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Bio-Link Summer Fellows 2011 Expanding the Impact Elaine Johnson, Bart Gledhill, Dan Weiler www.bio-link.org

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Expanding the Impact: Opening address to the Bio-Link Summer Fellows Forum 2011 Conference

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Bio-Link Summer Fellows 2011Expanding the Impact

Elaine Johnson, Bart Gledhill, Dan Weilerwww.bio-link.org

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Mission:

(1) increase the number and diversity of well-trained technicians in the workforce

(2) meet the growing needs of industry for appropriately trained technicians

(3) institutionalize community college educational practices that make high-quality education and training in the concepts, tools, skills, processes, regulatory structure, and ethics of biotechnology available to all students.

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Goals:

The new National Center of Excellence will:

• strengthen and expand biotechnology education programs across the nation

• enable biotechnology faculty, students, and technicians to work more efficiently

• support a smoother transition of students to the technical workforce in the biosciences and related industries

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Activities:

The new National Bio-Link Center of Excellence:

• delivers direct services including consulting, professional development, maintenance and replication of an equipment depot, instructional clearinghouse, and faculty internships

• shares information and promotes collaboration with web-based community through the use of Web 2.0 tools, conference presentations, and Synergy collaboratory

• expands and improves information for students and life-sciences companies with national survey information, career matrix, and video career scenarios

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Biotech Careers

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Biomanufacturing

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A Collaboration of ATE Centers for

Achieving Scale

Research, Practice and Transformation Through Synergy

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AAASVision and Change

• Strong interest & involvement in undergraduate biology education

• Commitment to hands-on skills• Dedication to preparing workforce• Belief in access for all students• Engagement of partners• Interdisciplinary focus

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Next Generation Bio-Link Direct Services

• Professional Development• Leader-Links• Project & Center Advice• Clearinghouse• Equipment Distribution• Courses in a Box• Online Courses• Career Information• Faculty Internships• Dissemination of Best Practices• Longitudinal Survey• Networking

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Our volunteers are great!! Always willing to lend a helping hand!

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SRI Report on Career Site:

(1) See complete report at www.bio-link.org

(2) Connections with other sites such as AAAS www.ScienceCareers.org

(3) Recommendations from OceanCareers.com• Dream without restraint in setting goals• Review other biotech sites• List data/content as it relates to goals• Website innovations including social networking• Define contributing databases• Modify website goals if needed

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Next Generation Bio-Link

Conferences 2011• Bio-Link Summer Fellows Forum, June 6 -9,

Berkeley, CA• Broadening the Impact PI Conference, June 15 – 17, Washington, DC• Synergy Conference, June 22-25, Providence,

RI• BIO International Convention Community

College Day, June 26, Washington, DC

• Hi-TEC, July 25 - 28, San Francisco, CA• League for Innovation, STEMtech,

October 2 – 5, Indianapolis, IN• ATE-PI, October 26 -28, Washington, DC

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Next Generation Bio-Link

What is our impact?

What is the evidence?