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

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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