The Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2)

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The Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and
Collaborative (NBC2)

• A National Science Foundation Advanced
  Technological Education Regional Center for
  Biomanufacturing

Sonia Wallman, Ph.D. Chair Biotechnology Director
NBC2 NH Community Technical College Portsmouth, NH
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NBC2 Overall Goals

• Establish Sustainable Learning Communities around
  Community College Hubs
• Develop Biomanufacturing Curricula and
  Instructional Materials
• Provide Professional Development Opportunities in
  Biomanufacturing for Faculty
• Disseminate Biomanufacturing Education and
  Training and Workforce Information
• Build Biomanufacturing Infrastructure Capacity
  and Self-Sufficiency

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NBC2 Hubs with Location and Job Focus
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NBC2 Communication

• ListServ for the six NBC2 Hub Directors
  (nbc2_at_yahoogroups.com)
• Phone calls among NBC2 Hub Directors as
  needed/desired
• ListServ for the members of the NBC2 Advisory
  Board (nbc2advisory_at_yahoogroups.com)
• Monthly Videoconferences with the six Hub
  Directors using the Polycom System
• Quarterly Teleconference with NBC2 Advisory Board
  members (set up by NBC2 AB Chair, Michael Cicio
  of Lonza Biopharma)
• Place on website for Advisory Board members, NVC
  and PIs to publish information not intended (at
  this time) for public viewing at
  www.biomanufacturing.org/advisory

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Yearly Cycle of NBC2 Activities
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NBC2 Advisory Board Meeting at Montgomery County
CC

• October 6, 2006 all day Advisory Board Meeting at
  MCCC
• Overview of Hub Activities Introduction to the
  Global Biomanufacturing Curriculum (GBC)
• BMS representative from Hopewell, NJ newly added
  to NBC2 Advisory Board, attended
• We are considering adding a representative from
  Abbott in Worscester, MA

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Goal 1 Establish Sustainable Learning
Communities around Community College Hubs

• Each Hub is developing a Learning Community for
  collaboration on the development of the local
  biomanufacturing education and training
  infrastructure and of education and training
  materials for one or more of ten biomanufacturing
  jobs learning communities meet regularly at Hub
  locations.

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Goal 2 Develop Biomanufacturing Curricula and
Instructional Materials

• Hub Action Plans at www.biomanufacturing.org/advis
  ory
• detail the process for developing instructional
  materials (both didactic and hands-on materials)
  and support resources for targeted
  biomanufacturing jobs.

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Goal 3 Provide Professional Development
Opportunities in Biomanufacturing for Faculty

• NBC2 resources are used to send faculty to
  industry or to various courses, workshops and
  conferences for Subject Matter Expert (SME)
  training. One example of such a conference is
  the NSF/DOL sponsored BIOMAN 2006 conference,
  July 24th to 28th, 2006 at NHCTC in Portsmouth,
  NH.
• Registration for BIOMAN 2007 will be on-line at
  www.biomanufacturing.org and www.bio-link.org, by
  the end of February/

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BIOMAN 2006 OVERVIEW

• 40 Participants 25 Presenters 12 Vendors
• Keynotes Growing Products in Microalgae From
  Corn to Amino Acids and Ethanol Technology and
  Opportunities in Mammalian Cell Culture From
  Benchtop to Bottle Quality Control in
  Biopharmaceutical Operations
• Panels Cutting Edge High School Programs Panel
  on Entrepreneurship University Panel on
  Articulation
• Hands-On Workshops NBC2 Presentations on Quality
  Control Process Control Yeast Expression EHS
  Metrology Lego Bioengineering and other
  presentations

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Goal 4 Disseminate Biomanufacturing Education
and Training and Workforce Information

