National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM)’s Post

Last week we hosted the first BioFORCE summer camp since 2019! We hosted 11 high schoolers from across Texas to introduce them to the world of biomanufacturing! Students learned about the drug development pipeline with a focus on the manufacturing side of things. Activities included cleanroom gowning, aseptic transfers in a BSC, bacterial transformation, optical density measurements, eukaryotic cell counting, chromatography, and more! We want to thank the Sacchettini lab & Dr. Krieger for allowing our campers to tour their drug discovery facilities and Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies for giving a tour of their manufacturing site. I'd like to thank our careers panel participants for illustrating the variety of positions and journeys within this industry! Thank you Stefan, Marc, Steven, Baley, and Patricia for inspiring these students. This camp ignited their interest in the biomanufacturing industry and we hope some of them choose to be part of the future workforce :) #NCTM #TEESresearch #tamu #Bioforce #stemcamp #biomanufacturing #biotech #summercamp

  • Summer camp group photo; students are wearing white lab coats and standing beside a stainless steel bioreactor, a CIP skid, and a separator
  • Students learning how to use a micropipette
  • Summer campers practicing cleanroom gowning
  • Students showing off their petri dishes with E. coli
  • Students learning to don sterile sleeves for use inside a biological safety cabinet
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This is a passion project of mine! Being a former BioFORCE camper myself, it's extremely rewarding to be able to introduce this industry to students who didn't realize its existence. I was in their shoes a decade ago with my eyes set on med school, unaware of an entire career cluster which could combine my interest in biochemistry with my passion of helping others. We had a wonderful group of students and I hope they at least consider a career in biomanufacturing :)

Koey Keylon

Executive Director, OKC Innovation District Biomanufacturing Training Center (BioTC Oklahoma)

3mo

Tie-dyed lab coats?!?!?!? NO WAY!!! Looks like a GREAT time! 😍

Stefan Klidzia

Associate Manager - Learning and Development Compliance | Biomedical Sciences | Human Performance

3mo

Thanks for having me!

Luisa Sancen

Pharmaceutical Professional | Technology Transfer | Sourcing Strategies | Contract Manufacturing | Business Operations

3mo

I was looking at the lab coats as well!!! Talking about some cool scientist learning some pretty cool stuff! Enjoy this life-time experience!

Angela Consani

Co-Founder and CEO @ Bioscience Core Skills Institute | Digital Microcredentials | Passionate advocate for equitable economic advancement | Authentic, practical skills assessment

3mo

This is awesome!

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