Northeast Regional Biomanufacturing Collaborative

July 24th to July 28th 2006

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Audience:	Biomanufacturing Educators from two and four year colleges and universities and technical high schools.
Purpose:	To exchange best practices and ideas to support and enhance biomanufacturing education and training for the 21st century.
Sponsors:	Department of Labor's Center of Expertise in Biomanufacturing and the National Science Foundation's ATE Regional Center for Biomanufacturing, the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC²).
Host Institution:	New Hampshire Community Technical College 320 Corporate Drive Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801 CONTACT: Sonia Wallman, Director of Biotechnology 603-559-1581 Voice swallman@nhctc.edu 603-334-6308 FAX
Program Agenda:	All Conference Attendees Reception (6pm to 7:30pm): Sunday, July 23rd Breakfast (8:00am to 8:30am): Monday, July 24th through Friday, July 28th Keynoters (8:30am to 9:30am): Monday, July 24th through Friday, July 28th Vendor Show (9:30am to 12:30pm): Monday July 24th Lunch (12:30pm to 1:30pm): Monday, July 24th through Friday, July 28th Evaluation and Prizes (1:30pm to 3:00pm): Friday, July 28th Conference Attendees Choose When proceeding to the "Registration" page - make your choices for the following morning and afternoon hands-on workshops, presentations and panels (first come first served). Workshop options will be listed again on registration page. Morning Concurrent Sessions Tuesday 9:30am to 12:30pm: Hands-On Workshop: "SLOP - Overcoming Mole-phobicity" by Ellyn Daugherty OR FDA Workshop 1: "FDA Inspection Preparation" by Barbara Immel plus University Panel on Articulation Wednesday 9:30am to 12:30pm: Hands-On Workshop: "ELISA - Show Me the Money" by Ellyn Daugherty OR FDA Workshop 2: "cGMPs for QC Laboratories" by Barbara Immel plus Panel on Entrepreneurship Thursday 9:30am to 12:30pm: Hands-On Workshop: "Lego Bioengineering" by Mary Jane Kurtz, NBC² OR "Stem Cell Conversation" with Ken Uhnak plus Cutting-Edge High School Panel Friday 9:30am to 12:30pm: Hands-On Workshop: "Metrology" by Robert O'Brien and David Miller, NBC² PowerPoint Presentation OR Hands-On Workshop: "Growing Stem Cells" by Kenneth Uhnak Afternoon Concurrent Sessions Monday through Thursday 1:30pm to 4:30pm: EITHER Hands-On Workshops: Monday: "Confined Space Entry" by James Hewlett, NBC² Confined Space Evaluation (.pdf) Confined Space Permit (.pdf) Confined Space Program (.pdf) Confined Space Entry Presentation (.ppt) Confined Space Sign (.doc) Tuesday: "Yeast Expression Systems" by Thomas Burkett, NBC² Wednesday: "Process Control" by Richard Cardin, NBC² Thursday: "Chromogenic LAL Assay" by Linda Rehfuss, NBC² PowerPoint Presentation OR Hands-On Workshops: Biopharmaceutical Production Workshop by Deb Audino and NHCTC Crew (Monday through Thursday): QA, Production and QC Lectures cGMP Popcorn Exercise Set-Up, Inoculate, and Sample Process Controlled Bioreactors tPA Purification and ELISA tPA Assay QC Microbiology-LAL Gel Clot Assay and EM QC Biochemistry-HPLC and SDS PAGE Staining
Keynote Speakers:	Growing Products in Microalgae: From Nutraceuticals to Human Therapeutic Proteins -- Miguel Oliazola -- PowerPoint Presentation From Corn to Amino Acids and Ethanol -- Janet Paulson -- PowerPoint Presentation Mammalian Cell Culture -- Tim Charlebois -- PowerPoint Presentation Today's Biologics: From Bench Top to Bottle -- Michael Cicio -- PowerPoint Presentation Centrality of Quality Control to the Biopharmaceutical Operation Cynthia Sarnoski -- PowerPoint Presentation
Registration:	The registration fee of $250 for Northeast Region (6 New England states plus NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, & DC) educators and $500 for educators out of region covers 5 nights at the Hampton Inn (July 23, 24, 25, 26, 27). It also covers the opening reception on July 23 plus breakfast and lunch on July 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28.
Scholarships:	A small number of scholarships are available for Northeast Region attendees. For more details on this and how to apply for a scholarship - email Dr. Sonia Wallman at: SWallman@NHCTC.edu
Lodging:	Lodging will be provided at the: Hampton Inn 99 Durgin Lane Portsmouth, NH 03801 603-431-6111 Voice Attendees need to call the Hampton Inn to make their respective reservation. Identify yourself as a BIOMAN 2006 conference attendee and your charge card will not be debited.

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