Welcome to the Community College Program Day

BIO 2011Washington D.C.

Faces of Success 2011Community and Technical College Biotech Program

Graduates at Work

GreetingsLori Lindburg, Director, BayBio Institute

ModeratorsElaine Johnson, Director, Bio-Link

Jo-Anne Hongo, Senior Scientific Manager, Genentech, Inc.

Our Panelists

• David Haddad, Millenium• Great Bay Community College

• Angie Yee, Genentech• City College of San Francisco

• Trisha Castillo, St. Edward’s Forensics Science Program • Austin Community College

• Aziz Ahmad, Forsyth Technical Community College• Forsyth Technical Community College

• Tori Barron, Life Technologies• Madison Technical Community College

Closing remarks - Lori Lindburg, Director, BayBio Institute

© 2008 Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company

David HaddadLab Assistant

Graduated From Great Bay Community CollegeFormerly NHCTC

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Education

▐ High School▌ Advanced Math and Chemistry▌ Took Microbiology through Project Running Start

▐ Jobs at College▌ Tutor: Chemistry, Biology, and Biotech Research▌ Lab Aid: Chemistry▌ Internship

• Worked over summer developing fake DNA fingerprinting kit using plasmids

▌ Received Associates Degree in Biotechnology in 2007

Responsibilities in Lab Ops

▐ Media Prep▌ Preparing Solutions▌ Stocking Shelves

▐ Cell Culture Support▌ Stocking Labs▌ Working with vendors

to get supplies

▐ Assisting with research as time allows

Future Plans

▐ Get my Bachelors degree at Harvard Extension School in 2013

▐ Transfer to a research position in Millennium

▐ Get a graduate degree

Giving Back

▐ Giving Talks▌ Panel discussions,

job fair, conferences▐ Lab Supply Donations

▌ Acacia in Kenya, Great Bay, LHS, Lexington

▐ Digits▌ Promoting STEM

education

Angie YeeFaces of Success 2011

Washington, DC

My Journey

My Current PositionGoal - to develop potentially therapeutic antibodies

Immunization

Fusion

Purification

Characterize

FusionScreening

Subclone Screening

Clone Expansion

Immunization

Key Name Parameter GateSVT2.002 FL2-H G1

SVT2.053 FL2-H G1

SVT2.054 FL2-H G1

SVT2.055 FL2-H G1

SVT2.056 FL2-H G1

SVT2.057 FL2-H G1

SVT2.059 FL2-H G1

Key Name Parameter GateSVT2.004 FL2-H G2

SVT2.038 FL2-H G2

SVT2.040 FL2-H G2

SVT2.041 FL2-H G2

SVT2.042 FL2-H G2

SVT2.043 FL2-H G2

100 101 102 103 104

FL2-H100 101 102 103 104

FL2-H

100 101 102 103 104

FL2-H100 101 102 103 104

FL2-H

SVT2 Control cells

SVT2-FcRH2 cells

SVT2-FcRH2-gD SVT2 Control

anti-gD

IMS 1:500

irrelevant MAb

media NMS 1:500

FcRH2 Fusion 1 24-well screen 41866-19, 070703

Paying It Forward

Questions?

yee.angie@gene.com

Trisha Castillo Austin Community College

Background Information

Parent at a Young AgeGot My GEDCounselor at ACC Led Me to the Biotech

ProgramTough Program But One that Could Lead to

A Career

Present Situation

Presently in my Senior year in St. Edward’s Forensics Science Program

http://www.stedwards.edu/academics/bachelors/forensicscience

Goal: A B.S. in Forensic Science

Dreams and Aspirations

A Job in a Forensic or a Drug Analysis Laboratory

Provide a Better Life for Myself and my Children

How Do You Give Back

Helped with the Installation of a New Lab Helped with the Development of

Protocols Initiated the Development of a

Articulation Agreement with St. Edward’s Forensic Science Program

Helping to Develop Laboratory Experiences for Biotechnology Students in the Area of Forensics

Aziz Ahmad, MD Forsyth Technical Community College (ForsythTech),

Winston-Salem, NC Sandhills Community College (SCC), Pinehurst, NC

Spring 2011-Instructor ForsythTech Self-Employed

About Myself: Education: MD, Kabul, Afghanistan

Biotechnology, ForsythTech CC Work: 28 yrs, Duke University Medical

Center Retired: November 2007 to pursue 2nd career How did I learn about Forsyth Tech?

Personal curiosityReferences from friends who work in the

community college systemOnline searches Visits to different community colleges

1. Each community college has a specific biotech focus

2. ForsythTech is part of the National Center for Biotechnology Workforce & BioNetwork

Tenacity

Currently:

1. Spring 2011 Instructor, Anatomy and Physiology, ForsythTech

2. As an instructor I would like to:a. Improve my teaching skillsb. Work toward a better understanding of students and

their needsc. Find ways to motivate studentsd. Participate in selection of textbooks e. Facilitate the learning process through:

1) Improvement of student labs2) Awareness of lab difficulties3) Understanding the importance of the lab4) Importance of reading and studying the textbook

(students not just dependent upon lectures)

My Educational Dream:To create basic research training for undergraduate students to prepare

them to become future researchers

My Dream:Accomplish research in a novel optical drug delivery system

Presently:

Teach Anatomy & PhysiologyParticipate in NC COINAttend Biotech meetingsWork on personal research

TORI BARRON, MSSTAFF SCIENTIST

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES

Faces of Success

Madison Area Technical CollegeEducation

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Biotechnology – 2002-2003

Basic Lab Methods Molecular Biology I & II Biochemistry Bioprocessing Chromatography

Life TechnologiesPrimary and Stem Cell Systems

Culture of human embryonic stem cells (hES) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS)

Differentiation of hES cells to neural stem cells, astrocyte progenitors, and astrocytes

GOAL = Cell therapy for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) inject progenitors into rat models of ALS test safety and efficacy provide proof-of-principle lay the groundwork for human clinical trials

within five years

Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Human Astrocytes

Abcam

Invitrogen.com

Madison Area Technical CollegeHuman Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Methods

Part-time Instructor 2010-2011Develop hESC educational

curriculum (4 credit course)

hESC culture skills hESC characterization experiments lectures on wide breadth of stem cell

topics scientific communication skills with

assignments designed around ‘real-world’ challenges in stem cell research

 

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THANK YOU!

TORI .BARRON@LIFETECH.COM

Questions?