1. Bio-Link: Coming of Age June 16, 2008 Elaine A. Johnson, Bio-Link Director

2. Bio-Link NSF ATE Resource Center Bio-Link’s mission: To strengthen and expand biotechnology technician education at community and technical colleges to: 1. Enlarge and diversify the technician workforce 2. Meet industry’s growing needs for trained technicians 3. Make high-quality training available to all students

3. Bio-Link is 10 years old ! ATE Center funded by NSF 1998 Advanced Technological Education

4. Bio-Link Rites of Passage Experience the environment Testing Personal reflection Public recognition Symbolic representation

10. Equipment Depot Bio-Depot –Equipment & Supplies donated by industry –Sorted & Stored at Airport Campus, CCSF –Serves High Schools Community Colleges & Universities

11. Equipment Depot

12. Bio-Link Depot Happy Teachers

13. Educating Biotechnicians for Future Industry Needs NSF sponsored meeting in Scottsdale, April 28-30 Organized by AACC 50 people from various sectors provided input about the future of biotech in the next five years Speakers: –Honorable James Greenwood, CEO of BIO –Dr. Moira Gunn, host of BiotechNation on NPR Recommendations: See Yellow 2-pager

15. Synergy 2008 Bio-Link will be participating in this third Synergy Conference that is designed to bring ATE projects together and encourage collaboration and scale-up July 23 - 26, 2008 Phoenix, AZ

16. Our Biotech Future “The twenty-first century will be the century of biology.” Freeman Dyson, NY Review of Books, 2007 See Survey Draft for Bio-Link Network Data

17. Current Biotech Industry Organization Partners BIO BayBio Institute Bio-Rad Genentech Applied Biosystems

18. Current ATE Center Affiliates MATEC SCME AgrowKnowledge Northeast Biomanufacturing Collaborative BATEC PLUS ATE Project Support and Dissemination

19. A Few Examples Working Relationships National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce SRI Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Biotechnology Institute Minnesota BioEd Council Arizona Biotechnology Education Consortium Oklahoma INBRE National Laboratories

20. California Educational Colleagues BABEC: Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium CSUPERB: California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology UCSF and other University of California Campuses CalABC: California Applied Biotechnology Center

21. City College of San Francisco Bridge to Biotech Biomanufacturing Certificate Biotechnology Certificate Stem Cell Certificate Short Courses Associate of Science Degree Option Cal ABC Bay Area ICONS NIH Bridges Transfer Options

22. What Do We Bring? National network Thought and action leaders Industry connections Hands-on skill-based instruction Expertise Experience Energy Interest in new and emerging areas Risk taking

23. Bio-Link: Coming of Age What about Bio-Link’s Rites of Passage? Experience the environment Testing Reflection Ceremony Symbolic representation