BioLink:

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• Bio-Link
• Coming of Age
• June 16, 2008
• Elaine A. Johnson, Bio-Link Director

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Bio-LinkNSF ATE Resource Center

• Bio-Links mission
• To strengthen and expand biotechnology
  technician education at community and technical
  colleges to
• Enlarge and diversify the technician workforce
• Meet industrys growing needs for trained
  technicians
• Make high-quality training available to all
  students

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Bio-Link is 10 years old !

• ATE Center funded by NSF 1998
• Advanced Technological Education

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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

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Equipment Depot
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Bio-Link Depot Happy Teachers
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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
• Recommendations See Yellow 2-pager

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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

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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

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Current Biotech Industry Organization Partners

• BIO
• BayBio Institute
• Bio-Rad
• Genentech
• Applied Biosystems

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Current ATE Center Affiliates

• MATEC
• SCME
• AgrowKnowledge
• Northeast Biomanufacturing Collaborative
• BATEC
• PLUS
• ATE Project Support and Dissemination

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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

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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

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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

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What Do We Bring?

• National network
• Thought and action leaders
• Industry connections
• Hands-on skill-based instruction
• Expertise
• Experience
• Energy
• Interest in new and emerging areas
• Risk taking

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Bio-Link Coming of Age

• What about Bio-Links Rites of Passage?
• Experience the environment
• Testing
• Reflection
• Ceremony
• Symbolic representation

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