Leveraging Government, Business, and Grant Support to Grow the Biotech Workforce
- 1. Leveraging Government, Business, and Grant Support to Grow the Biotech Workforce Eilene LyonsActing Dean, STEM Division STLCC-Florissant ValleySTLCC Biotechnology ProgramFounding Coordinator
- 2. First Biotechnology Program in MissouriFounded Fall 1999Research and Development basedAAS and Certificate in BiotechnologyHalf of declared majors - BS or higher
- 4. 64 Declared Majors currently
- 5. 91% life science job placementof core course completers Job PlacementbioMerieuxCentocor CovidienDonald Danforth Plant Science Center Millipore Drug Discovery Monsanto PfizerWashington University Research Labs
- 6. Timing is Everything…2001 – 2002, St. Louis plant and life science sector exceeded average national growth.Employment grew 56.6 percent. Added 3,676 new jobs in one year.
- 7. Plant and Life Science R&D Nodes
- 8. Vision for Growth: Step 1Battelle study, January 2005“St. Louis Community College offers an Associate of Applied Science in Biotechnology degree but the program is limited by space. As the region’s start-up companies expand, there is likely to be greater demand for technicians than can be produced currently. An option that might be considered to enable STLCC to expand their biotechnology offerings would be to provide lab space for the college in the new multi-tenant building being planned…”
- 9. Bio-Research & Development Growth Park (BRDG Park)AtThe Danforth Plant Science Center
- 10. Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterNot-for-profit scientific facilityFounded in 1998 by The Danforth FoundationThrough an alliance betweenUniversity of Illinois-Urbana ChampagneMissouri Botanical GardenUniversity of Missouri-Columbia MO Monsanto Company Purdue UniversityWashington University St. Louis
- 11. BRDG Park’s MissionTo help fledgling companies transition from innovative ideas in plant and life science to commercial successes
- 13. BRDG ParkInitial phase: 60,000 square feet of wet laboratory and office spaceTwo additional buildings planned, 500,000 total square feet
- 14. St. Louis Community College10,500 square feet on first floor
- 15. Funding the Build-out and EquipmentTobacco Settlement Fund $500,000
- 16. State Tax Credits $500,000
- 17. NASA Grants $1,100,000
- 18. MO Dept. of Ed. Grant $213,000
- 19. Monsanto Fund $250,000 $2,563,000
- 22. Missouri State Government SupportCurrent Governor Jay Nixon2009Former Governor Matt Blunt2006
- 23. Vision for Growth: Step 2Addition of a contract research lab within BRDG ParkModeled after InnovaBio – Salt Lake Community College
- 24. The BIO-BENCHNSF ATE project grant $680,000- Senior Scientist Elizabeth Boedeker- Coordinates research projects- Supervises Biotechnology Program interns who perform research
- 25. Primary GoalContinue the education of our studentsProvide a real world lab experience
- 26. Secondary GoalResource for start-up companiesLab spaceHigh end equipment and instrumentationLab assistants STLCC Biotech Interns
- 27. BIO-BENCH Projects 2010-11qPCR expression analysis of a mouse model for sepsisqPCR expression analysis, protein analysis of human astrocyte cell line
- 28. BIO-BENCH Projects 2010-11Genotyping transgenic plantsAlgae to biofuelBiofermentation of Archaea for fuel cellsGenetic analysis of rare bleeding disorder
- 29. BIO-BENCH Interns (9)Divergence (BRDG Park) – 2 graduatesPhycal LLC (BRDG PARK) – 1 graduateMOBIO and Golden Soy LLC – 1 graduateInterns currently at the CRO – 3Intern at Phycal LLC – 1 December intern/graduates seeking employment - 2
- 30. Elaine Johnson and Bio-LinkTamara Goetz and Craig Caldwell, SLCCMissouri Senator Christopher ‘Kit’ BondMissouri Governors Jay Nixon and Matt Blunt Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterWexford CorporationMonsanto Acknowledgements: