Biotech Supply and Equipment Depot

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• Biotech Supply and Equipment Depot
• David Collins - Inventory Manager

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What is the Equipment Depot?

• One stop shop for surplus equipment and supplies
  donated by industry
• Large instruments
• HPLC, -80 freezers, etc
• Glass ware
• Plastic ware
• etc.

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Where is it located?

• Airport Avionics campus CCSF on North Access
  Airport Road

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How it worksThis is a vast supply funnel, and
new supply sources keep appearing
Bio-Link Industry Contacts (Bill Grohe)
Universities
Bio-Link CCSF Depot (David Collins)
High Schools
Community Colleges
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Volunteers!!

• Caravan of Volunteers to companies
• Collect and transport supplies to depot
• Websitehttp//www.ccsf.edu/Resources/Bio-Link_Dep
  ot/
• Newsletter (email) to keep teachers posted on
  events
• Future Blog for Items sought

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Our volunteers are great!!
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Open houses

• 4 6 times a year on Saturdays
• depending upon donations
• Website
• Newsletter (email)

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Open house

• A lot of donated supplies are new right out of
  the box!
• Rough estimate from one high school teacher
• 70,000 worth of supplies and equipment over
  several years

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Areas served

• Bay Area and beyond
• Over 200 teachers
• 75 high schools
• 8 community colleges
• 4 universities
• representing over 50,000 students
  directly/indirectly annually

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We encourage exploration.

• Often there are surprises for those that look
  closely!
• Equitable distribution of specialized equipment
  is essential
• We are considering another shared model for
  distribution of highly desirable but limited
  equipment.

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Depot Outcomes

• Estimated 1,200,000 worth of surplus equipment
  supplies has been distributed
• Over 200 teachers have received equipment
• Over 30 companies are regular donors
• The depot has become a meeting place for planning
  exchange of ideas. It has generated excitement
  and new ideas, and is largely volunteer operated.

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Future of Depot

• Uncertain Funding Operates through small grant
  funds
• Huge Demand for Biotech Supplies
• Vast Untapped Sources of Biotech Supply Out
  There!
• Looking for alternative sources of support

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We have a lot of happy campers!
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We are Volunteer Driven Run by teachers for
teachers
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Signing in at the Depot-Documentation!
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Some Partners, Sponsors and DonorsThere are many
many more.
Bay Area Community College Consortium
California Applied Biotechnology Center Bay Area