Best Practices in Biotechnology Education - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0973467673 ISBN 13: 9780973467673

Publisher: Logos Press, 2008

Synopsis

Best Practices in Biotechnology Education describes a wide variety of programs from high school through Ph.D. programs. Some are in their first years, whereas others are quite mature and have diversified to offer myriad degree and certificate options. There is also strong international representation, with programs from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. Best Practices in Biotechnology Education is directed at faculty seeking to start or expand biotechnology education programs; policy-makers and economic developers seeking to help meet workforce needs; and, students, scientists, and business professionals looking to enter the industry or upgrade their existing skills.

About this title

About the Author:

Yali Friedman holds a doctorate in biochemistry and is author of Building Biotechnology, a widely-used course text in biotechnology programs. He regularly guest lectures for the Johns Hopkins MS/MBA program in biotechnology, teaching classes on the business of biotechnology and has published papers on diverse topics such as strategies to cope with a lack of management talent and capital when developing companies outside of established hubs, entrepreneurship in biotechnology, and new paradigms in technology- based economic development.

Yali is also managing editor of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology and serves on the science advisory board of Chakra Biotech and the editorial advisory boards of the Biotechnology Journal and Open Biotechnology Journal.

Yali has a long history in biotechnology media, having created a Forbes "Best of the Web"-rated web site on the biotechnology industry for a NY Times company and managed it for many years. His other projects include the Student Guide to DNA Based Computers, sponsored by FUJI Television; BiotechBlog.com; and, DrugPatentWatch.com, a pharmaceutical industry competitive intelligence service.

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Biotechnology has impacted diverse fields such as drug development, agriculture, and industrial processes. In addition to the ability to improve human health and quality of life, to reduce our environmental footprint, and even to repair environmental damage, biotechnology also holds the potential to improve economic prosperity. Cities, states, provinces, and countries around the world are aggressively developing strategies and initiatives to develop local biotechnology industries to boost exports, to realize increased tax revenues through more high-paying jobs, and to encourage spillover into and synergies with other high-technology areas.

Developing, attracting, and retaining a workforce to support a local biotechnology industry is a challenge in any location. Rapidly growing biotechnology industries in mature regions are challenged to train sufficient workers to meet local industry demands; developing regions are challenged to train sufficient workers to provide the basis for local investment in biotechnology or to support their fledgling industries. Whether the motivation is to leverage existing resources such as diverse plant and animal species, to commercialize scientific discoveries from an existing research base, or to leverage an existing commercialization infrastructure, the challenge remains the same: biotechnology industries need interdisciplinary workers who understand the diverse factors impacting the biotechnology industry and who can manage the development and growth of biotechnology companies.

The motivation to develop this book emerged from my experiences with Building Biotechnology, a book used in biotechnology education programs. In meeting with biotechnology program directors, speaking with students, and providing guidance on program development, I realized that there was an unmet need to collect and share best practices in biotechnology education. Seeking to fill this need, I solicited biotechnology program professors and directors and asked them to describe their programs.

With a solid understanding of the central importance of biotechnology education to workforce and economic development, the authors have provided clear guidance on key issues such as curriculum planning, recruitment, funding, connecting with workforce needs, measuring performance and efficacy, and developing student clubs.

The case studies herein describe a wide variety of programs from high school through Ph.D. programs. Some are in their first years, whereas others are quite mature and have diversified to offer myriad degree and certificate options. There is also strong international representation, with programs from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States.

I hope you enjoy this collection of Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Education and look forward to further investigations of this interesting and important topic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Logos Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0973467673
• ISBN 13: 9780973467673
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Friedman Yali