biotech: the next level solano biotech 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– KellieCL@fsusd.k12.ca.us– KevinSC@fsusd.k12.ca.us

• Benicia High School– Rlewis@beniciaunified.org

• Hogan High School– Lpinpin@yahoo.com

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