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Primary Purpose: The goal of this project is to develop an effective 2+2+2 educational program
in high throughput biology and bioinformatics to improve the supply of potential employees to fill those
biotechnolgy jobs that have been created, will be created, or will be made more technical by the rapid
advances taking place in the filed of biotechnology.
Our proposed program focuses on curricula, skill needs and certificates, and post-secondary diplomas and
degrees for biotechnology / life sciences. The skills developed in the program will also be applicable to
the other emerging technologies in the State of Pennsylvania, including information technology / optoelectronics
and advanced manufacturing involving nano-biotechnologies. The proposed program is the intended to ensure that
Pennsylvania emerges as a national leader in the development of biotechnology focused on curricula partnerships.
Rationale: High throughput biological methods are increasingly finding apapplications in biotechnology, the
parmaceutical industry, and biomedicine. These technologies have made it possible to achieve global molecular
profiling of biological tissues and fluids, such as blood serum and urine. Such molecular profiling has been
shown to have strong promise as a new tool that can be used for early diagnosis of various forms of cancer,
including ovarian, prostate, and breast cancer.
Drexel Biomedical Engineering Mentoring Program 2004-2005 Archive
