Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI)’s Post

New BCSI Certified Evaluator Training Opportunity! If you can't make it next month to Northeastern University, we've been graciously invited to Austin Community College on November 21-22 to train additional evaluators to service the region. Register today at: https://lnkd.in/g-nSZYzD Or reach out to me if you have any questions!

I'm headed back to Boston next month for BioProcess International and all the fun of #BiotechWeekBoston! Adding to the fun of this packed calendar, Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) will wrap up the week (9/26-27) graciously hosted by Northeastern University- Burlington for two days of BCSI Certified Evaluator testing and training. Register using the link below and please email info@bcsi.bio with any questions! https://lnkd.in/gnkHKCYX

We had a fantastic Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) Evaluator training session at the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES), The National Institutes of Health. BCSI microcredentials provide validation of laboratory skills for biotech workforce that meet the needs of not just today but future biotech workforce as well. Thank you Angela Consani, CEO BCSI, our trainer Elizabeth (Betsy) Boedeker for insights into the evaluation process, Ragavan Suresh and Morgan Merriman for hosting us and being wonderful team members along with @Mindy Wilson. We really enjoyed our lunch from food trucks and the weather during our mid day break outside. 🌞 Pic Courtesy- Ragavan Suresh.

Job alert at Washington University in St. Louis. Note: degree is optional if you are trained in upstream and downstream techniques! We are currently looking to fill a Lab Tech position at Washington University in St. Louis, specifically for someone with expertise in upstream and downstream biomanufacturing. While a BS and some experience would be beneficial, it is not a strict requirement. This position involves working on the bioprocessing of protein-based materials at the 10L scale fermentation level, as well as silk fiber spinning. Our goal is to produce sufficient hybrid silk protein to demonstrate fabric applications. Would you be able to send this info to your students and trainees? Here is the link: https://lnkd.in/g-r8HHEr Please contact me Huyen (Gwen) Nguyen at hbnguyen@wustl.edu for any questions.

🔬 Dive into the gene pool of opportunities at this year’s virtual (Ex)2: Expert Exchange Series event on September 19th, 2024. Join us for: -1:1 sessions with expert Science & Clinical recruiters -100’s of active job opportunities to which you can apply and interview -A live keynote featuring industry leaders on the future of biomanufacturing -Network with prominent biomanufacturing organizations, associations, and universities -Connect with key company contacts & learn more about their work Sign Up Here: https://lnkd.in/gHB_mu5d #biomanufacturing #careerdevelopment

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.

Last call! Monday is the final day for registration for the BCSI Certified Evaluator Training, generously hosted by FAES on the main campus of the NIH at Bethesda, MD. If you missed out on the Dallas training, this is a great opportunity to start the new semester certified with BCSI to deliver assessments on behalf of BCSI in the region. We are excited to see you there! Register ASAP here:

I just returned from a stellar week graciously hosted by BioLabs Pegasus Park - North Texas (loud shout-out to Gabby Everett for opening her doors for us!) training faculty in Certified Evaluator skills for Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI). Please join me in welcoming Logan Ardrey and Lyndsey Torrez from National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM), Shazia Ahmed, Juliet Spencer, Lionel Faure, Adalvan Daniel Martins and Youlanda FitzGerald from Texas Woman's University, Julio Ruiz from The University of Texas at Austin, Roxanne Berry from Blinn College, and Shanta MacKinnon from North Carolina Central University to the army of BCSI Certified Evaluators deployed in Texas and North Carolina! Extra thanks to Diana Elrod for the amazing support she provides to her faculty at TWU.