City College of San Francisco
Websites and Contacts
InnovATEBIO member(s):
Bob Del Vecchio
Carin Zimmerman
Golnar Afshar
Karen Leung
James Lewis
Ying-Tsu Loh
Edith Kaeuper
Susmita Sengupta
Where have our graduates been hired?
(Includes internships)
Aduro, Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (ABPDU), Bolt Thread (was Refactored Materials), BioMarin, Bionovo, Bay Area Bioscience Education Community (BABEC), CareDx, Cel Analytical, Chimera Bioengineering, Coda Biotherapeutics, CPMC Research Institute, Culture Robotics, CZ BioHub, Dorian Therapeutics, DSM, Evolve Biosystems, Five Prime Therapeutics, GABAeron, Genemed, Genentech, Gladstone Institutes, JEFX Sanitation Consultation, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MantraBio, MCLAB (Molecular Cloning Laboratories), Nektar, Neurona, Nitrome Biosciences, Perfect Day Foods, Progenitor Cell Therapies, Prosetta Antiviral, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group-UCSF (RTOG), Core Immunology Laboratory at SFGH (San Francisco General Hospital), Tenaya Therapeutics, Twist Bioscience, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), University of San Francisco, Valencia Street Food Safety, Veractye, VA Medical Center, Vitalant (formerly Blood Systems Research Institute), VWR, XDx Diagnostics
Program description:
The Biotechnology Program at City College of San Francisco trains a diverse group of students for careers as technicians and lab assistants at companies and academic institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area. The program offers hands-on classes in techniques such as PCR, ELISA, Western blot, cell culture, stem cell culture, protein purification, and recombinant DNA cloning. Two internship programs provide opportunities to gain experience in the biotechnology industry, along with career and networking skill development highlighted at the City College of San Francisco Biosymposium each semester.
The Biotechnology Program at City College of San Francisco is also home to the innovative and nationally recognized Bridge to Bioscience program that trains students with no former science background to be technicians and lab assistants in 2 semesters.
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City College of San Francisco
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco
CA
94112
Phone:
(415) 239-3627
See map: Google Maps
Key Links
This program has an industry advisory board
ATE Project(s):
K-12 Partners
School Partner(s):Grant Support:
- A Collaborative Approach to Work-Based Learning: Addressing the Needs of Community College Biotechnology Students and their Research Univeristy Mentors, DUE 1801186
- On-Ramp to Biotech, Div of Industrial Innovation and Partnership, 0438735
- Advanced Technological Education-ATE: Bio-Link: A National Advanced Technological Education Center for Biotechnology, DUE Read more
Award Type(s):
NSF-ATE
State Grant
US Department of Labor (DOL)
Other
