Welcome August 2021 BioMADE Members!

BioMADE is excited to welcome the following new members, who joined in August 2021:  

• Genomatica 
  Genomatica, your partner in bioengineered manufacturing, enables a “better way” to produce chemicals from alternative feedstocks. 
   

• Northwestern University 
  The Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) at Northwestern University was launched in 2016 to develop synthetic biology research, biomanufacturing innovations, and training programs. Since launching the Center, CSB has raised the University’s leadership profile in the field, led to one of the largest concentrations of synthetic biology faculty in the country, and created a community where the best faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows find an intellectual home with partners from diverse backgrounds. Several start-ups from faculty have been launched, which focus on metabolic engineering, biosensors, on-demand manufacturing, protein expression, and cellular therapies. 
  

• Rice University 
  Rice is a private, independent university dedicated to the advancement of letters, science, and art. 
   

• Signature Science 
  Signature Science's consultants serve government and commercial clients through a wide array of technical offerings. We combine scientific rigor with proven quality assurance processes to deliver solution-focused, well-executed projects and contracts. 
   

• Solano Community College 
  The Industrial Biotechnology program at Solano Community College emphasizes biomanufacturing by training students in the skills required to work in companies that have located in the biotech manufacturing cluster in Vacaville, CA. This program has served as the model for biomanufacturing programs all around the country. In 2015, Solano Community College was approved to offer a Baccalaureate Degree in Biomanufacturing, making Solano Community College one of only fifteen community colleges approved to offer a Baccalaureate degree for the first time in California history. The Bachelor's degree started in Fall 2017 and the first cohort graduates in May 2019. This was coincident with the opening of the new $34 million building that contains four biomanufacturing suites to train students in biomanufacturing. 
  

• Technology Holding 
  Technology Holding is a research and development company with a focus on energy and environmental solutions. 
   

• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the top-ranked universities in the world. It has tremendous strengths in bioindustrial manufacturing as evidenced by the capabilities and accomplishments in the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomics Biology. In addition, UIUC is the lead institution of one the four DOE's Bioenergy Research Centers called Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts and an NSF AI Research Institute called Molecule Maker Lab Institute. All these institutes and centers have a major focus on the development and applications of new tools and processes for bioindustrial manufacturing. 
   

• Worcester Public Schools 
  Worcester Public Schools is an urban school system in central Massachusetts that consists of approximately 25,000 students. Worcester Public School’s Innovation Pathways Program is a partnership between Worcester’s comprehensive high schools and Worcester Technical High School designed to help students explore career fields of their interest and develop skills for future success. Through participation in the program, students will have the chance to experience an in-depth look at a high demand career field of interest, gain technical skills and industry credentials, practice and improve upon transferable career skills through industry related experiences, and develop a specific college and career plan. Whether a student is pursuing higher education immediately upon graduation or interested in jump starting their career, they will have more technical and professional skills and be more competitive having completed the Innovation Pathways Program. One of the programs in Innovation Pathways is a Biotechnology/Biomanufacturing training program that has industry workforce partners in both the research and industry side of the field.