Title: Our Mission is to support and enhance biomanufacturing education and training and the workforce for
14th Annual Community College Program at
BIO Sunday, May 6, 2007
2NBC2 Relationship with Lonza
- Lonza represented on the NBC2 National Visiting
Committee - Lonza is a member of the NBC2 Advisory Board
Mike Cicio of Lonza chaired the NBC2 Advisory
Board September 2005 to March 2007 - Lonza hosts the four yearly NBC2 Advisory Board
teleconferences - Lonza provides equipment and supplies for the
NBC2 Equipment Resource - Lonza provides keynote lecturers for the annual
BIOMAN conference
- Lonza provides tours for the annual BIOMAN
conference - Lonza is a partner in the DOL Registered
Biomanufacturing Apprenticeship program - Lonza is a participant in creating the
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry Skill
Standards - Lonza personnel serve on Learning Community
groups focused on providing curriculum,
instructional materials and resources for jobs in
process development, metrology and facilitites
for the NBC2 and its GBC
3NHCTC Relationship with Lonza
- Lonza is a member of the NHCTC Biotechnology
Department Advisory Board - Lonza provides lab and large-scale equipment for
use and/or demonstration and various supplies for
NHCTC - Lonza provides student tours
- Lonza provides employment for graduates
- Lonza provides Biomanufacturing Apprenticeships,
full-time in the summer and part-time during the
academic year - Lonza and Eli Lilly are helping with the design
of a process development and training facility at
NHCTC
- NHCTC provides appropriately trained
biomanufacturing technicians for Lonza - NHCTC provides Biomanufacturing Apprentices for
Lonza - NHCTCs Northeast Biomanufacturing Institute
provides custom short courses for Lonza incumbent
workers - NHCTC makes provisions for Lonza and Eli Lilly
(Lonza partner) to utilize NH Biotechnology
Education and Training wet lab space for process
development activities
4And
- Next, Lonzas Olga Mollin and Cathleen OConnor
will talk about their employer Lonza Biologics,
the worlds largest contract biopharmaceutical
manufacturer and Lonzas relationship with the
NBC2 and NHCTC - Later, as NBC2 Upstate New York Hub Director, I
will talk about the activities of the Upstate New
York Hub and how this biotech/biomanufacturing
cluster has grown since the NBC2 Inaugural Event
and Advisory Board Meeting held at Finger Lakes
Community College, September 26 and 27, 2005.
5Our Mission is to support and enhance
biomanufacturing education and training and the
workforce for the 21st century.
6Partnerships
- New Hampshire Community Technical College, NH
- Finger Lakes Community College, NY
- Minuteman Regional High School , MA
- Community College of Rhode Island, RI
- Montgomery County Community College, PA
- Community College of Baltimore College, MD
7NBC2 Companies
8Targeted Jobs
Process Development Associate Validation
SpecialistManufacturing Technician-Upstream Manuf
acturing Technician-Downstream Instrumentation/Cal
ibration TechnicianChemistry QC
Technician Microbiology QC TechnicianEnvironmenta
l Health Safety TechnicianQA Documentation
CoordinatorFacilities Technician
9The Curriculum
A Curriculum With an Industry Standard
10Finger Lakes Community College and the New York
Hub
11Principles of Biomanufacturing at FLCC
12Academic Collaborators
13Industry and State Organizations
14 Strategic Partnerships
- RIT Center for Bioscience Education and
Technology - Central New York Biotechnology Research Center
- New York State Center of Excellence in
Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
15Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)
- Finger Lakes Partnership Awarded 15 Million
- Combining resources of NBC2 and the Wired
Partnership to create a Regional Biomanufacturing
Apprenticeship Program
16Local Partners
- Danisco acquired Genencor in 2005
- second largest supplier of industrial enzymes in
the world. - The Rochester Center for Development and
Commercialization (RCDC) enzymes - The Rochester Therapeutics Production Center
(RTPC) cGMP biopharmaceuticals Health Care
Division
17- large volume fermentation
- world-class chemical and biotechnology
development laboratories - pilot and commercial manufacturing plants
- pharmaceutical research laboratories.
18The Delivery
- A.S. Degree Programs (with B.S. articulations)
- A.A.S. Degree Programs (terminal degree)
- Certificate Training Programs
- Executive Program model (nights/weekends)
- Power Programs (3-5 day workshops/seminars)
- Customized training programs (Industry Specific)
- Apprenticeship
19- Co-sponsoring Computer Validation workshop, SBIR
seminar, and bioinformatics - Collaborating on May 21-23 workshop which will
include a full day cleanroom technology workshop. - Participating in New York Hub biotechnology/bioman
ufacturing career day on April 19th.
20WIRED Demonstration ProjectIndustry - WIB
Partnership
- Wired Apprenticeship will be administered through
Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board - Leverage curriculum, supplies, equipment, and
expertise of NBC2 - Department of Labor WIRED Apprenticeship
21Funding
implementation
Advisory
High-Tech Apprenticeship