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 and the workforce for the 21st century.

Sponsor:

The National Science Foundation's ATE Regional Center for Biomanufacturing, the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC²).

Host
Institution & Event Location:

Rochester Institute of Technology
Center for Bioscience Education and Technology
153 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623-5608

CONTACT:
James Hewlett, Associate Professor of Biology
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua, NY 14424
(585) 394-3500 x7325 Voice
hewletja@flcc.edu

Program
Agenda:

All Conference Attendees

Breakfast & Networking (8:00am to (9:00am):
Monday, July 27th through Thursday, July 30th

Keynoters (9:00am to 10:00am):
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday

Vendor Show and Interest Tables (10:00am to 1:00pm):
Tuesday, July 28th

Lunch (Noon to 1:00pm):
Monday, July 27th through Thursday, July 30th

Wrap-Up and Evaluation  (4:30pm to 5:00pm): Thursday, July 30th

Conference Attendees Choose
When proceeding to the "Registration" page - make your choices for the following morning and afternoon hands-on workshops and panels (first come first served). Workshop options will be listed again on registration page. Payment options are Credit Card or Purchase Order.

Morning Concurrent Sessions

Monday 10:15am to Noon:

Panel: "How to Write an NSF ATE Grant and other NSF Opportunities" with Linnea Fletcher, NSF Program Officer
                        OR
Lecture: "History of cGMP" with Barbara Immel

Wednesday 9:00am to Noon:

Hands-On Workshop: "HPLC GFP" by Kevin Lampe, NBC², Christina Befumo, NBC², and Dana Hopkins, NBC²
                        OR
Hands-On Workshop: "Mycoplasma PCR" by Sheila Byrne, NBC² and Linda Rehfuss, NBC²
                        OR
Hands-On Workshop: "Bradford Assay Validation for Protein Quantification" Jim Hewlett, NBC²

Thursday 10:15am to Noon:

Panel: "How to Put a BIOMAN Focus into your Biotech Program" with NBC² PI and C0-PIs
                        OR
Hands-On Workshop: "Transformation and Sequencing of GFP" by Sherri Andrews of Bio-Rad

Monday 1:30pm to 4:30pm:

Hands-On Workshop: "E. coli - GFP using 1 liter Bioreactors" by Kevin Lampe, NBC², Christina Befumo, NBC², and Dana Hopkins, NBC²
                        OR
Hands-On Workshop: "Process Control" by Mary Jane Kurtz, NBC²
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Tuesday 1:30pm to 4:30pm:

Hands-On Workshop: "GFP Purification" by Kevin Lampe, NBC², Christina Befumo, NBC², and Dana Hopkins, NBC²

Wednesday 1:00pm to 5:00pm:
FIELD EXPERIENCE DAY

Thursday 1:30pm to 4:30pm:

Hands-On Workshop: "Microbial ID" by Robert O'Brien, NBC²
                        OR
Hands-On Workshop: "Making a Master or Working Cell Bank" by Kevin Lampe, NBC², Christina Befumo, NBC², and Dana Hopkins, NBC²
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Keynote
Speakers:

Cellulosic Ethanol
- Larry Walker, NE BioFuels

Industrial Enzymes
- Carol Tomet, CEO, Litron Laboratories

Registration:

The registration fee is $300 for Northeast Region (6 New England states plus NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, & DC) educators and $600 for educators out of region. VISA and MasterCard only will be acepted. Registration fee also covers continental breakfast and lunch on July 27, 28, 29 and 30. For questions not answered above, please contact Sonia Wallman at 603-559-1581 or swallman@ccsnh.edu.