Teachers, do you need help? We have specialists at UCD

1. Teachers, do you need help? We have specialists at UCD • Barbara Soots (530-752-6552; blemberson@ucdavis.edu) • funded by Genentech & NSF grants • Virtual DNA Fingerprinting CD-ROM's (Germ Wars is on disk) • Student Internship programs • Summer Workshops in plant genomics and biotechnology • Biotechnology Equipment Loan Program (basic biotechnology, transformation, and PCR kits) • Biotechnology Teacher Support Network (BTSN) meetings and listserve • The next biotechnology kit training session will take place on October 11.

2. Teachers, do you need help? We have specialists at UCD • Pam Castori (530-752-4284; pscastori@ucdavis.edu) • CRESS Center • Specialist in science education • Glenn Lusebrink (752-0587; ghlusebrink@ucdavis.edu) • coordinator for the K-12 Science Teaching Internship Program • the UCD student can help with molecular biology labs

3. NSF is a Strong Supporter of Biotechnology Education • UCD grant to teach Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics. • Judith Kjelstrom (co-PI) • BIO-LINK at City College of San Francisco • www.bio-link.org(Elaine Johnson –Director) • NSF Website: http://www.nsf.gov • Research experience for undergraduates (REU) -community college students may apply • Advanced Technologies Education (ATE): promotes improvements in the education of science and engineering technicians. Promotes partnerships with other academic institutions as well as industry. Focus is on Community Colleges but partnerships with high schools are encouraged.

4. Science Information on the Web • Access Excellence: www.accessexcellence.org/ • includes bioethics and history of biotech • The Biology Project: www.biology.arizona.edu • Dr. Ken Kubo at ARC helped to develop • Stratagene Educational Materials: • http://www.stratagene.com (Banana DNA Exp’t) • National Genome Research Institute Glossary: • http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIR/VIP/glossary • Institute of Forest Genetics (UCD/Lab in Placerville, CA) • http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/ifg/ • Science’s Next Wave: • http://nextwave.sciencemag.org (HOT JOBS site) • Biotech Glossary: http://www.biotechterms.org/ • Note: See handouts on additional Science Education websites

5. VIDEOS ON BIOTECH: • ACC Biotech Video: Biotechnology Making the Connection ($20.00) – career opportunities • Austin Community College Biotech Program • http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/biotech/ • Frontline/Nova Special: “Harvest of Fear” • 2 hour special on AgBiotech (aired April, 2001 on PBS). Martina Newell-McGloughlin was featured. • California Heartland (KVIE,Sacto.)- Spr.2000 • Featured many UCD professors. • May purchase video through California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom: email: cfaitc@cfbf.com • http://www.cfaitc.org

6. Free CD ROMS & Video on Biotechhttp://www.nhgri.nih.gov/educationkit/ • Request this multimedia kit which includes a CD-ROM, video, poster and a brochure. On the website, you can view some exciting instructional material with excellent graphics and flash 3D animation on many molecular biology topics including "How to Sequence a Genome". Very useful for teachers and students. • The kit, called The Human Genome Project: Exploring our Molecular Selves, includes: a CD-ROM with seven varied segments * an award-winning video documentary, The Secret of Our Lives * a commemorative poster * an informational brochure, Genetics: The Future of Medicine, Basic Genetics- a glossary of genetic terms, The Human Genome Project Exploring Our Molecular Selves, Goals of the Human Genome Project, Unlocking the Mysteries of Health and Disease: Gene Discovery Understanding Biological Function, Genetic Testing and Gene-based Medicine, Development of Genetic Medicine "

7. Summary • Biotechnology is a Hot Field and it is Expanding • There are jobs at all levels: AS  PhD • The I-80 Corridor (including Solano County) is ripe for emerging companies to flourish. • We need to develop a well trained workforce. • UC Davis can support this Growth in areas of: • Research • Education/Training • Industry/Government Partnerships

8. Questions???? • Please contact me at: email: jakjelstrom@ucdavis.edu tel: 530-752-8228 • There is still room in the class …… Register Now

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10. Hot areas for exciting jobs: • Genomics (especially comparative genomics) • Proteomics (proteins are functional part of the genome) • Computer Modeling (for drug design, vaccines, etc) • Bioinformatics (computer science meets biology & biostatistics) • Metabolomics (studies the breakdown products of biochemical pathways) • Tissue Engineering for organ replacement • “Pharming” in plants and livestock to make vaccines and other pharmaceuticals • Biomass Conversion for energy ex: rice straw to glucose to gasoline • Bioprocessing in Industry (ecofriendly) ex: “corn fabrics” • Biomedical Engineering (microPET scans of transgenic mice) • Phytoremediation (biotech plants to clean up environment) • Gene Therapy - may be able cure CF and sickle cell anemia) • Pharmacogenomics – to create “personalized medicines” • Nanobiotechnology/Biosensors – use DNA for molecular circuits and miniature devices (nanoelectronics meets biology)

11. ED>NET Biotech Centers • About the Biotech Initiative: Connecting the biotech industry with a well-trained operational biotech workforce through the largest educational system in the world, the California Community Colleges. • California is the home to the majority of the nation’s biotechnology companies. • Over 100,000 Californians are currently employed in the biotechnology field (May 2002), and this number will continue to grow. (43% of the nation’s biotech employment) • The revenue generated in California by biotechnology $8-12 billion (May 2002 - figures vary). • The Statewide Biological Technologies Initiative, led by the six centers and partnering with biotechnology firms, secondary schools, universities, public agencies and associations, lay the groundwork for comprehensive educational programs to prepare the workforce for new jobs. • In the mid-1990’s, Biotechnology was identified as one of ten important strategic industry clusters in California for the Economic Development Network. • In 1996, two state biotechnology centers began operation: the Southern and the Northern California Biotechnology Centers. MiraCosta College in Oceanside hosted the grant for the Southern Center (SCBC) for four years (that grant is now held by San Diego City College); and City College San Francisco hosted the grant for the Northern Center (NCBC). • In 1997, a third center was added: the Central Coast Biotechnology Center (CCBC), located at Ventura College. • In 1998, another three centers opened San Joaquin Biotechnology Center (SJBC) at the host college, Bakersfield College; North Valley and Mountain Biotechnology Center (NVMBC) hosted by American River College in Sacramento; while Pasadena City College hosted the Los Angeles-Orange County Biotechnology Center (LAOCBC).

12. Want to get ahead in e-learning or other hot disciplines?(per Sunil Maulik, cofounder and CEO of GeneEd, Inc.) • Be Interdisciplinary • Hot careers interface between two or more disciplines • Be Open • “Try new things” • “Learn the art of facilitation & compromise” • Be Patient • “Can’t start at the Top” • Be Personable • Be Different • “Think Outside the Box” • Be Thrifty • “The bottom line does count”