Life Sciences Institute BCCC By Kathleen Kennedy Norris, PhD Professor, Baltimore City Community College Program Coordinator, Biotechnology Director, Life Sciences Institute
Student Interns are working towards completion of Associate of Science degree in BIOTECHNOLOGY Courses 1 st Semester Prep. for Acad.Achievement Special Topics in Biotech I General Chemistry I English Writing Precalculus I Social & Behavioral Sciences 2 nd Semester General Biology Special Topics in Biotech II General Chemistry II Intro to research methods Precalculus I Social & Behavioral Sciences BIO 199 Internship 3 rd Semester Microbiology Tech for Instrum for Biotech Health and Life fitness Literature & Healing 4 th Semester Genetics Computers for business mgmt Health & life fitness Arts & Humanities Social & Behavioral Sciences 2
Students learn various techniques spending more than 250 hrs in biology and chemistry labs before going for internship. Techniques Learned 1. Making Buffers 2. Simple and serial Dilutions 3. Titration 4. ph meter 5. Spectrophotometer 6. Centrifuge 7. Running DNA gel. 8. Plasmid DNA extraction. 9. Restriction digest of DNA. 10.Protein estimation by Bradford. 11.Thin layer Chromatography. 12.Gel filtration chromatography 3
Why do students do internship? Students need to complete 250 hrs of internship to complete their Associate of Science degree in BIOTECHNOLOGY. What students do in internship? Interns work on a small research project in close association with, or guidance from the PI, postdoc, or graduate student. They are required to make a presentation using powerpoint discussing with a summary of project and details at the end of the internship. 4
Internships placements in BioPark Biotech companies and University labs BioPark Companies: PathSensors Gliknik Fyodor SNBL Paragon University labs: Center of Marine Biotechnology Dept of Anatomy & neurobiology Center for Vas. & Infl Diseases Dept of Micro.& Immunobiology Dept of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development Dental School Institute of Genomic Sciences 5
Success stories Sherreal Hammond Internship at SNBL, Senior Manufacturing Technician, Baltimore Bioworks.
Success stories Anna Grinitsyna Internship at UM Dental School Pursuing B.S Biochemistry, UMBC
Success stories Venant Saague Internship and hired at Center for Vaccine Development, Pursuing B.S. Medical Technology, UM
Success stories Methinee Tongsuk Internship and hired at Gliknik (P/T) & at University of Maryland (P/T)
Success stories Kierra Stevens Internship at Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology Hired as Research Assistant. Pursuing B.S. at Towson University
Success stories Maria V. Badiola Internship at Towson University Hired F/T at SoBran
Success stories Tim Gotia Internship at Johns Hopkins Univ. Hired as Research Assistant P/T, promoted to F/T Institute of Genome Sciences, UM
Success stories Shalini Malaki Internship at Center of Marine Biotech Pursuing B.S. Medical Technology, UM
Success stories Elsha Moore Internship at SNBL
Success stories Megan Watson Internship at Chief Medical Examiner s Office
Success stories Marlysall Tou Internship at Baltimore City Community College Hired at SoBran
Success stories Michael Gakunga Internship at Center for Vasculatory & Inflammatory Diseases
Students In Spotlight: BCCC-Towson BRIDGES program Shamshuddin Khan Towson University Internship Shamshuddin excited about his research work and transfer at Towson university through the BRIDGES program..
Students In Spotlight: BCCC-Towson BRIDGES program Maria Badiola Towson University Internship Maria presenting her internship work on kinetics of pesticide degradation..
Students In Spotlight: BCCC-Towson BRIDGES program Kierra Stephens Towson University Internship Kierra at her poster with her BRIDGES program summer internship work. Towson University Undergraduate Student Research Award Winner May 2013
Students In Spotlight: BCCC-Towson BRIDGES program. Sonia Young Towson University Internship Sonia explaining her work on RT-qPCR for blood assay to Towson University faculty...
Baltimore City Community College BCCC s off campus site- Life Sciences Institute is positioned to be a major Biotech Workforce provider for Maryland. It enables BCCC biotech and environmental science students to pursue associate degrees/ certificates in UMBioPark. Students can complete a 2+2 educational & career pathway starting with 2 years at BCCC (leading to the associate degree), and transfer to a 4-year institution for completion of the 2 yrs of junior & senior years (leading to the bachelor of science degree). 22
Life Sciences Institute Renowned for integrating academic and technical education, LSI offers two-year associate degrees, one-year certificates, and non-credit health care and industry-specific training programs in these areas of study: Biotechnology Arts and Science Transfer pre-dental, pre-medical, pre-pharmacy, and nursing Specialized training is also available at LSI through its allied health training programs. certified nurse assistants, phlebotomy technicians, emergency medical technicians and EKG technicians 23
Life Sciences Institute LSI occupies 32,000 sq. ft. of BioPark Building II Students learn in a beautiful, sophisticated environment that includes 11 laboratories, 10 classrooms and lecture hall. From remedial tutoring to hands-on practice of the industry's most advanced laboratory protocols, all course work is accomplished at this one location. The UM library and UM student center offer additional resources and services. The capstone course for the associate degree in biotechnology is a required 24 250-hour research internship