Prism Immersive

This week, Prism Immersive brought BioSuite Virtual to Boston, meeting with key leaders in the city’s unmatched biomanufacturing sector. Boston is a hub of innovation in biomanufacturing, playing a crucial role in shaping the U.S. and global bioeconomy. Our team came to listen, learn, and collaborate. Everything we do is with the singular goal of creating the best possible workforce training solutions. The insights gained here will be invaluable as we continue to refine BioSuite Virtual and its offerings. We had the pleasure of engaging with Natalie Kuldell of BioBuilder Educational Foundation, Eduardo Sanchez of Northeastern University’s Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Lab (BATL), Tatiana Yglesias Ulloa of Portal Innovations, LLC's Boston-Southline Labs, and Isso Bayala of Quincy College. We're especially grateful to our dedicated partners at Northeastern and Stephen Grant for facilitating connections with this vibrant research and workforce development community. As BioSuite Virtual shapes the future of biomanufacturing training, we’re excited to expand our partnerships and deepen our ties to Boston’s thriving biotechnology ecosystem. We’ll be back soon!

We’re excited to share this first peek at BioSuite Virtual, Prism Immersive's training platform designed to transform how biomanufacturing skills are taught. This cutting-edge tool will be used in both academic and industrial settings, offering a scalable and efficient approach to training the next generation of bioindustrial professionals. The trainee will learn key concepts in fermentation science, full bioreactor assembly and operations, monitoring and controlling of key variables, and more while immersed in a virtual laboratory. With key input from our ecosystem, consisting of more than a dozen sites piloting our program, BioSuite Virtual is truly built for the biomanufacturing community, by the biomanufacturing community. BioSuite Virtual will provide:  - Immersive Mixed Reality training that places users in a realistic environment with bioreactor models, manipulable elements, built-in support tools, demos, and animations. - Flexible, scalable training for technicians that significantly reduces the time and cost associated with traditional, in-person education.  - Anywhere, anytime access, allowing users to repeat processes at their own pace, ensuring mastery and reducing the risk of mistakes in real-world applications.  - Credentials, enabling trainees to track and build their skills as they progress.  - Realistic, hands-on simulations that allow trainees to interact with biomanufacturing processes in a Mixed Reality environment. As the demand for skilled professionals in biomanufacturing grows, BioSuite Virtual will close the skills gap, ensuring that both students and current employees are prepared to meet the challenges of the growing bioeconomy. We look forward to sharing more as this platform develops. Contact us if you'd like to learn more. #BioSuiteVirtual   #PrismImmersive   #Biomanufacturing   #MixedReality #WorkforceDevelopment   #VirtualTraining  #Bioeconomy  #ImmersiveLearning

Prism Immersive had an amazing trip this week traveling across the Heartland. On Tuesday, we were graciously hosted by Brian Jacobson, Beth Conerty, Marissa N., Phillip Manning, Tom McKenna and Jedi Brown at the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. After seeing their impressive pilot scale biomanufacturing facility, we set up our BioSuite Virtual pilot space. We are incredibly excited to have IBRL joining our ecosystem. Daniel Beaupré and I drove through the night across Illinois and Missouri to Kansas City appreciating the vast biomanufacturing feedstocks of the region. Today, we worked all day with our good friend and colleague Angela Consani, CEO of Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) to discuss strategies for credentialling within BioSuite Virtual. Our trip culminated with a visit to Kansas City Kansas Community College discussing the merits of mixed reality training with Dr. Edward Kremer and Scott Balog, Ed.D. Hearing the pure amazement when our ecosystem is immersed in BioSuite Virtual for the first time is the reason why we do this. We are excited to accelerate learning in new and engaging ways.

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Prism Immersive and Bioscience Core Skills Institute are doing big things!

We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone: securing a $5M BioMADE award to fund the creation of BioSuite Virtual! This groundbreaking immersive training initiative, backed by $1.5M in cash and over $3.5M in in-kind support, marks a pivotal moment in the realm of biomanufacturing workforce development. BioSuite Virtual is a collaborative effort between GraspXR and XpeRience Science, operating under the joint umbrella of Prism Immersive, Inc., a new immersive media company led by Daniel Beaupré, Chief Knowledge Officer, Jared DeCoste, Chief Science Officer, and Tom Schmidt, Chief Creative Officer. At a time when the demand for skilled biomanufacturing professionals surpasses the available talent pool, BioSuite Virtual emerges as a timely solution. By offering a cost-effective and flexible alternative to traditional in-person training, it aims to bridge the gap between job demand and trained workers. With a focus on both technical mastery and conceptual understanding of bioprocessing, BioSuite Virtual empowers learners to hone their skills anytime, anywhere. BioSuite Virtual is being produced with strategic input from industrial and academic partners. Experts in precision fermentation, biomanufacturing laboratory operations, immersive learning, credentialing, and laboratory safety are informing its development from initial concept through final product. Key support is being provided by Amyris, Northeastern University, Bioscience Core Skills Institute, and Harford Community College, with additional college, university, and industry support comprising a diverse piloting ecosystem. About BioMADE BioMADE is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute, whose vision is to build a sustainable, domestic end-to-end bioindustrial manufacturing ecosystem. Its mission is to enable domestic bioindustrial manufacturing at all scales, develop technologies to enhance U.S. bioindustrial competitiveness, de-risk investment in relevant infrastructure, and expand the biomanufacturing workforce to realize the economic promise of industrial biotechnology. We’re energized by the possibilities BioSuite Virtual offers in reshaping biomanufacturing training and are eager to share further updates as we push the boundaries of innovation in this field! #BioMADE #biomanufacturing #biobasedproducts #fermentation #syntheticbiology  #consumerbiotech  #sustainability #biotech #synbio #bioeconomy #GreenTechnology #SustainableDevelopment #Innovation #Biotechnology