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Bio-Link: Bio-Link: Coming of AgeComing of Age
June 16, 2008Elaine A. Johnson, Bio-Link Director
Bio-LinkNSF ATE Resource Center
Bio-Link’s mission:
To strengthen and expand biotechnology technician education at community and technical colleges to: 1. Enlarge and diversify the technician workforce 2. Meet industry’s growing needs for trained technicians 3. Make high-quality training available to all students
Bio-Link is 10 years old !Bio-Link is 10 years old !
ATE Center funded by NSF 1998
Advanced Technological Education
Bio-LinkRites of Passage
• Experience the environment• Testing• Personal reflection• Public recognition• Symbolic representation
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Equipment Depot
• Bio-Depot– Equipment & Supplies donated by industry– Sorted & Stored at Airport Campus, CCSF– Serves
• High Schools• Community Colleges & Universities
Equipment Depot
Bio-Link Depot Happy Teachers
Happy Teachers
Educating Biotechnicians for Future Industry Needs
• NSF sponsored meeting in Scottsdale, April 28-30• Organized by AACC• 50 people from various sectors provided input about
the future of biotech in the next five years
• Speakers:– Honorable James Greenwood, CEO of BIO– Dr. Moira Gunn, host of BiotechNation on NPR
Recommendations: See Yellow 2-pager
Synergy 2008
Bio-Link will be participating in this third Synergy Conference that is designed to bring ATE projects together and encourage collaboration and scale-up
July 23 - 26, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
Our Biotech Future
“The twenty-first century will be the century of biology.”
Freeman Dyson, NY Review of Books, 2007
See Survey Draft for
Bio-Link Network Data
Current Biotech Industry Organization Partners
• BIO• BayBio Institute• Bio-Rad• Genentech• Applied Biosystems
Current ATE Center Affiliates
• MATEC• SCME• AgrowKnowledge• Northeast Biomanufacturing Collaborative• BATEC
PLUSATE Project Support and Dissemination
A Few ExamplesWorking Relationships
• National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce• SRI• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories• Biotechnology Institute• Minnesota BioEd Council• Arizona Biotechnology Education Consortium• Oklahoma INBRE• National Laboratories
California Educational Colleagues
• BABEC: Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium
• CSUPERB: California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology
• UCSF and other University of California Campuses
• CalABC: California Applied Biotechnology Center
City College of San Francisco
• Bridge to Biotech• Biomanufacturing Certificate• Biotechnology Certificate• Stem Cell Certificate• Short Courses• Associate of Science Degree Option• Cal ABC Bay Area • ICONS • NIH Bridges• Transfer Options
What Do We Bring?
National networkThought and action leadersIndustry connectionsHands-on skill-based instructionExpertiseExperienceEnergyInterest in new and emerging areasRisk taking
Bio-Link: Coming of Age
What about Bio-Link’s Rites of Passage?
• Experience the environment• Testing• Reflection• Ceremony• Symbolic representation