem cells will be learned. Students should have a working knowledge of algebra from previous academic or work experience.
Program Coordinator: Dr. Carin Zimmerman Tel: (415) 239-3857 Email: czimmerm@ccsf.edu
There are three entries to this program:
FIRST ENTRY: For students with a college background in biology, chemistry and math. This certificate is designed to be completed in two semesters.
BTEC 21A Mammalian Cell Culture (2 units) 6 weeks – 9 hrs/week BTEC 21B Fluorescent Cell Technology (2 units) 6 weeks – 9 hrs/week BTEC 21C Stem Cell Technology (3 units) 8 weeks – 9 hrs/week BTEC 22 Immunoassay: ELISA (1 unit) BTEC 23 Western Blotting Techniques (1 unit) BTEC 24 Introduction to PCR (1 unit) BTEC 25 Analytical PCR Technology (1 unit)
SECOND ENTRY: For students without a science/math college background. Students must acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in biology and chemistry prior to enrollment in Biotechnology/Stem Cell coursework. For students with a strong math and science high school background. (3+ semesters) First semester BIO 11 + Lab Introduction to the Science of Living Organisms (4 units) or BIO 101A (better) CHEM 32 Introduction to Medical Chemistry (4 units) or Chem 208A (better)
Second semester CHEM 40 Introduction to Chemical Principles (4 units) or CHEM 101A (better) Pre-requisite: MATH 860 or higher or BTEC 108A BTEC 22 Immunoassay: ELISA (1 unit) BTEC 24 Introduction to PCR (1 unit)
Third+ semester: BTEC 21A Mammalian Cell Culture (6 weeks) BTEC 21B Fluorescent Cell Technology (6 weeks) BTEC 21C Stem Cell Technology (8 weeks) BTEC 23 Western Blotting Techniques (1 unit) BTEC 25 Analytical PCR Technology (1 unit)
THIRD ENTRY: For students with a limited science and math background. The Bridge to Biotech Laboratory Assistant Program should be completed before enrolling in the regular first semester (second entry) of science coursework. This program successfully prepares students for more rigorous college level coursework; it consists of three courses that form a learning community and must be taken together: BTEC 10, Research Skills for Career Opportunities, BTEC 108A, Practical Math; and BTEC 107 Language Skills for Tech. The Bridge Program is offered at the Mission and Southeast Campuses. For more information, see the Bridge to Biotech Laboratory Assistant Program home page.
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Six-month, paid internships in local stem cell research laboratories. |
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Mitochondria in mouse 3T3 cells stained with MitoTracker Green in BTEC 21B. |
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TUNEL assay detects apoptotic COS-7 cells (green staining). From BTEC 21B. |
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Fluorescent activated cell analyzer |
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Stem Cell Internship
City College of San Francisco
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Paid training in a local research laboratory
Students who complete the Stem Cell Certificate program are eligible for the Stem Cell Internship Program. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has funded a $1.1 million grant supporting full time paid internships for City College students in Bay Area stem cell research laboratories. Total number of internship positions: 30 (10 interns/year over a 3 year period)
Duration of each internship:6 months full time Stipend:$2500/mo
The intern must also be enrolled as a full time CCSF student, and take the required Stem Cell internship course (BTEC 21D) concurrently. To be eligible to apply, you must have successfully completed your Stem Cell Technology certificate courses by the start of the internship.
For information contact: Dr. Carin Zimmerman Phone: 415-239-3857 Email: czimmerm@ccsf.edu Office: S254
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Hosting an intern The outstanding intern candidates have completed ~120 hours of cell culture lab. They have additional training in PCR, Western blotting and ELISA. ➔ If you are interested in hosting an intern contact Dr. Carin Zimmerman, czimmerm@ccsf.edu |
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Mitochondria in mouse 3T3 cells stained with MitoTracker Green in BTEC 21B. |
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TUNEL assay detects apoptotic COS-7 cells (green staining). From BTEC 21B. |
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