Recent trends have seen a rise in the use of monoclonal antibody therapeutics (Mabs) as the medical community strives towards a more personalized approach to treating diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders. This workshop for two or four-year college faculty will teach Mab production Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell culture in spin flasks and bioreactors, sampling and monitoring growth parameters including cell viability, optical density, glucose and lactate levels, as well as performing ELISA for active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) detection.

The faculty and staff of Madison College and City College of San Francisco are pleased to announce this exciting summer professional development opportunity designed for high-school and two-year college science and technical education instructors.  This year MC and CCSF have partnered to bring comprehensive curriculum in both human and mouse stem cell systems.  The course will be taught three times, at two different locations in an effort to make it available to as many instructors as possible.

The EMERGING STEM CELL TECHNOLOGIES Academy is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project (DUE 1501553) designed to provide hands-on experiences and instructional training necessary for teachers to incorporate stem cell technologies into their own classrooms. The Academy will be taught by a team of nationally recognized biotechnology educators led by Dr. Thomas Tubon and Dr. Robert DelVecchio.

The faculty and staff of Madison College and City College of San Francisco are pleased to announce this exciting summer professional development opportunity designed for high-school and two-year college science and technical education instructors.  This year Madison College and CCSF have partnered to bring comprehensive curriculum in both human and mouse stem cell systems.  The course will be taught three times, at two different locations in an effort to make it available to as many instructors as possible.

The EMERGING STEM CELL TECHNOLOGIES Academy is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project (DUE 1501553) designed to provide hands-on experiences and instructional training necessary for teachers to incorporate stem cell technologies into their own classrooms. The Academy will be taught by a team of nationally recognized biotechnology educators led by Dr. Thomas Tubon and Dr. Robert DelVecchio

NBC2 mini-BIOMAN Conferences highlight a specific area of biomanufacturing. The three-day, hands-on workshops will provide in-depth knowledge of and experience in the most cutting-edge biomanufacturing technologies. Each mini-BIOMAN Conference will encompass three days packed with hands-on laboratory activities and informative lectures. At the conclusion of the mini-BIOMAN, participants will have a comprehensive, ready-to-insert curriculum module to utilize in their own classrooms. Curricular materials include SOPs, PowerPoint slides and links to helpful resources and references.

NBC2 mini-BIOMAN Conferences highlight a specific area of biomanufacturing. The three-day, hands-on workshops will provide in-depth knowledge of and experience in the most cutting-edge biomanufacturing technologies. Each mini-BIOMAN Conference will encompass three days packed with hands-on laboratory activities and informative lectures. At the conclusion of the mini-BIOMAN, participants will have a comprehensive, ready-to-insert curriculum module to utilize in their own classrooms. Curricular materials include SOPs, PowerPoint slides and links to helpful resources and references.

RCNET would like to invite you to a 1 ½ day workshop focused on upgrading nuclear curriculum to capture lessons learned from recent nuclear incidents and adding emerging technologies.

As nuclear facilities age, it is critical that community colleges continuously evolve to capture lessons from events such as the recent tunnel collapse at the Hanford nuclear site, the fire at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.  Experts knowledgeable on these events will be discussing these incidents and how you can embed them in your programs.

Also, critical to the future of nuclear technology is the adoption of automation, robotics, and co-robotics into both teaching and training environments and in the fields. Robotics are beneficial in technical fields for safety, liability, and performance enhancement; nuclear fields are a fusion of all these issues. Technicians that become familiar and comfortable with the use of these emerging technologies during their education will become leaders of employing them into practice.  This workshop will cover curriculum and best practices to add robotics into your nuclear college program.

A limited number of stipends are available.  Please go to wwww.GoNuke.org to request your stipend. 

The workshop will take place at the IRSC Main Campus, Y Building, Room 102.

BIOMAN Academies are four-day, hands-on workshops for high school students entering grades 10-12. Hosted during the summer at the NBC2 hub schools, BIOMAN Academies are FREE and all necessary supplies and laboratory PPE are provided. 

Biotility's Bioscience Industry for Teachers is a five-day program developed for biomedical or biotechnology teachers who wish to best incorporate industry culture and practices into their instruction. This opportunity focuses on foundational bioscience concepts and techniques in the context of working in the bio-industry. As a paradigm shift from teaching science as an academic endeavor, participants will rotate through departmental roles of a “company,” and learn how to augment course content with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), and the industry perspective. Teachers are provided hands-on experience to gain meaningful and practical workplace applications that can be translated to students.

Industry experience will include the design, development, testing, and manufacture of a biopharmaceutical.  Participants will develop an understanding of departmental roles, and careers, as well as the criteria associated with working in this highly regulated environment.

NBC2 mini-BIOMAN Conferences highlight a specific area of biomanufacturing. The three-day, hands-on workshops will provide in-depth knowledge of and experience in the most cutting-edge biomanufacturing technologies. Each mini-BIOMAN Conference will encompass three days packed with hands-on laboratory activities and informative lectures. At the conclusion of the mini-BIOMAN, participants will have a comprehensive, ready-to-insert curriculum module to utilize in their own classrooms. Curricular materials include SOPs, PowerPoint slides and links to helpful resources and references.