Workforce Updates
Del Ruff of NC A&T, co-lead for engagement for the NSF North Carolina Regenerative Medicine Engine, visited the NCBW labs at Forsyth Tech to learn more about its new bioprinting capabilities.
BETA Skills Summer Industry Fellows
The third class of eight BETA Skills Summer Industry Fellows completed their two month fellowships by presenting their findings on Monday, July 28 at the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem NC. Special thanks to the NSF ATE and Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein.
2025 InnovATEBIO Bioscience Leadership Institute (BLI) Eleven community college, K-12, and university bioscience educators completed the intensive, six-month 2025 InnovATEBIO Bioscience Leadership Institute (BLI)
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Held at Wake Forest Biotech Place on June 9th, Public Day combined interactive exhibits, presentations, and hands-on demonstrations designed to educate, demystify and inspire individuals from all walks of life.
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SciTech Lecture Series
SciTech Discussion with Karen Barnes
April 2025Karen Barnes, Ecosystem Development Officer NSF Piedmont Triad Regenerative Medicine Engine, demystifies PTRME and explains the importance of its ecosystem.
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SciTech Discussion with Dr. Pinar Mesci & Jana Stoudemire, Axiom Space
March 2025Dr. Pinar Mesci (Sr. Program Manager, Global Head, Regenerative Medicine & Disease Modeling) and Jana Stoudemire (PTRME Leadership Team, In Space ITEC Lead), join Russ and Trevor for a fascinating discussion of Axiom's work on in-space biology/biotechnology and the opportunities that it can create for the local workforce.
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SciTech Introduction to Regenerative Medicine with Bill Woodruff
February 2025Russ and Trevor are joined by William (Bill) Woodruff (Professor Emeritus, Biotechnology, Alamance Community College) for a discussion of what's being done, what's possible, and the expansive and diverse opportunities in Regenerative Medicine.
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The National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce (NCBW) provides leadership and a collaborative platform that directly connects industry, educators, and workforce developers to meet the nation’s ever-evolving bioscience workforce needs.
With its focus on capacity building, best practices, professional development, and skills standard generation, NCBW has led several federally funded bioscience workforce initiatives that both promote and build dynamic, on-the-ground, regional and national communities of practice that engage bioscience employers, colleges, trade and workforce organizations, and advanced manufacturing institutes.
Currently, NCBW leads the NSF ATE Skills for Biomedical Emerging Technology Applications (BETA Skills) project which explores advanced technological education for technician-specialists working in convergent technology and is a partner in InnovATEBIO, the NSF ATE National Center for Biotechnology Education, focusing on its Leadership Institute and on assessing emerging technology skill training needs.
Since 2009, NCBW’s public SciTech Lecture Series has attracted a large and diverse monthly audience. Students, faculty, entrepreneurs, scientists, and other interested participants from throughout the community have participated in more than eighty sessions.
NCBW is also home to a state-of-the-art Analytical and Molecular Skills Development Laboratory which provides advanced training and internships for students, as well as equipment and bench space rental to small companies and researchers. AMSDL is a key component of NCBW’s professional development programs which attract bioscience instructors and selected high-school science teachers from across the United States and beyond.
