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Bio-Link: Coming of Age June 16, 2008 Elaine A. Johnson, Bio-Link Director

Bio-Link: Coming of Age June 16, 2008 Elaine A. Johnson, Bio-Link Director. Bio-Link NSF ATE Resource Center. Bio-Link’s mission: To strengthen and expand biotechnology technician education at community and technical colleges to: Enlarge and diversify the technician workforce

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Bio-Link: Coming of Age June 16, 2008 Elaine A. Johnson, Bio-Link Director

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  1. Bio-Link: Coming of Age June 16, 2008 Elaine A. Johnson, Bio-Link Director

  2. Bio-LinkNSF ATE Resource Center Bio-Link’s mission: To strengthen and expand biotechnology technician education at community and technical colleges to: • Enlarge and diversify the technician workforce • Meet industry’s growing needs for trained technicians • Make high-quality training available to all students

  3. Bio-Link is 10 years old ! ATE Center funded by NSF 1998 Advanced Technological Education

  4. Bio-LinkRites of Passage • Experience the environment • Testing • Personal reflection • Public recognition • Symbolic representation

  5. Equipment Depot • Bio-Depot • Equipment & Supplies donated by industry • Sorted & Stored at Airport Campus, CCSF • Serves • High Schools • Community Colleges & Universities

  6. Equipment Depot

  7. Bio-Link Depot Happy Teachers

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Current Biotech Industry Organization Partners • BIO • BayBio Institute • Bio-Rad • Genentech • Applied Biosystems

  12. Current ATE Center Affiliates • MATEC • SCME • AgrowKnowledge • Northeast Biomanufacturing Collaborative • BATEC PLUS ATE Project Support and Dissemination

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. What Do We Bring? National network Thought and action leaders Industry connections Hands-on skill-based instruction Expertise Experience Energy Interest in new and emerging areas Risk taking

  17. Bio-Link: Coming of Age What about Bio-Link’s Rites of Passage? • Experience the environment • Testing • Reflection • Ceremony • Symbolic representation

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