I-Cultiver is a company that brings scientific innovation and analysis to agriculture. Through an agreement with iCultiver, CCC students in the BEST internship program work part-time as biotech interns and gain professional experience at the same time. BEST was started by Dr. Rajnish Khanna (i-Cultiver, Inc.) and Dr. Katherine Krolikowski ...
The Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) project will be providing a limited number of mini-grants for two-year college instructors to attend the National Association of Biology Teachers meeting in Baltimore, MD, November 2-5. QB@CC is an NSF-supported project with the long-term goal of using biology courses to significantly enhance ...
Polar STEAM is recruiting educators for 2024/25 collaborations with polar researchers in creating educational resources about polar regions and science. Polar STEAM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, integrates and enhances two long-standing National Science Foundation (NSF) programs: the Polar Educators program and the Antarctic Artists and ...
The Journal of Advanced Technological Education (J ATE) is embarking on a new pilot program: J ATE URE - to promote and advance technician training nationwide by building a community of peer-reviewed published authors from community and technical colleges. J ATE Undergraduate Research Experience (J ATE URE) will bring together ...
HHMI is partnering with institutions across the US to offer undergraduate students an authentic research experience in the context of a Course-based Research Experience (CRE). HHMI is currently offering the Science Education Alliance - Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) CRE, a fully-developed and HHMI-supported two-semester CRE designed ...
Santa Fe College’s Perry Center for Emerging Technologies is running a Brazilian exchange trip for students in Biotechnology (A.S.), Industrial Biotechnology (B.A.S.) and Clinical Laboratory Science (B.A.S.). This program enables students to spend three weeks in the city of Botucatú, São Paulo State, Brazil, conducting an international internship. Students complete ...
Please note: This article was written by Linda Shrieves, with photographs taken by college photographer Steven Sobel, Valencia College. The article originally appeared on the Valencia College Stories website. Oscar Camargo may only be a junior in college, but he already has something that could make many graduate students jealous ...
Could this be the time that America realizes just how crucial community colleges are? An event in the Investing in America tour that featured Dr. Jill Biden, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and members of the Montgomery College (MC) community highlighted the role community colleges can play in ...
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 ...
ABRF (The Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities) concluded it's annual meeting May 10, 2023. The final day was important this year because ABRF opened the meeting to students, graduates, and faculty from local area community and technical colleges. They were able to attend sessions, and visit the exhibit hall with ...
There is so much to learn these days, how can you keep up? I decided to try listening to podcasts when I was doing something that kept my body busy but my brain on idle. So far, I have listened to three, and published InnovATE BIO blogs about each one ...
Bio Eats World? With a podcast title like that, how could you not listen? I had to tune in, and was glad I did. Bio science and healthcare are changing quickly, and while it may seem that ever since the genome project things have been accelerating, well, I think it ...
The NSF Directorates for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) and STEM Education (EDU) are jointly issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to seek input from nonprofit organizations, philanthropies, industry, local, state and tribal government offices/agencies, K-12 schools and districts, institutions of higher education, trade and/or vocational schools, and other communities ...
The Biotech Team at Central Carolina Community College is growing! Flexible education requirements. Join a community of practice of Biotechnology instructors across NC for continuous improvement in teaching with industry-focused training opportunities to build a right-skilled workforce. Open to recent graduates and industry professionals with limited teaching experience! This is ...
Washington, DC (May 24, 2023) - InnovATE BIO National Center for Biotechnology Education (InnovATEBIO) is gearing up to host career education leaders, industry innovators, state teams, and government experts from around the nation at the first-ever #EnvisioningBioscience summit. Envisioning the Next Bioscience Workforce Summit on Industry Trends and Needs will ...
We are very grateful for the support from Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-32) for our current efforts to develop a Biomanufacturing Baccalaureate degree program at Los Angeles Pierce College. LA Pierce College (LAPC) received $2 million Community Project fund backed by our congress. We'll use this support to acquire Biomanufacturing equipment ...
AACC's MentorLinks Opportunity for the 2023-2025 cohort--Deadline June 27, 2023 MentorLinks is designed for community college programs that do not already have NSF ATE funding. AACC is seeking community colleges and individual mentors to participate in this program—and we ask that you please share this information with any interested colleagues ...
Washington, DC (April 24, 2023) - InnovATEBIO National Center for Biotechnology Education (aka InnovATEBIO) will host 20 talented community college students to present industry posters and research projects at the first-ever bioscience workforce summit, to be held June 26 in Washington, DC. Students will also have opportunities to collaborate with ...
Talking Technicians has posted yet another informative and compelling interview. In Season 3, Episode 7, host Peter Kazarinoff interviewed Olga who works as a Research Assistant at Tenaya Therapeutics. Olga earned her AA at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and remembers her hardest class as one in which she ...
Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation Individuals from minoritized racial and ethnic groups continue to face systemic barriers that impede their ability to access, persist, and thrive in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) higher education and workforce. Without actively dismantling policies and ...