• NBC2 Dissemination for 2006-2007
• 1/11 to 1/13/06 Growing the Biomanufacturing
  Education and Training Infrastructure at the
  Pacific Rim BIO Conference on Industrial
  Biotechnology and Bioenergy in Honolulu, HI
• 3/19 to 3/22/06 NBC2 League for Innovation in
  the Community College, Atlanta, GA
• 4/8 to 4/13/06 BIO 2006 in Chicago, IL
• 4/11 to 4/13/06 NSF ATE Centers Exhibit at AACC
  in Long Beach, CA
• 5/19 to 5/21/06 The Northeast Biomanufacturing
  Center and Collaborative (NBC2) A Hands-On
  Approach to Biomanufacturing Training at ASM
  Conference for Undergraduate Education Section in
  Orlando, FL

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NBC2 Dissemination for 2006-2007

• Spring 2006 Training templates can prevent
  skilled worker shortfall article in new Mary Ann
  Liebert journal, Industrial Biotechnology
• 6/2 to 6/4/06 NBC2 Wye Retreat in Queenstown, MD
• 6/5 to 6/6/06 Academic Pilot Plants at ISPE in
  Washington, D.C.
• 6/9/06 Jobs at Wyeth in Andover, MA
• 7/11 to 7/13/06 Regionalization of the
  Biomanufacturing Apprenticeship Program at DOLs
  Workforce Innovations in Anaheim, CA
• 7/23 to 7/24/06 BIOMAN 2006 Conference at NHCTC
  in Portsmouth, NH
• 10/5 to 10/6/06 NBC2 Advisory Board Meeting at
  MCCC in Blue Bell, PA
• 10/18 to 10/20/06 NSF ATE PI Meeting in
  Washington, DC
• 11/3/06 BETA-NE Quarterly Meeting at AstraZeneca
  in Westboro, MA

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NBC2 Dissemination for 2006-2007

• 11/13 to 11/15/06 BioFutures Meeting at Eli Lilly
  QMLC in Indianapolis and Ivy Tech CC in
  Bloomington, IN
• 1/18/07 ISPE-New England Meeting in Warwick, RI
• 1/30 to 2/3/07 AACC-FAS Ireland Collaboration
  Meetings in Cork, IE
• 3/16/07 BETA-NE Quarterly Meeting at AstraZeneca
  in Westboro, MA
• 4/12/07 Biotech-Biopharma Career Day at NHCTC in
  Portsmouth, NH
• 4/19/07 Biotech-Biopharma Career Day at FLCC in
  Canandaigua, NY
• 5/6 to 5/9/07 BIO 2007 Community College Program
  in Boston, MA
• 5/16 to 5/18/07 Bioprocess Science/Biomanufacturin
  g Session at ACS Mid-Atlantic Meeting in
  Philadelphia, PA
• 5/21 to 5/22/07 Biomanufacturing Workshop at CCBC
  in Baltimore, MD

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NBC2 Dissemination for 2006-2007

• 5/30 to 6/1/07 NBC2 Wye Retreat in Queenstown, MD
• 7/22 to 7/27/07 BIOMAN 2007 Conference at NHCTC
  in Portsmouth, NH
• 9/23 to 9/26/07 National/International
  Harmonization of Biomanufacturing Skill and
  Curriculum Standards in Indianapolis, IN
• 9/27 to 9/28/07 NBC2 Advisory Board Meeting at
  CCBC in Catonsville, MD
• 10/17 to 10/19/07 NSF ATE PI Meeting in
  Washington, DC

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www.biomanufacturing.org

• A world wide dissemination tool for the
  activities and products of the NBC2
• A resource for faculty and teachers for
  biomanufacturing curriculum, theoretical and
  hands-on instructional materials, equipment,
  texts, on-line support materials, pedagogy, and
  facilities.
• A resource for students who want information on
  biomanufacturing careers, apprenticeships and
  jobs

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Web Statistics for www.biomanufacturing.org
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Goal 5 Build Biomanufacturing Infrastructure
Capacity and Self-Sufficiency

• How Do We Sustain Ourselves?
• Continue to partner with other entities
• Continue to develop additional grant
  opportunities within the Hubs
• Sell T-Shirts and other items from the Website
• Develop Hub Institutes for incumbent worker
  training (e.g. Northeast Biomanufacturing
  Institute-NH, MD, PA, NY)
• Build Pilot Plants for biopharmaceutical
  production for pre-clinical animal trials and
  early stage human clinical trials

