Welcome and introductions : Dr. Linnea Fletcher, Department Chair, Biotechnology, Executive Director, AC2 Bio-Link Regional Center and InnovATEBIO National Center, Austin Community College Bio-Manufacturing overview Quality Systems - Basics QA/ QC / Validation : Dr. Jim DeKloe, Professor, Director and Founder of the Industrial Biotechnology program, Solano College. Read more
Protein structure – what do students need to know about proteins as a product : Dr. Jim DeKloe, Professor, Director, and Founder of the Industrial Biotechnology program, Solano College. Read more
Day 1 Recap and Available Online resources : Dr. Margaret Bryans, Professor and Coordinator of the Biotechnology Program, Montgomery County Community College Read more
Biomanufacturing Labs for High Schools and Community College Programs : Dr. J. Rob Hatherill and Dr. Daisy Zhang, Del Mar College, and Dr. Susan Woodard, National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Read more
Supply Chain Management: Dr. Ying-Tsu Loh, Associate Director, Bay Area Bioscience Education Community (BABEC) and faculty, City College San Francisco Read more
Moderator: Melinda Wilson, Professor, Molecular Biotechnology Coordinator/Advisor, Science Department, Lansing Community College Alumni Panelists: 1. Marcia McCallum (Austin Community College graduate) 2. Danial Nasr (Del Mar College graduate) 3. Joseph Kirkpatrick (Lansing Community College graduate) 4. Amanda Brown (Austin Community College graduate) Read more
Thank your for interest in our ATE PI conference spotlight presentation! We will post a link to the recorded presentation as soon at it is available. In the meantime, feel free to skim through the slides and check out some of the materials we linked below. Visit the Collaborative to Strengthen Work Based Learning in Biotech Get Speed Networking Materials Visit Biotech-Careers.org to research careers and learn about companies Read more
Community colleges play a vital role in preparing the highly skilled technical workforce needed to support the biotechnology industry. Community colleges offer students hands-on practical experience, certificates, and technical degrees. Students include high-school graduates, individuals changing careers, college graduates, and even PhD holders. As these colleges support the many facets of the biotechnology industry, their laboratories are equipped to teach modern techniques, including DNA sequencing, mass spectrometry, microscopy, chromatography, immunoassays, and bioinformatics. Many programs are also developing education skill standards and curriculum to support the latest biotechnology manufacturing that includes CRISPR-based gene therapies, CAR-T, immuno-therapeutics, and patient derived tissues. Some ... Read more
Max supervises all meowcrobiome research Dr. Sandra Porter's presentation at the National Association of Biology Teachers professional development conference. Saturday November 16, 2019 at 2 pm central time. Abstract Caturday Microbiomes – Thinking Outside the Litter Box With Danny and Lil Bub Author : Sandra Porter, Digital World Biology LLC, InnovATE BIO , Bio-Link Abstract : Learn how to investigate and compare the microbiomes from Lil Bub, a YouTube celebrity cat with several genetic abnormalities, and Danny, a normal house cat, using whole genome DNA sequencing data provided by Phase Genomics, Inc. Description : DNA sequencing gives us an unprecedented ... Read more
Immuno-biotechnology and Bioinformatics in Community Colleges PRESENTERS: Sandra Porter, Shoreline Community College , Todd Smith, Digital World Biology, LLC The use of new technologies such as immuno-profiling (where large numbers of immune receptors are sequenced en masse) and targeted cancer therapies (where researchers create, engineer, and grow modified T cells to attack tumors) is leading to job growth and a demand for new skills and knowledge in biomanufacturing, quality systems, immuno-bioinformatics, and cancer biology. In response to this new demand, Shoreline Community College (Shoreline, WA) has begun developing an immuno-biotechnology certificate. Part of this certificate includes a five-week course (30 ... Read more
As described in on the event page , the Biosciences Industry Fellowship Program, hosted by Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem North Carolina, was an action packed three weeks. The first week included visits and workshops in partnering schools. During the second week we participated in a week long green fluorescent protein biomanufactuing workshop that covered the gamut from 30 liter fermentation, to isolation, to purification, to filling vials in sterile conditions. In the last week we visited and toured area biotechnology companies and closed with presentations by the participants.
Photos from the workshop are below. ... Read more
