About the InnovATEBIO Website

The InnovATEBIO website functions as a comprehensive repository and dynamic database for the national biotechnology education community. The portal organizes large volumes of information into distinct, searchable content types to serve educators, students, and industry & government professionals. Is also links to other resources such as hub pages and Biotech-Careers.org.

Some content including the course in a box (curriculum) pages and the member directory require login access. The membership page describes how to join the InnovATEBIO network.

Website Inventory & Content Types

The platform tracks and updates specific categories of biotechnology resources across the United States. Below is a breakdown of the core asset types that you can explore through the site's dynamic views:

Biotech Programs: Comprehensive entries detailing college Biotech Programs and high school pathways across 39 states.
ATE Projects: Dedicated profiles tracking active and completed Advanced Technological Education grants and initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Newsletters: Contents from the online with links to full issues celebrate community achievements and highlight events and other content. A full history of nearly 30 years of biotechnology education center work can be viewed in the newsletter archive.
Events & Webinars: Postings for upcoming professional development opportunities, workshops, and national conferences. Events are presented in a list form and as a calendar. Past events (ca 2009) are kept for historical perspective.
Teaching Resources: Instructional assets, including syllabi, and protocols.
Publications & Reports: Industry workforce trends, national skill standards, government reports, and many more.
Articles & Media: Community updates, instructional "How-To Guides", multimedia episodes from the Biotech Beat Podcast, and videos.
Presentations: Embedded videos, slide shows, and attached content shared by community members at InnovATEBIO or other events.
States: Provide a US state-level organization for biotech programs (college and high-school), ATE Projects, and Biotech Organizations (including trade associations).
Database Reports: Detailed, searchable, data about college and high-school programs collected from the biotech education community.

Audiences

For biotechnology instructors, the site serves as a professional community where they can learn from colleagues through shared biotech programs, ATE projects, professional development opportunities, the mentor network, and other resources.

For students and alumni the site includes an introduction, and information about degrees and certificates that are offered by college programs throughout the United States, information about the kinds of biotechnology skills needed to work in the industry, a glimpse of the careers that are available, and stories from alumni.

For members of industry wanting to know what InnovATEBIO is doing to support their workforce needs, the site provides an overview, and reports on trade associations, and who employs the many students who have obtained degrees, certificates, and skills from the college biotech programs.

For government and trade association members the site's database reports, credentials, skills, and other content (listed above) provide the latest insights on the status of biotechnology education in the United States.

Searching the Site

To efficiently discover resources across these different content types, use the following platform search strategies:

1. Global Keyword Search

The primary search field (accessed by clicking the spy glass) at the top of the portal scans the entirety of the database. You can also access the page directly.

Use specific technical terms (e.g., CRISPR, flow cytometry, biomanufacturing) to instantly pull cross-categorical results spanning events, articles, presentations, curriculum guides, school programs, terms, and other information. All searches are case insensitive.

Content matching search terms are then displayed in a ranked order grouped by the different kinds of content types (above) that are used to organize the database. Programs, Events, and ATE Projects are ranked higher so they generally appear at the top of lists.

2. Filtering Searches by Content Categories (Tags)

The site applies standardized taxomomy terms to group related resources. When browsing, utilize the Content Categories (Content type, Filed under, Hubs) sidebar to filter results by exact subfields such as:

CRISPR and Article - Get all articles related to CRISPR
Grant writing and ATE Program - Get content with "Grant writing" tagged with ATE Program"
"Professional development" and Work-based learning - Get content with "professional development" tagged with work-based learning. Not this last example introduces quotes to distinguish content with professional and development from the phrase "professional development."

Note: Each category in the side bar shows up to five items. To see more click, "Show more" to expand the list.

3. Localized Searches

Many landing pages such as Articles, Presentations, Events, Newsletters, and tagged content (e.g. biomanufacturing) have filters at the top of the page to narrow the content displayed.

4. Database Reports

For targeted geographical or institutional queries, skip the global text search and use dedicated database reports.