CSOs and Incubators at Educational Institutions

This panel will explore activities for giving students authentic work opportunities at community colleges through contract research, contract services and college-run incubators.   Panelists will discuss:

• How to start a CSO using existing infrastructure;
• Using a CSO experience to prepare students for the biotech workforce, 
• Where to find funding, 
• The path from CSO to incubator, 
• Opportunities for partnering with companies that can market some of the products produced in a CSO, and lastly,
• Achieving sustainability

  Moderator:  Sulatha Dwarakanath,   Speakers:   Tyler Drake, Ph.D Director Bioscience Incubator Austin Community College   Mary Nelson, Ph.D Director of InnovaBio & STUDENTfacturED Salt Lake Community College   Elizabeth Boedeker ​BioBench CRO Coordinator   Deborah R. Davis, PhD Acting Biotechnology Coordinator Co-PI, AC2 Bio-Link Regional Center Bluegrass Community and Technical College   Abbie Kesterson Bluegrass Community and Technical College