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Goal 5 Build Biomanufacturing Infrastructure
Capacity and Self-Sufficiency

• The Global Biomanufacturing Curriculum (GBC), a
  repository for withdrawing and depositing
  biomanufacturing curriculum, instructional
  materials and resources not only for the
  Northeast, but for the nation and globe.
• Use through membership of three sorts which gives
  you a password to access the GBC
• Educators (free)
• Educator-Company Partnership (free)
• Vendors ()

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Goal 5 Build Biomanufacturing Infrastructure
Capacity and Self-Sufficiency

• Meeting in Indianapolis for the purpose of
  Harmonizing the National/International
  Biomanufacturing Skill (and Curriculum)
  Standards.
• California Jim DeKloe (Maureen Harrigan)
• North Carolina
• Northeast
• Indiana
• Ireland Valerie Cowman

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Partners for Sustainability(NBC2 partners with
DOL)

• Hub Directors are working with US and local
  Department of Labor entities to regionalize the
  Biomanufacturing Apprenticeship program
• The program may be attractive for companies,
  particularly those under going expansion or
  constructing new biomanufacturing facilities
• Allows companies to slowly (and cheaply) build a
  competent workforce
• Allows students early exposure to a career in
  Biomanufacturing
• Some companies have referred to the
  Apprenticeship program as a long-term internship

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Enhancement of www.biomanufacturing.orgto August
31,2007

• Added section on Northeast Biomanufacturing
  Companies including articles re expansion,
  direct advertising of technician jobs and links
  to company job boards.
• Added section to compliment the one above on
  Northeast Biomanufacturing Programs at Community
  Colleges and Technical High Schools
• Added section on the DOL Registered
  Biomanufacturing Apprenticeship
• Must add section on Northeast Articulation
  Agreements (between NE Community Colleges and
  Four Year Colleges/Universitites and High
  Schools).
• More job videos have been produced and will be
  added to the Targeted Jobs section of the
  website.
• Will add section on Membership for access to the
  Global Biomanufacturing Curriculum.
• First Biomanufacturing instructional materials
  on-line after BIOMAN 2006 in July. Instructional
  materials are part of the Global Biomanufacturing
  Curriculum (www.biomanufacturing.org/gbc)
• Hub Directors continue to make entries about
  their locales in Web Log of Events.
• We continue to grow the NBC2 Calendar into
  2007-2008.
• Announcements re Community College Program at
  BIO 2007 in Boston, MA on Sunday, May 6th and
  BIOMAN 2007 in Portsmouth, NH on July 22-27,
  2007.

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BIO 2007 in Boston

• Education and Outreach Committee planning annual
  Teacher-Leader Program, Minority Fellows Program
  and BioGENEius Challenge, May 3-6, 2007
• Fourth Annual Community College Program all day
  Sunday, May 6, 2007
• Industry-Education Collaborative Initiatives
• Entrepreneurial Educators
• Biotech Interns and Apprentices
• Faces of Success (Biotech Graduates at Work)
• Annual International Biotechnology Industry
  Organization Meeting, May 3-6, 2007
• Each NBC2 Hub is exhibiting with its state and
  the NBC2 will exhibit with New Hampshire

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BIOMAN 2007 at NHCTCJuly 22-27, 2007

• Five Keynote Speakers (Humanized Pichia pastoris
  by Thomas Poitiger at GlycoFi (Merck) Downstream
  Processing Past, Present and Future by
  John Rozembersky (consultant)  Scrubbing Power
  Plant Emission while Making Energy using
  Microalgae by Jack Lewnard at GreenFuel
  Technologies in Cambridge, MA and Cellulosic
  Ethanol by Lee Lyall of the Thayer School of
  Engineering at Dartmouth and Making Human Organs
  by Don Bergmann of Tengion)
• Panels, Lectures, Vendor Show
• Hands-On Workshops (Gowning, Process Development,
  Metrology, Environmental Health and Safety, QC
  Biochemistry, QC Microbiology, Validation,
  Process Control, Facilities, CHO-tPA Core
  Production System)