InnovATEBIO

Chemical and Engineering News is not a journal I read very often, but a recent article titled “Help wanted in biomanufacturing” definitely caught my eye. Successes within the R&D and business fronts of life sciences companies have pushed technologies to commercial-scale production facilities. But there aren’t enough technicians to operate the machines that grow the cells. It isn’t a crisis….yet.

And with some smart and timely programs, it won’t become a crisis. Programs such as companies partnering with schools to set up a local associate’s degree program in hopes of then employing “home grown” talent. The Massachusetts Biotechnology Education... Read more

Dear Biotechnology Community and Bio-Linkers,

We write to you today to introduce you to InnovATE BIO , the new National Science Foundation-funded Advanced Technological Education Center in Biotechnology . This new center will continue the work of the first national center, Bio-Link, which established much of the communication infrastructure and comradery now in place among individuals in Biotechnology Programs, the Biotechnology industry, ATE centers and projects, workforce agencies, and related-trade organizations.

We hope that the Biotechnology Community (educators, students, industry, workforce and trade organizations) will come to value the InnovATE BIO National Biotechnology... Read more