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Bio-Research & Development Growth Park at the Danforth Center

Bio-Research & Development Growth Park at the Danforth Center. St. Louis Community College. Bio-Research and Development Growth (BRDG) Park Elizabeth Boedeker Coordinator-Senior Research Scientist Adjunct Faculty Member Biotechnology Program.

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Bio-Research & Development Growth Park at the Danforth Center

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  1. Bio-Research & Development Growth Park at the Danforth Center St. Louis Community College Bio-Research and Development Growth (BRDG) Park Elizabeth Boedeker Coordinator-Senior Research Scientist Adjunct Faculty Member Biotechnology Program

  2. First Biotechnology Program in the State of Missouri Started Fall 1999 Research and Development based AAS and Certificate of Specialization degrees Half of declared majors - BS or higher

  3. Very Successful Over 100 AAS & CS Degrees Awarded 58 Declared Majors (2011) 91% life science job placement

  4. How did we get there? Partnerships with Industry in local area These will be the employers for graduates Asked the right questions

  5. Square Wheels?

  6. So what do they want? General laboratory skills Pipetting skills Record-keeping skills (notebook) MATH skills Soft skills

  7. Once Developed…Keep Going! Not done! Molecular biology changes Maintain curriculum to keep it “cutting edge”

  8. How to Maintain Curriculum Training for faculty National Science Foundation Workshops Genomics: From Mendel to Microchips BIO Manufacturing Conference and Workshop RNA Interference Workshops Adjunct Faculty from Industry Who better to teach it

  9. Program-specific Advisory Board Made up of similar folks polled initially Meet annually to share updates or changes to programs Receive important feedback from Board

  10. Advisory Board from Industry Centocor Pfizer Monsanto Microbe Inotech Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Solae Kelly Scientific Sigma Aldrich Nestle Purina

  11. Advanced Topics Courses Changes to the curriculum can be slow Need to be more quickly adaptive at times General course that can be applied to many different “specialties” Allows flexibility

  12. Advanced Topics

  13. Advanced Topics

  14. Advanced Topics In Biotechnology • Forensics • Proteomics • Quantitative PCR • Plant Transformation • RNA interference • Bioprocessing

  15. Continue to Grow? Outgrow lab space What to do?

  16. Center for Plant and Life Sciences (CPLS) Expanded Laboratory Space Can offer additional sections of courses Moved in Oct 2009 Classes started Jan 2010 Centralized to all STLCC Campuses Embedded in Industry-rich Location Professional Building Good exposure for our students

  17. Contract Research Organization (CRO) November 2009 Clients Define projects Determine if we have capabilities to do Supervise students Train in skills if necessary Keep on task Maintain timelines in many cases more “real world” than classes

  18. Multiple CRO Benefits Education Biotechnology Support of Industry locally Start up companies Other

  19. How Things Started

  20. How Things are Moving Now Community Outreach Activities NON Local Industry

  21. Summary Successful program requires input Must be adaptive to accommodate changes Adjunct Faculty from the field Workplace learning in CRO extra bonus Promotes more interaction with industry Helps support industry as well as students

  22. Thank You! Thank You!

  23. AAS Degree Requirements

  24. CERTIFICATE OF SPECIALIZATION CORE BIOTECH COURSES Post Baccalaureate

  25. Overview: What are we? Research for hire Academic institutions Local companies RESOURCE Additional training for our students Internship opportunities within the CRO

  26. General Molecular Biology Nucleic Acid Protein Cell Culture Specialized High end equipment Available for use Can We Help?

  27. Equipment – BioPlex

  28. Equipment - Imager

  29. Equipment – Sequencer/Fragment analyzer

  30. Equipment - MACS QUANT

  31. Equipment – EnSpire Plate Reader

  32. Interns Successful placement out of CRO Past CRO interns 5 hired within BRDG Park (3) Monsanto (Divergence) (2) Phycal 1 hired Danforth 5 interns currently BRDG Park 1 engineering student Potentially 1 horticulture intern for fall

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