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Biotech: The Next Biotech: The Next Level Level Solano Biotech Solano Biotech Consortium Consortium
Biotech: The Next Biotech: The Next LevelLevel
Solano Biotech ConsortiumSolano Biotech Consortium
• Develop and implement a high quality, industry-validated CTE Program of Study in Biotechnology Research and Development
• Develop and test an end-of-course assessment in the pathway with industry certification
Tech Prep Demonstration Site
Grant
Biotech Consortium
• CTE Biotech Programs in Solano County– Rodriguez High School - Fairfield– Benicia High School - Benicia– Hogan High School – Vallejo
• Industry Partners– Bio-Rad - Roche - Novartis– Novozyme - Genentech - OCIH
• Postsecondary Partners– Solano Community College– UC Davis
Biotech Program of Study
• High School Courses – 10th-12th Grades– Biotechnology 1, Biotechnology 2– Biotechnology 1, Industrial Biotechnology– Biotech 1 or 2 Articulated with SCC Biotech 160
• Junior College Courses– One or Two-Year Certificate Programs
• Upper Division Courses– Multiple Pathways within the Science and Business
Majors
• Program Overview– Biotech Industry– Soft Skills & Lab Sense– General Lab Skills– DNA– Proteins
Common Goals & Objectives
• Biotech Industry– Biotech as Scientific Research
Central Dogma– Biotech as Business– Company Research– Bioethics
Common Goals & Objectives
• Soft Skills and Lab Sense– Communication Skills– Record Keeping – Attendance and Punctuality– Leadership– Team Collaboration– Independent Work– Accountability– Career Search – Resumes and Interviewing Skills
Common Goals & Objectives
Common Goals & Objectives
• General Lab Skills– Lab Safety– Legal Scientific Lab Notebook– Decode and Execute an SOP– Sterile Technique– Volume and Mass Measuring– Solution Preparation– Spectrophotometry– Data Analysis with Excel
Standard Curves Data Tables/Calculations
• Working with DNA– Extract and Identification– Separate/Visualize
Gel Electrophoresis– Analyze/Quantify
Restriction Digest oRFLP
Mini Prep– Amplify/Clone
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Common Goals & Objectives
• Working with ProductsFrom Ethnobotany to Big Pharma (Discovery of New Medicines and getting them to Market)
– Identifying Bioactive Compounds– Growing Bacterial Cultures– Purification of Product
Chromatography Product Pipeline Clinical Tests and FDA
Common Goals & Objectives
Common Goals & Objectives
• Working with Proteins– Bacterial Transformation– Protein Expression– Protein Analysis
Electrophoresis Spectrophotometry
End of Course Assessment
STEPS:• Articulated/Common Questions with SCC• Articulated/Common Lab Skills with SCC• Collect Data – 2010• Establish Baseline• Developing A Rubric To Assess For An Industry
Certificate – 2011• Compare 2011 Data Using Rubric
GOAL:• Improve Program Based On Results
HOSA(Health Occupations Students of
America)
www.HOSA.org
– Using a Student Organization to Reinforce Leadership and Team Building Skills
– State and National Competitions and Conferences
– Meets Carl Perkins Grant Requirements for a Student Organization
Model Curriculum
• Common:– Units– Lesson Plan– Lab Skills– Assessment rubrics
• Posted to CTE Online– www.cteonline.org
Our Challenges • Funding
– Start Up Funds – Annual Funds
• Grants, Perkins Funds, PTSO, Site Improvement Programs,
• Donations – Money and Equipment – Bio-Link– Roche
• Ongoing Preparation Time• Field Trips• Guest Speakers
InternshipsVirtual Internships
• Online Research• Data Analysis• Bioinformatics
Related industries• Forest Service• Humane Society• Waste water treatment plants• Medical device companies• Small R&D companies• Biotech suppliers
University Summer Programs
Resources
• Ellyn Daugherty (www.bioteched.com)
• Kirk Brown (www.jkirkbrown.com)
• Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium (www.babec.org)– East Bay Biotechnology Education Program
(www.ebbep.org)– Santa Clara County Biotechnology
Education Partnership (www. science.sjsu.edu/SCCBEP)
More Resources
• Bio-Link (www.bio-link.org)
• BioTech SYSTEM (http://biotechsystem.ucdavis.edu)
• Lawrence Livermore Lab (www.llnl.gov)
Questions?
• Rodriguez High School– [email protected]– [email protected]
• Benicia High School– [email protected]
• Hogan High School– [email protected]
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