{"id":69034,"date":"2005-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-biotech-manufacturing-program-doubles-enrollment\/"},"modified":"2005-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"uri-biotech-manufacturing-program-doubles-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/09\/uri-biotech-manufacturing-program-doubles-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 biotech manufacturing program doubles enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tStudent interest mirrors industry demand for trained workers<\/p>\n

PROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2013 September 7, 2005 \u2013 Enrollment in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s biotechnology manufacturing program has more than doubled for the 2005-2006 school year. Twenty-five students are registered for the fall semester, up from 12 last year.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cInterest in the program has increased dramatically, especially when people realize that they will be qualified for a full-time job paying a salary of about $40,000 after just one year of coursework and an internship,\u201d said Dorothy Swift, coordinator of the program at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein Providence Campus. \u201cWe get phone calls every week from potential students who want to learn more about the program.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tLaunched in 2003, the biotechnology manufacturing curriculum is an intensive bachelor\u2019s degree program designed to prepare students to work in the growing field of biotechnology. Classes are held in Providence and begin with two semesters of full-time study followed by a summer internship at a biotech company in the area. Coursework includes biology, chemistry, biotechnology methods, microbiology and human physiology. Following the internship, most students go to work full-time in the industry and complete their education as part-time students. Most of the students in the program are adults seeking a career change.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cLocal biotech companies are becoming more and more interested in the program as well,\u201d added Beth Zielinski-Habershaw, the program\u2019s associate coordinator and an assistant professor of biotechnology. \u201cWe will have several new companies offering our students internships this year, including Avant Immunotherapeutics and GTC, and many companies have executives giving guest lectures in classes and providing other curricular support.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe biotech industry in Rhode Island is growing significantly, and demand for trained workers is high. <\/p>\n


\nA key element of the program is learning to use the equipment in the biotechnology manufacturing training laboratory at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Providence campus. This facility houses a wide range of state-of-the-art technologies, including bioreactors used to grow cell cultures in quantity, a shaking incubator to aerate liquid cultures, a centrifuge to aid in collecting cultured cells, and other tools of molecular biology. Also included are protein separation and purification equipment, a laminar flow hood, autoclave, ultra-low temperature freezer, organic carbon analyzer, and two kinds of microscopes.<\/p>\n


\nEvery student who completes the first year of the program and is approved for an internship qualifies for $4,250 in tuition reimbursement \u2013 nearly 50 percent of the cost of tuition — through the Rhode Island Tech Collective and a U.S. Department of Labor program that aims to train workers in new fields.<\/p>\n


\n\tBiotechnology companies that have hosted student interns from the program are: Amgen of West Greenwich; Cambrex Corp. of Hopkinton; eMembrane, Inc. and EpiVax Inc., both of Providence; Hybrigene, Inc. of West Kingston; and Nephros Therapeutics Inc. and Neurotech USA, Inc., both of Lincoln. Avant Immunotherapeutics of Fall River, Mass. and GTC Biotherapeutics Inc. of Framingham, Mass. will host interns in 2006. Spherics, Inc. of Lincoln assisted with curriculum development.<\/p>\n


\n\tThose interested in learning more about the program can attend one of the periodic information sessions at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein Providence Campus. The next one will be held Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. For more information call the 溏心vlog免费B站 Special Programs Office at 401-277-5054. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Student interest mirrors industry demand for trained workers PROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2013 September 7, 2005 \u2013 Enrollment in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s biotechnology manufacturing program has more than doubled for the 2005-2006 school year. Twenty-five students are registered for the fall semester, up from 12 last year. \u201cInterest in the program has increased dramatically, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}