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Reflections from the Envisioning the Next Bioscience Workforce Summit

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Sandra Porter
Dr. Linnea Fletcher and sponsors

My colleagues on the InnovATEBIO grant love big ideas. The Envisioning the Next Bioscience Workforce Summit was the biggest by far.

The first day featured talks on new technologies in biotech and new areas where biotech students are starting to be employed along with inspirational stories about community college graduates. Four community college graduates who are working in industry talked about their work and their career paths. Speakers from OSTP and BioMADE talked about workforce development, the bioeconomy, and industrial biotechnology. We heard about the use of artificial intelligence in antibody engineering, the growing field of regenerative medicine, and... Read more

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An Introduction to Speed Networking

Presented at: ATE Project Talks: Speed Networking

Resources for teaching cell and gene therapy

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Sandra Porter
Cell and Gene Therapy Skill Standardds

The Workforce Expansion in Biomanufacturing Emerging Technologies (WE-BET) initiative (NIIMBL Project 2.2-152) has been working to address the challenge of expanding the workforce for producing cell-based and gene therapies. Recently, WE-BET published two documents that will helpful for colleges that are interested in offering education programs in these areas.

The first document is a labor market report for cell and gene therapy. This report addresses the demand for these technologies and the need for technicians.

The second document describes skill standards for gene therapy technicians, cell therapy technicians, technicians who work in both areas, the curriculum for training... Read more

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Opening a New Door into Biotechnology Careers

Description : Did you know that universities and research institutions are major biotechnology employers? And, did you know that shared research resource facilities (core labs) support modern research in these institutions and need an advanced technical workforce with the kinds of skills we teach our students? Core labs enable efficient and widespread access to state-of-the-art technologies and scientific expertise that have accelerated research for over 40 years. These technologies include genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, imaging, flow cytometry, and others to form the foundation of biotechnology research, development, and production. Many core lab directors and staff are members of the Association of ... Read more
Presented at: ATE Project Talks - Opening a New Door into Biotechnology Careers: Developing the Core Technology Workforce
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Introduction and Overview of Cell and Gene Therapy

Margaret Bryans introduces the workshop. James DeKloe provides an introduction to cell and gene therapy. This work was funded by a grant from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals. (NIIMBL) through the Workforce Expansion in Biomanufacturing Emerging Technologies (WEBET) project. Six colleges are collaborating on the WEBET project: Forsyth Community and Technical College (Russ Read) MiraCosta College (Barbara Juncosa and Dominique Ignato) Montgomery County Community College (Margaret Bryans) Quincy College (Isso Bayala) Shoreline Community College (Louise Petruzzella) Solano College (James DeKloe) Read more
Presented at: Cell and Gene Therapy Train the Trainer Session
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